The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF Format
The EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) provides satellite-based climate data records of essential climate variables of the energy budget and water cycle. The data records are generally distributed in NetCDF format. To simplify the preparation, analysis, and visual...
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| author | Steffen Kothe Rainer Hollmann Uwe Pfeifroth Christine Träger-Chatterjee Jörg Trentmann |
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| description | The EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) provides satellite-based climate data records of essential climate variables of the energy budget and water cycle. The data records are generally distributed in NetCDF format. To simplify the preparation, analysis, and visualization of the data, CM SAF provides the so-called CM SAF R Toolbox. This is a collection of R-based tools, which are optimized for spatial data with longitude, latitude, and time dimension. For analysis and manipulation of spatial NetCDF-formatted data, the functionality of the cmsaf R-package is implemented. This R-package provides more than 60 operators. The visualization of the data, its properties, and corresponding statistics can be done with an interactive plotting tool with a graphical user interface, which is part of the CM SAF R Toolbox. The handling, functionality, and visual appearance are demonstrated here based on the analysis of sunshine duration in Europe for the year 2018. Sunshine duration in Scandinavia and Central Europe was extraordinary in 2018 compared to the long-term average. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7d347a458524d0eb280054d079db8fc2025-08-19T19:41:01ZengMDPI AGISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2220-99642019-02-018310910.3390/ijgi8030109ijgi8030109The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF FormatSteffen Kothe0Rainer Hollmann1Uwe Pfeifroth2Christine Träger-Chatterjee3Jörg Trentmann4Deutscher Wetterdienst, 63067 Offenbach, GermanyDeutscher Wetterdienst, 63067 Offenbach, GermanyDeutscher Wetterdienst, 63067 Offenbach, GermanyEUMETSAT, 64295 Darmstadt, GermanyDeutscher Wetterdienst, 63067 Offenbach, GermanyThe EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) provides satellite-based climate data records of essential climate variables of the energy budget and water cycle. The data records are generally distributed in NetCDF format. To simplify the preparation, analysis, and visualization of the data, CM SAF provides the so-called CM SAF R Toolbox. This is a collection of R-based tools, which are optimized for spatial data with longitude, latitude, and time dimension. For analysis and manipulation of spatial NetCDF-formatted data, the functionality of the cmsaf R-package is implemented. This R-package provides more than 60 operators. The visualization of the data, its properties, and corresponding statistics can be done with an interactive plotting tool with a graphical user interface, which is part of the CM SAF R Toolbox. The handling, functionality, and visual appearance are demonstrated here based on the analysis of sunshine duration in Europe for the year 2018. Sunshine duration in Scandinavia and Central Europe was extraordinary in 2018 compared to the long-term average.https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/3/109NetCDFsatellite-basedclimate monitoringsunshine durationR-project |
| spellingShingle | Steffen Kothe Rainer Hollmann Uwe Pfeifroth Christine Träger-Chatterjee Jörg Trentmann The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF Format NetCDF satellite-based climate monitoring sunshine duration R-project |
| title | The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF Format |
| title_full | The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF Format |
| title_fullStr | The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF Format |
| title_full_unstemmed | The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF Format |
| title_short | The CM SAF R Toolbox—A Tool for the Easy Usage of Satellite-Based Climate Data in NetCDF Format |
| title_sort | cm saf r toolbox a tool for the easy usage of satellite based climate data in netcdf format |
| topic | NetCDF satellite-based climate monitoring sunshine duration R-project |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/3/109 |
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