#Contents of CD-ROM AAPP_V3.0

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Some important notes on the current distribution of the AAPP package:

1. This distribution of AAPP (Version 3.0) integrates the versions 2.0 to 2.9, 
MAIA V2.1, bug corrections as described in the list of known bugs and problems 
on EUMETSAT's AAPP webpage (Note: Some portability problems might still require 
manual adaptation during the intallation process) and some additional 
improvements like upgrading the AAPP plot tool to plot not only ATOVS data but
also TOVS data.

2. AAPP Version 3.0 contains all modules for the processing of TOVS and ATOVS 
data to level 1b, 1c and 1d data and for mapping AVHRR data onto the HIRS data 
grid. The file format has been adapted to the NOAA/NESDIS Level 1B specification
for the NOAA-KLM series. 
Both TOVS and ATOVS modules have been tested with space based data.
Examples from this are included in this distribution, with all necessary input 
data to conduct the same test and all output results to allow comparison with 
your own test. The sample files have been created on an HP9000 Workstation at 
EUMETSAT.

3. Due to lack of resources during the development, the focus has been on 
the development of the code. Thus some discrepancy may occur between the 
documented file definition in the design documents - frozen at a rather 
early stage - and the implemented file definition.

4. Any comments and proposals for improvements are welcome. Please use the
EUMETSAT web page and the interface foreseen for feedback, which is provided 
there.



The CD-ROM AAPP_V3.0 contains this readme file and the following nine 
directories:

1.   AAPP_3/

     contains the AAPP package version 3.0 including the software modules and
     the required data files.
     
     Information on how to install and run AAPP can be found in the README.INS 
     file and in the Installation Guide in directory INSTGUID.
       
2.   DOCS/

     contains a set of AAPP documentation.
     File README.DOC provides more details.
     
3.   HRPTDATA/

     NOAA-14 (TOVS) and NOAA-16 (ATOVS) test input data.
       
4.   INSTGUID/

     contains the Installation Guide, HTML-formatted.
     File README.GID describes how to read the pages.
     
5.   INST_LOG/

     contains log and err files produced by the installation process and the 
     file ENVIRON.INS that is a copy of the global variables file ATOVS_ENV
     produced in the ${HOME} directory by the installation process.
     
6.   N14_LOG/

     contains log and err files of the NOAA-14 chain run and its processing
     steps.
     
7.   N14_OUT/

     contains level 1b, 1c and 1d output files of the NOAA-14 chain run.

8.   N16_LOG/

     contains log and err files of the NOAA-16 chain run and its processing
     steps.
     
9.   N16_OUT/

     contains level 1b, 1c and 1d output files of the NOAA-16 chain run.

          
     
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Note:    The names of the files on the AAPP V3 CD-ROM are with capital letters.
Nevertheless, on some systems, it may happen that you see the names with small 
letters. Take this into account when following the instructions of the 
installation guide where the files are referenced with capital letters.