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Current readers in MPPP

The MPPP has now readers for the following satellites/formats:

• Meteosat 09, getting level 1b data through the NWCLIB provided in MSG.
• Noaa 15, 17, 18, 19, Metop-A getting level 1b through AHAMAP
• Experimental Modis support with level 1a data converted to hdf5 support.

Installing an MSG production environment with MPPP

Dependencies

• MSG package v.2009
• HLHDF package v.0.7.7
• ACPG package v.2.03
• GDAL package v>=1.5
• MPP package v.0.2

The MSG package is needed for the PGE generation and the lib to access the raw
data. It comes with all its dependencies included.
HLHDF is needed for HDF5 access. It requires HDF5 1.8.*. We use 1.8.3.
ACPG is needed for the projection part and the cloudtype and ctth writers. It
requires the Usgs Proj.4 library.
GDAL is needed for geotiff creation.
MPPP is needed for composite generation. It depends on the precited packages.

Installation steps

• Install MSG (see provided documentation)
• Install HLHDF (see provided documentation)
• Install ACPG (see provided documentation)
• Install MPPP (see MPPP documentation, “Installation” section)