Radar Software Toolkit (RST)

RST is an open source software package (licensed under GPL v3.0) that allows researchers to analyze, model, and quickly visualize the SuperDARN project data.

RST source code

The RST is released as a zip archive on Zenodo with a citable doi.

The software is maintained by the SuperDARN Data Analysis Working Group (DAWG) on GitHub. Bug reports, comments and suggestions can be provided by submitting an issue on Github.

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Linux
  • MacOSX
• SuperDARN Data:
  • Accessing Data
  • Citing Data
  • Filename Formats
  • Radar Identifier
• RST Tutorials
  • Data Processing
    • RAWACF to FITACF
    • Despecking FITACF files
    • FITACF to GRID
    • GRID to MAP
  • Plotting Data
    • Range-time Plots
    • Field of View Plots
    • Field Plots
    • Grid Plots
    • Convection Plots
    • Customizing Colors
• SuperDARN Data Formats
  • cFit Format
  • Dmap Data
  • IQDAT Format
  • RAWACF Format
  • DAT Format
  • FITACF Format
  • GRID Format
  • Map Format
• Legacy Software
  • Electric Field Data Structure for IDL
  • rPlot Libraries
  • rPlot XML
• Developers Guide
  • Copyrights and Licensing
  • Communications Guidelines
  • Adding a New Feature
  • Workflow
    • GitHub Projects
    • Issues
    • Creating a Branch
    • Pull Requests
    • Testing Code
    • Code Reviews
    • Releasing Code
  • Data Structures in C
    • cFit
    • FitACF
    • Grid
    • IQDat
    • Map (cnvmap)
    • Radar Parameter Block
    • RawACF
  • Data Structures in IDL
    • FitACF
    • Grid
    • IQDat
    • Map (cnvmap)
    • Radar Parameter Block
    • RawACF