lrose-core
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LROSE - The Lidar Radar Open Software Environment
LROSE is a co-operative project between:
- Dept. of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU) and the
- The Earth Observing Lab at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
LROSE is funded by the National Science Foundation.
LROSE CORE REPOSITORY
This GitHub distribution contains the core software for LROSE.
To download this repository from GitHub, run:
git clone https://github.com/NCAR/lrose-core
RELEASES
The latest release can be found at:
| Release | Notes |
|---|---|
| Cyclone | LROSE year 2, final |
| Elle | LROSE year 3, final |
| Topaz | LROSE year 4 |
| Jade | LROSE final Jade release |
| Colette final | LROSE Colette final spring 2025 release |
| Laguna initial | LROSE Laguna Fall 2025 release |
| Laguna interim | LROSE Laguna interim 2026 release |
INSTALLING FROM DOWNLOADS
| Target | Description |
|---|---|
| LINUX - RHEL, Fedora, Alma, Rocky, Orcacle | Install from .rpm package file |
| LINUX - Debian, Ubuntu | Install from .deb package file |
| MAC lrose-core | Build and install using homebrew |
| CIDD - LINUX 32-bit emulation | Binary install of CIDD for LINUX |
BUILDS
For details on builds and the code development environment, see:
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| Prepare for build | Prepare your OS for building LROSE |
| Build overview | Building and code development |
REPOSITORY ORGANIZATION
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| build | build scripts, release scripts and associated files |
| codebase/libs | list of libraries |
| codebase/apps | table of primary applications |
| codebase/apps | directory list of app code |
| github.com/ncar/lrose-bootstrap | Bootstrap scripts and configurations for releases and builds |
DOCUMENTATION LINKS
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| LROSE_DOCS_OVERVIEW.md | Documentation index |
| RadxDualPolApps.md | Dual-polarization apps |
| Wiki | LROSE wiki |
| Quickstart guide | LROSE Quickstart Guide |
DOIs
The DOI for lrose-core is:
The DOI entry information is stored at:
This page is published at:
https://ncar.github.io/lrose-core