how to convert fits file to vdf file which can be used in VAPOR
I want to convert my astronomical data .fits file to the .vdf file which could be used in VAPOR. Does any one has similar experience for this procedure? Maybe I should use the vdfcreate tool in the command line?
Thanks a lot!
The easiest route is probably do dump your .fits file out as raw binary floating point arrays, one file per variable per time step, and then use vdfcreate and raw2vdf to convert the raw data to the VDC format. The conversion from raw to VDC data is described in the first four sections of the document here: https://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/usage/vapor-data-preparation
The easiest route is probably do dump your .fits file out as raw binary floating point arrays, one file per variable per time step, and then use vdfcreate and raw2vdf to convert the raw data to the VDC format. The conversion from raw to VDC data is described in the first four sections of the document here: https://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/usage/vapor-data-preparation