Creating NetCDF files from GOES IR imagery for TCDC analyses 1) script: ir_nrl_type_images_netcdf.scr -input includes a series of hourly positions (for example): -let lat0=13.45 -let lon0=68.47 -note: hh times listed are really hh45z times in the script 2) Additional cases for TCDC persistent homology analyses -2004 Ivan: 09 Sep 0045z - 12 Sep 0045z >> GOES-12 -2010 Earl: 30 Aug 0045z - 31 Aug 1845z >> GOES-13 3) output files (for each hourly time): -filenames: yyyyjjj.hhmm.jpg & yyyyjjj.hhmm.nc -.jpg: 2km IR image (750x750 pixels) -.nc: NetCDF file over the image domain -note NetCDF are output as 0-255 brightness temperatures -0445z & 0545z files are missing due to the GOES satellite eclipse period -each storm folder includes an hourly track text file with storm positions 4) Converting NetCDF BT to IR cloud top temperature (C) if B≥176 then T = 418 - B - 273.15 elseif B≤176 then T = 330 - (B / 2) - 273.15