Ranadu: An R Package for NCAR-Aircraft Data Files

History

R is a computer language for statistical and graphical data analysis.

The emphasis here is on “Ranadu”, an R package that is intended to facilitate use of the data archives produced by the data systems on the NSF/NCAR/EOL/RAF research aircraft. All the recent data files are in netCDF format, so that is the format emphasized here. Those files contain measurements made in field campaigns that use the NSF research aircraft operated by NCAR, presently consisting of a C-130 and a Gulfstream V.

A list of recent projects is available at this EOL web page, and data requests can be made via links on that page. Information regarding the instruments and the processing algorithms are available here: https://github.com/NCAR/aircraft_ProcessingAlgorithms/blob/master/ProcessingAlgorithms.pdf

The latter also provides references to the netCDF format, the variable names in common use, and algorithms used to calculate the variables in the data files. 

Ranadu Package

Documentation 

Notes

Installing R and Required Software (https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/installing-and-using-r)

Operating System
Windows
Mac
Linux
Application

Facilitates the use of NCAR research aircraft data in netCDF format.

Stakeholders
NCAR/EOL
Status
Active & Maintained
Level of Support
Ongoing enhancements
Used by these EOL facilities
RAF
Maintenance Status
Active & Maintained
Software Domain
Visualization
Public Software
yes
Acquisition, Operations and Instrument Control
no
Post-Processing, Curation and Data Management
yes
Archival, Delivery and Scientific Support
no