Supported IRIS input pipes

IRIS uses a general input pipe mechanism that allows users to import data from other meteorological systems for combination with radar data.

Source code is provided for most input pipes to allow users to modify them for format changes or to create pipes for new input data.

For information on each pipe, see the corresponding configuration file.

Supported IRIS input pipes
Name Supported product types Supported data types Syntax Purpose
Archive2toIris RAW Z, V, W
BMPSatToIris USER None (Image RGB or Grey Scale) Pipe Converts satellite image to IRIS USER product.
BufrToIris PPI, CAPPI, TOPS, MAX RAIN1, RAINN V, W, ZDR, LDRh, Rain Rate, RAIN Pathnames Converts WMO BUFR format to IRIS cartesian products using OPERA guidelines
HDF5ToIris Pathnames

Converts NORAD HDF5 file to an IRIS product.

The pipe is no longer officially supported.
IMDSatToIris Pathnames

Converts India Meteorological Department (IMD) satellite data from HDF5 format to an IRIS product.

The pipe is no longer officially supported.
hdf52iris RAW Pathnames

Converts OPERA HDF5 file to an IRIS RAW product.
HDFSatToIris USER Pathnames Converts HDF4 satellite image to an IRIS USER product.
KmaRadToIris CAPPI Pipe Converts an array to an IRIS CAPPI product.
KmaSatToIris USER Pipe Converts satellite image to IRIS USER product.
KnmiHDF5ToIris Pathnames
odimhdf52pb Converts ODIM HDF5 2.4 polar data to IRIS Focus protobuf format.
odimhdf52raw Converts ODIM HDF5 2.4 polar data to IRIS Raw format.
pb2raw Converts IRIS Focus protobuf format to IRIS Raw format.
PBMSatToIris USER Pathnames Converts a PBM, PGM, or PPM satellite image to an IRIS USER product.
PictureToIris IMAGE None (Image RGB or Grey Scale) Pathnames Converts, for example, TIFF files to IRIS IMAGE product.
RainbowToIris RAW T, Z, V, W, ZDR, Pathnames

Converts Gematronik Rainbow format to an RAW product.

The pipe is no longer officially supported.
UfToIris RAW T, Z, Zc, V, w, SQI, ZDR, PhiDP, KDP, RhoHV, LDRh, LDRv Pathnames Converts UF format to IRIS RAW product.