1. EOSDIS User survey follow-up Mike Folk, Kent Yang, Elena Pourmal The HDF Group Oct. 17, 2012 Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS1

2. Outline Survey comments and our actions Examples Tools Oct. 17, 20122Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS

3. Survey comments for tools Oct. 17, 20123Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS some examples how to work with some datasets as MODIS ….. Maybe some examples in MATLAB, NCL or GrADS. It would be very helpful to have codes available to public to read specific data format. Matlab codes for example to read HDF4 or HDF5. Clear, COMPLETE examples of how to recreate the various plots and figures on the websites. Example plots

4. Our actions Promote our comprehensive example page at hdfeos.org/zoo What we currently do Promote them at hdfeos.org Make brochures and distribute them at conferences and meetings What we plan to do Work with ESDIS staff to promote the service Create a NASA brochure? Oct. 17, 20124Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS

5. Survey comments for tools (I) Oct. 17, 20125Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS GeoTIFF related A batch tool that converts HDF files to GeoTIFF A tool that reads HDF files and writes the contents in GeoTIFF format, with possibility of choosing different projections

6. Proposed Actions to GeoTIFF Write a white paper to evaluate GeoTiFF support HDF products include both ESDIS products and JPSS HDF5 products. Send the paper to ESDIS and JPSS stakeholders for suggestions Then come up with a follow-up plan Current status: Start reading the previous investigation report Oct. 17, 20126Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS

7. Survey comments for tools (II) Oct. 17, 20127Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS General edit, export, import, convert It is good to have a reliable tool for HDF-EOS, HDF4 and HDF5 data, which can handle and even edit, export, import and convert the HDF's to and from other formats. Easy-to-use visualization tools, or file conversion tools (HDF to ASCII)……

8. Proposed Actions for General edit etc. tool We are organizing information about different formats and tools and are evaluating the current status of available functionalities. We will also provide examples for users to follow easily. We will then find a way to promote the information. Oct. 17, 20128Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS

9. Survey comments for tools (III) Oct. 17, 20129Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS HDF to netCDF Format Conversion (HDF to netCDF) What we proposed Promote HDF4/EOS2 to netCDF-CF conversion toolkit. Write a white paper Support conversion from HDF5/HDF-EOS5 to netCDF-CF. Current status We created a brochure that includes the information about the HDF4/EOS2 to netCDF-CF conversion toolkit.

10. Survey comments for tools (IV) Oct. 17, 201210Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS Read HDF-EOS from R We want to know: how important is support for HDF (EOS) and HDF5 (EOS) in R

11. Oct. 17, 201211Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS Acknowledgements This work was supported by Subcontract number 114820 under Raytheon Contract number NNG10HP02C, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raytheon or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

12. Thank You! Oct. 17, 2012Annual HDF Briefing to ESDIS12