metaf2xml can download, parse and decode aviation routine weather reports (METAR, SPECI, SAO), aerodrome forecasts (TAF), synoptic observations (SYNOP), observations from buoys (BUOY) and meteorological reports from aircrafts (AMDAR). Data can also be taken from decoded BUFR messages. The extracted data can be written as XML or passed to a user-defined function (all done in Perl). It also provides XSLT style sheets to convert the XML to plain language (text, HTML), or XML with different schemas
Gitsa processes and analyzes time series in earth science from GPS data. It calculates basic statistics or quality parameters, such as mean and variance. It ca import and visualize different standard time series formats, isolate outliers, export the aquired data sets, or generate graphical representations.
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