;======================================= ;README ;2007-04-05 ;Jian Zeng, ERT ;======================================= The version 5 GOES-12 smoke algorithm This package is to retrieve biomass burning smoke from GOES-12 imagery. The main program is called: g12_smoke_main5.pro The bash batch file is called run.bsh. The necessary input data files include NRT HMS fire and GASP products. The output are 30-min Aerosol Optical thickness and hourly Combined Smoke Concentration in Kg/m3. The name for Aerosol Optical thickess file is like G12.yyyymmddhhmm.all.aod_conc.NAM3.grd. For example, G12.200704052215.all.aod_conc.NAM3.grd is for April 5 2007, at 2215UTC. The name for Combined Smoke Concentration file is like G12.yyyymmddhh.2smoke.combaod.hmshysplitcomb2.NAM3.grd. For example, G12.2007040522.2smoke.combaod.hmshysplitcomb2.NAM3.grd represents April 5 2007, At 22UTC. The Combined GOES-12 smoke mean concentration(kg/m3), cloud screening, and HMS fire information are saved in GRIB format. The meanings of the values: Smoke concentration: > 0. Cloud: -1. No fire: -2. Nonsmoke aerosols: -3. No data: -9. The executable file "grib_main_NAM3" was compiled by pgf90. If pgf90 is not available, go to directory GRIB, change Makefile and compile your own. Using at least Fortran 90 compiler. All fortran codes are in GRIB/. To run the code, type "run.bsh" under unix or linux system. Intermediate binary files will be stored in subdirectory of OUTPUT/, these binary data files may be deleted after the GRIB files are created. The final GRIB files are saved in subdirectory of NAM/. Smoke Images will be in Image/. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301)763-8346 ext. 319 or send email to Jian.Zeng@noaa.gov