.:cip:M300

Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT) Cloud Imaging Probe (CIP) -- Aircraft Processing

process_raw (Level 1)

Purpose

Extracts CIP housekeeping and image data and stores the data in separate files. Note that output file names will change based on probe data format (greyscale or legacy non-grayscale) and probe size resolution (15 or 25 micrometers).

Required Input Files

*.sea

Output Files

*.house.cip.raw - stores housekeeping data for 25 micrometer resolution CIP

*.house.cip15.raw - stores housekeeping data for 15 micrometer resolution CIP

*.cipGS15 - stores image data for greyscale-format 15 micrometer resolution CIP

*.cip15 - stores image data for 15 micrometer resolution CIP

*.cip - stores image data for 25 micrometer resolution CIP

Imagefile_1cip_YYYYMMDDhhmmss - stores image data from CIP in the DMT format.

create_all_images

Purpose

To automatically create images, typically PNG files, from aircraft optical array probe data. This script must be ran from the mission date directory (typically named in the YYYMMDD_hhmmss format) with the PostProcessing subdirectory present. Calls the plotcip and imagedump modules.

Required Input Files

None directly, but a optical array probe file (i.e. *.cip15) must be present in the PostProcessing, 2DS_Data, HVPS3_Data, or HVPS3_Data_B directory(ies).

Output Files

PNG image files stored in their respective subdirectories (i.e. 15 micrometer resolution CIP image data will be stored in the CIP15_ImagesWithBars and CIP_ImagesNoBars subdirectories).

plotcip

Purpose

To extract image data from optical array probe image files. Output image files typically show four probe buffers at a time, can include images with or without timing bars between images, and can be saved in either the PNG or EPS file formats.

Required Input Files

One of the following file types:

*.cip

*.cip15

*.cipGS15

*.pip

Output Files

One of the following file types based on input file and desired output file format.

YY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss.cip_image.???

YY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss.cip15_image.???

YY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss.cipGS15_image.???

YY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss.pip_image.???