Releases: NCAR/lrose-core
lrose-mamba-20241008
Test release for mamba build
lrose-mamba-20240921
Test release for mamba build
lrose-core-20240525
lrose-core-20240525 - Colette Spring 2024 release
RELEASE NOTES
There are detailed release notes at:
Highlights.
- OSX support for Intel and M1/M2 machines (Ventura).
- Debian support for: 10, 11, 12
- Ubuntu support for: 18.04, 20.04, 22.04
- Fedora support for: 37, 38, 39
- Alma Linux (and therefore RHEL) support for : 8, 9
- Rocky Linux (and therefore RHEL) support for: 8, 9
- Bug fixes and updates to the Radx applications.
- cmake upgrade to support qt6
- HawkEdit has been updated significantly. HawkEdit is now built as part of the lrose-core package, as well as as a .dmg.
OSX support and build notes
- OSX - homebrew installs have been tested on ventura and sonoma.
- For the Intel macs, brew is installed in /usr/local.
- For M1/M2 macs, brew is installed in /opt.
- The CMakeLists.txt files have been updated to search for Qt5 and QT6 in both /usr/local and /opt.
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
Testing of the installation of this release, using brew, has been tested on:
- Sonoma
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
To install fractl, vortrac and samurai using brew, download:
lrose-fractl.rb
lrose-vortrac.rb
lrose-samurai.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-fractl.rb
brew install lrose-vortrac.rb
brew install lrose-samurai.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation (same as the 20221229 version).
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEdit.dmg: HawkEdit is similar to HawkEye but with soloii-like editing capability (same as the 20230711 version from lrose-HawkEdit repository).
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
cmake builds
This release includes cmake-based builds for all of our packages, except for CIDD.
To build on your own host, see:
cmake and anaconda
- If anaconda is installed, cmake can get confused by the libraries under anaconda.
- In CMakeLists.txt, we have added CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH to ignore $HOME/anaconda3.
- So if you install anaconda in the standard locations, that should be OK.
- If you install anaconda in non-standard locations, you will need to modify codebase/CMakeLists.txt to add your anaconda location to CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH.
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alma 9 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rocky 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rocky 9 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 37 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 38 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 39 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note: AlmaLinux 9 and RockyLinux 9 are missing full support for armadillo. Therefore vortrac will not build on these OSs.
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
Wind analysis applications (fractl, vortrac and samurai)
This release bundles the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
Vortrac will use qt5 if available, otherwise qt6.
NOTE: Cartesian data MDV files - NetCDF default
Please note that in this version of LROSE (and TITAN), any Cartesian files will be written out
by default using the NetCDF version of the MDV format. Radx2Grid is an example of an application that writes MDV files.
Previously the default was to write the binary version of MDV.
Both formats should worked interchangeably within LROSE and TITAN. But for non-LROSE applications this can cause confusion.
The output format for Cartesian MDV files can be controlled via the MDV_WRITE_FORMAT environment variable. To force writing of binary MDV files, use on of the following:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_MDV (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_MDV (sh or bash)
and to force the usage of NetCDF, the default, use:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_NCF (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_NCF (sh or bash)
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
CIDD binaries have become problematic, due to library changes in some Linux distributions.
It is suggested that you first try:
lrose-cidd-20210524.bin.x86_64.tgz
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.
lrose-core-20230814
lrose-core-20230814 - Jade August 2023 release
RELEASE NOTES
Highlights.
- OSX support for Intel and M1/M2 machines (Ventura).
- Debian support for: 10, 11, 12
- Ubuntu support for: 18.04, 20.04, 22.04
- Centos (and therefore RHEL) support for: 7
- Fedora support for: 36, 37, 38
- Alma Linux (and therefore RHEL) support for : 8, 9
- Rocky Linux (and therefore RHEL) support for: 8, 9
- Bug fixes and updates to the Radx applications.
- cmake is the primary compile system.
- HawkEdit has been updated significantly. HawkEdit is now built as part of the lrose-core package, as well as as a .dmg.
OSX support and build notes
- OSX - homebrew installs have been tested on monterey and ventura.
- For the Intel macs, brew is installed in /usr/local.
- For M1/M2 macs, brew is installed in /opt.
- The CMakeLists.txt files have been updated to search for Qt5 in both /usr/local and /opt.
- The dependency on the szip library has been removed.
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
Testing of the installation of this release, using brew, has been tested on:
- Ventura
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
For Ventura on Intel, if you get the following error when you run the Radx applications:
RadxPrint -h
Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/hdf5/lib/libhdf5.200.dylib
you will need to link the latest hdf5 libraries to the old names:
ln -s /usr/local/lib/libhdf5_hl.310.dylib /usr/local/lib/libhdf5_hl.200.dylib
ln -s /usr/local/lib/libhdf5.310.dylib /usr/local/lib/libhdf5.200.dylib
To install fractl, vortrac and samurai using brew, download:
lrose-fractl.rb
lrose-vortrac.rb
lrose-samurai.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-fractl.rb
brew install lrose-vortrac.rb
brew install lrose-samurai.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation (same as the 20221229 version).
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEdit.dmg: HawkEdit is similar to HawkEye but with soloii-like editing capability (same as the 20230711 version from lrose-HawkEdit repository).
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
cmake builds
This release includes cmake-based builds for all of our packages, except for CIDD.
To build on your own host, see:
cmake and anaconda
- If anaconda is installed, cmake can get confused by the libraries under anaconda.
- In CMakeLists.txt, we have added CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH to ignore $HOME/anaconda2 and $HOME/anaconda3.
- So if you install anaconda in the standard locations, that should be OK.
- If you install anaconda in non-standard locations, you will need to modify codebase/CMakeLists.txt to add your anaconda location to CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH.
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Centos 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alma 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alma 9 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rocky 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rocky 9 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 36 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 37 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note: AlmaLinux 9 and RockyLinux 9 are missing full support for eigen3 and armadillo. Therefore fractl and vortrac will not build on these OSs. Once those libraries are added, we should be able to build fractl and vortrac for them.
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
Updates to Radx applications
| Radx app | notes |
|---|---|
| RadxRate | Fixed bug in rate parameters. |
Wind analysis applications (fractl, vortrac and samurai)
This release bundles the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
NOTE: Cartesian data MDV files - NetCDF default
Please note that in this version of LROSE (and TITAN), any Cartesian files will be written out
by default using the NetCDF version of the MDV format. Radx2Grid is an example of an application that writes MDV files.
Previously the default was to write the binary version of MDV.
Both formats should worked interchangeably within LROSE and TITAN. But for non-LROSE applications this can cause confusion.
The output format for Cartesian MDV files can be controlled via the MDV_WRITE_FORMAT environment variable. To force writing of binary MDV files, use on of the following:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_MDV (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_MDV (sh or bash)
and to force the usage of NetCDF, the default, use:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_NCF (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_NCF (sh or bash)
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
CIDD binaries have become problematic, due to library changes in some Linux distributions.
It is suggested that you first try:
lrose-cidd-20210524.bin.x86_64.tgz
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.
lrose-core-20221229
lrose-core-20221229 - JADE December 2022 release
Highlights.
- OSX - support has been provided for older Intel and newer M1/M2 machines.
- Packages are available for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora 36,37, Centos 7,8, Alma Linux 8,9, Rocky Linux 8,9.
- Bug fixes and updates to the Radx applications.
- The cmake-based build system has been updated so it works on all tested operating systems.
- A significantly updated version of HawkEdit is available.
- The qtplot library has been added to provide library-level common support for Qt-based apps.
OSX support and build notes
- OSX - homebrew installs have been tested on monterey and ventura.
- For the Intel macs, brew is installed in /usr/local.
- For M1/M2 macs, brew is installed in /opt.
- The CMakeLists.txt files have been updated to search for Qt5 in both /usr/local and /opt.
- The dependency on the szip library has been removed.
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
Testing of the installation of this release, using brew, has been tested on:
- Monterey
- Ventura
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
To install fractl, vortrac and samurai using brew, download:
lrose-fractl.rb
lrose-vortrac.rb
lrose-samurai.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-fractl.rb
brew install lrose-vortrac.rb
brew install lrose-samurai.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEdit.dmg: HawkEdit is similar to HawkEye but with soloii-like editing capability
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
cmake builds
This release includes cmake-based builds for all of our packages, except for CIDD.
To build on your own host, see:
cmake and anaconda
- If anaconda is installed, cmake can get confused by the libraries under anaconda.
- In CMakeLists.txt, we have added CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH to ignore $HOME/anaconda2 and $HOME/anaconda3.
- So if you install anaconda in the standard locations, that should be OK.
- If you install anaconda in non-standard locations, you will need to modify codebase/CMakeLists.txt to add your anaconda location to CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH.
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Centos 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alma 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alma 9 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rocky 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rocky 9 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 36 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 37 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note: AlmaLinux 9 and RockyLinux 9 are missing full support for eigen3 and armadillo. Therefore fractl and vortrac will not build on these OSs. Once those libraries are added, we should be able to build fractl and vortrac for them.
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
Updates to Radx applications
| Radx app | notes |
|---|---|
| RadxPrint | Handling of NetCDF files improved, to allow for some non-CF features. |
| RadxConvert | Handling of NetCDF files improved, to allow for some non-CF features. |
| Radx2Grid | Fixed bugs in censoring. |
| RadxPid | Added option for censoring non-weather based on PID. |
| RadxRate | Fixed bug in censoring, added better control for censoring non-weather based on PID. |
| RadxPartRain | Deprecated - use RadxRate instead. |
| RadxClutter | Clutter analysis and removal. Replaces RadxPersistentClutter. |
| RadxPersistentClutter | Deprecated - see RadxClutter. |
| RadxTimeStats | Compute statistics over time for a series of Radx files. Replaces RadxTimeMedian. |
| RadxTimeMedian | Deprecated - see RadxTimeStats. |
| RadxVolTimingStats | Produces timing and data age statistics on measured or theoretical VCPs. |
Wind analysis applications (fractl, vortrac and samurai)
This release bundles the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
NOTE: Cartesian data MDV files - NetCDF default
Please note that in this version of LROSE (and TITAN), any Cartesian files will be written out
by default using the NetCDF version of the MDV format. Radx2Grid is an example of an application that writes MDV files.
Previously the default was to write the binary version of MDV.
Both formats should worked interchangeably within LROSE and TITAN. But for non-LROSE applications this can cause confusion.
The output format for Cartesian MDV files can be controlled via the MDV_WRITE_FORMAT environment variable. To force writing of binary MDV files, use on of the following:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_MDV (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_MDV (sh or bash)
and to force the usage of NetCDF, the default, use:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_NCF (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_NCF (sh or bash)
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
CIDD binaries have become problematic, due to library changes in some Linux distributions.
It is suggested that you first try:
lrose-cidd-20210524.bin.x86_64.tgz
and then
cidd-20180608.bin.x86_64.tgz
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.
lrose-core-20220222
lrose-core-20220222 - Final Topaz release, February 2022
Highlights.
- OSX support - homebrew installs tested on BigSur and Monterey.
- Packages are available for Centos, Ubuntu, Fedora 32, 33, 34, Alma Linux, Suse.
- RadxConvert now supports reading OU Raxpol files.
- The cmake-based build option is available.
- Only dependent on the HDF5 C library, the C++ library is now included in libs/Ncxx in LROSE.
- HawkEdit is more mature, and has undergone considerable testing from users.
- Added ECCO algorithm for convective/stratiform partitioning from 3D radar reflectivity.
Wind analysis applications (fractl, vortrac and samurai)
This release bundles the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTOS 7, RHEL7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS stream (latest) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alma linux 8 (latest), RHEL8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 33 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 34 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse leap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse latest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
cmake builds
This release includes cmake-based builds for all of our packages, except for CIDD.
To build on your own host, see:
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
Testing of the installation of this release, using brew, has been tested on:
- BigSur
- Monterey
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
To install fractl, vortrac and samurai using brew, download:
lrose-fractl.rb
lrose-vortrac.rb
lrose-samurai.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-fractl.rb
brew install lrose-vortrac.rb
brew install lrose-samurai.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEdit.dmg: HawkEdit is similar to HawkEye but with soloii-like editing capability
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
NOTE: Cartesian data MDV files - NetCDF default
Please note that in this version of LROSE (and TITAN), any Cartesian files will be written out
by default using the NetCDF version of the MDV format. Radx2Grid is an example of an application that writes MDV files.
Previously the default was to write the binary version of MDV.
Both formats should worked interchangeably within LROSE and TITAN. But for non-LROSE applications this can cause confusion.
The output format for Cartesian MDV files can be controlled via the MDV_WRITE_FORMAT environment variable. To force writing of binary MDV files, use on of the following:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_MDV (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_MDV (sh or bash)
and to force the usage of NetCDF, the default, use:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_NCF (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_NCF (sh or bash)
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
CIDD binaries have become problematic, due to library changes in some Linux distributions.
It is suggested that you first try:
lrose-cidd-20210524.bin.x86_64.tgz
and then
cidd-20180608.bin.x86_64.tgz
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.
lrose-core-20211114
lrose-core-20211114 - Topaz release for LROSE workshop November 2021
Highlights.
- This release contains further refinements in radial data format translation.
- The cmake-based build option is available.
- Packages are available for Centos, Ubuntu, Fedora 32, 33, 34, Alma Linux, Suse.
- Only dependent on the HDF5 C library, the C++ library is now included in libs/Ncxx in LROSE.
- HawkEdit is now a beta version, and has undergone considerable testing from users.
Wind analysis applications (fractl, vortrac and samurai)
This release bundles the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTOS 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS stream (latest) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 33 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 34 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse leap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse latest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alma linux 8 (latest) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
cmake builds
This release includes cmake-based builds for all of our packages, except for CIDD.
To build on your own host, see:
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
To install fractl, vortrac and samurai using brew, download:
lrose-fractl.rb
lrose-vortrac.rb
lrose-samurai.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-fractl.rb
brew install lrose-vortrac.rb
brew install lrose-samurai.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEdit.dmg: HawkEdit is similar to HawkEye but with soloii-like editing capability
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
NOTE: Cartesian data MDV files - NetCDF default
Please note that in this version of LROSE (and TITAN), any Cartesian files will be written out
by default using the NetCDF version of the MDV format. Radx2Grid is an example of an application that writes MDV files.
Previously the default was to write the binary version of MDV.
Both formats should worked interchangeably within LROSE and TITAN. But for non-LROSE applications this can cause confusion.
The output format for Cartesian MDV files can be controlled via the MDV_WRITE_FORMAT environment variable. To force writing of binary MDV files, use on of the following:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_MDV (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_MDV (sh or bash)
and to force the usage of NetCDF, the default, use:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_NCF (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_NCF (sh or bash)
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.
lrose-core-20210524
lrose-core-20210524 - initial release for LROSE TOPAZ
Highlights.
- This release corrects a significant number of bugs in format translation.
- The cmake-based build option is available. This is faster than automake/configure.
- Packages for Centos, Ubuntu, Fedora 32, 33, 34, Oracle Linux 8, Suse.
- Removed dependency on HDF5 C++ library, this code is now included in libs/Ncxx in LROSE.
- Removed dependency on GeographicLib, this code is now included in libs/euclid in LROSE.
- Fractl, Vortrac and Samurai are available for most OS versions.
- Added further XML options to printing Titan storm and track properties.
Wind analysis applications
In this release, we have bundled the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTOS 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS stream (latest) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 33 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 34 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse leap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse latest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oracle 8 (latest) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
cmake builds
One big advance for this release is the addition of cmake-based builds for all of our packages, except for CIDD.
To build on your own host, see:
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
To install fractl, vortrac and samurai using brew, download:
lrose-fractl.rb
lrose-vortrac.rb
lrose-samurai.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-fractl.rb
brew install lrose-vortrac.rb
brew install lrose-samurai.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEye-Elle.dmg: HawkEye with soloii-like editing capability
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
NOTE: Cartesian data MDV files - NetCDF default
Please note that in this version of LROSE (and TITAN), any Cartesian files will be written out
by default using the NetCDF version of the MDV format. Radx2Grid is an example of an application that writes MDV files.
Previously the default was to write the binary version of MDV.
Both formats should worked interchangeably within LROSE and TITAN. But for non-LROSE applications this can cause confusion.
The output format for Cartesian MDV files can be controlled via the MDV_WRITE_FORMAT environment variable. To force writing of binary MDV files, use on of the following:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_MDV (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_MDV (sh or bash)
and to force the usage of NetCDF, the default, use:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_NCF (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_NCF (sh or bash)
Printing Titan results in XML
There are a number of apps you can consider for XML output from Titan:
- PrintTitanFiles
- PrintTitanServer
- Tstorms2Xml
PrintTitanFiles now has a -xml option on the command line. It is good if you want to print out details of a specific storm (.sh5) or track (.th5) file. For example:
PrintTitanFiles -f ~/data/titan/storms_pecan/20150626.sh5 -xml
PrintTitanServer now has a -xml option on the command line. It is good if you want to specify start and end times, print out a selected track. For this app the -url arg can point to a storms directory containing .sh5 and .th5 files. For example:
PrintTitanServer -url ~/data/titan/storms_pecan -start "2015 06 26 00 00 00" -end "2015 06 27 00 00 00" -xml -track_num 3 -track_set single_track
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.
lrose-core-20210216
lrose-core-20210216 - stable final release for LROSE ELLE
What's new? Improved builds.
- Added cmake-based build options. This makes builds simpler and faster.
- Improved install support for fractl, vortrac and samurai.
- Added packages for CentosStream, Ubuntu 20.04, Fedora 32 and 33.
- Added rpm package for Oracle Linux.
- Removed dependency on HDF5 C++ library, this code is now included in libs/Ncxx in LROSE.
- Removed dependency on GeographicLib, this code is now included in libs/euclid in LROSE.
NOTE: Cartesian data MDV files - NetCDF default
Please note that in this version of LROSE (and TITAN), any Cartesian files will be written out
by default using the NetCDF version of the MDV format. Radx2Grid is an example of an application that writes MDV files.
Previously the default was to write the binary version of MDV.
Both formats should worked interchangeably within LROSE and TITAN. But for non-LROSE applications this can cause confusion.
The output format for Cartesian MDV files can be controlled via the MDV_WRITE_FORMAT environment variable.
For example, to force writing of binary MDV files, use on of the following:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_MDV (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_MDV (sh or bash)
and to force the usage of NetCDF, the default, use:
setenv MDV_WRITE_FORMAT FORMAT_NCF (csh or tcsh)
export MDV_WRITE_FORMAT=FORMAT_NCF (sh or bash)
Wind analysis applications
In this release, we have bundled the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTOS 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS stream (latest) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 31 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 33 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse leap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse latest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oracle 8 (latest) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you may need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
One big advance for this release is the addition of cmake-based builds for all of our packages, except for CIDD.
To build on your own host, see:
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
To install fractl, vortrac and samurai using brew, download:
lrose-fractl.rb
lrose-vortrac.rb
lrose-samurai.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-fractl.rb
brew install lrose-vortrac.rb
brew install lrose-samurai.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEye-Elle.dmg: HawkEye with soloii-like editing capability
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.
lrose-core-20200701
lrose-core-20200701 - mid-year release for LROSE ELLE.
NOTE - patch for OSX build using brew 🆕
The 20200701 release would not correctly build on Mac OSX using homebrew, if the gfortran compiler version was 10.1 or newer.
We have release a patch for osx, dated 20200719, that fixes this problem.
To build the new version you should download the new version of lrose-core.rb, and run:
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies lrose-core
brew install lrose-core.rb
The --ignore-dependencies flag allows you to uninstall the core, but leave fractl, vortrac and samurai installed.
Wind analysis applications
In this release, we have bundled the wind-related applications along with the core.
These apps are:
- fractl - geometry-based analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- samurai - variational analysis for multi-Doppler wind retrieval
- vortrac - Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
The code for these apps may be found at:
Installing from LINUX packages
For most common LINUX systems, you can install lrose from the packages on this page.
For some of the versions of LINUX, we are still having problems with the Qt5-based applications. These problems include both compile errors, and run-time errors related to problems with dynamically-linked libraries. We are working to identify the cause of the problems. In the mean time, we have documented which applications are available on each OS version.
| OS-version | fractl | vortrac | samurai | HawkEye | CIDD available? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTOS 6 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| CENTOS 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CENTOS 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fedora 29 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Fedora 30 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Fedora 31 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Debian 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Debian 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ubuntu 16.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse leap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Suse latest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The installation directories are:
/usr/local/lrose/bin
/usr/local/lrose/lib
/usr/local/lrose/include
so you will need to add /usr/local/lrose/bin to your path.
For Debian and Ubuntu installs, you need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lrose/lib (bash)
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lrose/lib (csh)
To build on LINUX, see:
https://github.com/NCAR/lrose-core/blob/master/docs/build/LROSE_build_src_release.md
Installing on Mac OSX using brew
For the full compile preparation on mac OSX, see:
From this release, download:
lrose-core.rb
and then run:
brew install lrose-core.rb
Installing display apps on Mac OSX using disk images
There are three disk images for MacOS:
- vortrac.dmg : Vortex Object Radar Tracking and Circulation
- HawkEye.dmg: HawkEye polar radar display
- HawkEye-Elle.dmg: HawkEye with soloii-like editing capability
To install a disk image file (.dmg), download the .dmg file to your computer. Click on the .dmg file, and drag the application to your Applications folder. The first time you start one of the LROSE applications, it may appear as a Mac app from an unidentified developer. The application is signed by UCAR. Follow these steps:
- Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
- Click Open. The app is saved as an exception to your security settings. You can open the app in the future by double-clicking the icon.
Installing the CIDD binary release
The CIDD display application is not included in the standard lrose-core packages (above).
CIDD depends on a 32-bit build, which complicates the build and install for the core.
To download and install the CIDD binary release, see:
Downloading the release
The files for download appear below, marked as Assets.
If you do not see them, open them up by clicking on Assets.