Software utility for converting a standard BYU-MERS ".SIR" file into
a standard netcdf file.

The BYU-MERS "sir" image file format was developed by the Brigham Young
University (BYU) Microwave Earth Remote Sensing (MERS) research group
in the 1990's to store scatterometer images of the earth along with the
information required to earth-locate the image pixels.

On standard linux machines, use "make" to create library and compile 
the main program sir2nc.c  Note that this program requires installation
of the netcdf4.0 or higher library as well as code from the BYU sirlib.
The BYU sirlib source is contained in the subdirectory sirlib/  It is
compiled as part of "make"ing sir2nc.

To convert a BYU .sir file to a .nc file, use the command:
sir2nc inputfile.sir
This will create the netcdf file "inputfile.sir.nc".  While the .nc files
follows standard cdf conventions, the map projection information in the
.nc file has not been tested for all cases.

This code is provided without warrantee or guarantess. It may be copied
and modified for non-commercial purposes.

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Dr. David G. Long                                           long@ee.byu.edu
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.  voice: (801) 422-4383
Director, BYU Center for Remote Sensing                 fax: (801) 422-0201
450 Engineering Building, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah    84602

BYU Microwave Earth Remote Sensing (MERS) Lab home page:   www.mers.byu.edu
BYU Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder web page:       www.scp.byu.edu

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Last revised:  16 Feb 2023  DGL
(c) 2023 BYU MERS