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QM Space Plasma Analysis Software

The Space Plasma Group at QM use and provide a number of software tools. These tools are described below. All these products are accompanied by copyright notices. Additionally, they are supplied unsupported except in specific instances and for specific communities, and with no liability whatsoever. Nonetheless, we welcome feedback and suggestions.

Software

QSAS

The QM Science Analysis System for Cluster delivers a flexible data selection, manipulation, and display environment tailored to the needs of space physics in general, and Cluster in particular.

QVB

The QM Validation Browser is an IDL package for browsing and viewing Cluster files in Common Data Format (CDF).

QIFF

The QM Interchange File Format provides a convenient interface between raw data reduction software and ISTP/Cluster CSDS compliant files in Common Data Format (CDF). The IFF format is a simple ASCII table together with metadata/Attribute information. QIFF software inputs this ASCII file and generates the appropriate CDF. This software is intended for routine pipeline processing of data products. For translation between data formats see Qtran.

Qtran

Qtran is a programme to translate CDF files into ASCII files which are understood by QSAS, and to translate such ASCII files to CSDS compliant CDF files. It converts between these file formats and the Cluster Exchange Format.

QAN

QAN is a library of modules for Space Plasma Data Analysis. Qanlib is written in C.

MatlabCDF

A set of Matlab routines to read CDF files, including data extraction and time conversion

Qpeace

Documentation

Documentation for the above software products is co-located with the software. This documentation, and other QM documents, may also be accessed via

QM Documents

Postscript and html (where available) documentation for all QM products and activities.