ccplot is an open source command-line application that is capable of producing two-dimensinal plots of profile, layer and earth view data sets from CloudSat CPR, CALIPSO CALIOP, and Aqua MODIS HDF4 and HDF-EOS2 files.
ccplot is written in python 2.5, and depends on PyNIO for reading HDF4 and HDF-EOS2 data files, matplotlib and basemap for drawing, and numpy for manipulating arrays. A python extension programmed in C is used to accelerate computationally-intensive tasks.
What can ccplot do?
CALIPSO profile and layer plots. Including surface elevation, custom colormaps and easy extent selection.
$ ccplot -o calipso532.png -c calipso-backscatter.cmap -a 30
-x 68S..81S,40W..140W -y 0..30000
calipso532 CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-01.2007-06-12T03-42-18ZN.hdf
CloudSat profile plots.
$ ccplot -c cloudsat-reflectivity.cmap -a 15
-x 24.60S..31S,50W..60W -y -1000..18000
cloudsat-reflec 2009037050924_14779_CS_2B-GEOPROF_GRANULE_P_R04_E02.hdf
CloudSat and CALIPSO trajectories on top of MODIS swath. Several projections and MODIS bands are supported.
$ ccplot -o orbit-modis_x31+cloudsat.png -m x31 -c modis-temperature.cmap
-p tmerc orbit-clipped
MYD021KM.A2007197.0835.005.2009292012319.hdf
2007197070228_06465_CS_2B-GEOPROF_GRANULE_P_R04_E02.hdf
$ ccplot -o orbit-modis_x31+calipso_spstere.png -m x31 -c modis-temperature.cmap
-p spstere:boundinglat=60S orbit-clipped
MYD021KM.A2007163.0415.005.2009290181256.hdf
CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-01.2007-06-12T03-42-18ZN.hdf
