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reduce RSL data type size #180

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adokter opened this issue Jul 15, 2021 · 1 comment
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reduce RSL data type size #180

adokter opened this issue Jul 15, 2021 · 1 comment

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adokter commented Jul 15, 2021 •
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Currently RSL scan parameters are stored as double floats.

vol2bird/lib/librsl.c

Line 209 in 8a23dfb

PolarScanParam_createData(param,nbins,nrays,RaveDataType_DOUBLE);

This inflates the file size when writing the polar volume to file. Better to use the same unsigned integers and conversions as defined in the NEXRAD file.
adokter added a commit to adokter/bioRad that referenced this issue Jul 15, 2021
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store 64-bit numbers as 32-bit for NEXRAD files, partially addressing a…
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adokter commented Jul 15, 2021

Reminder to remove adokter/bioRad@9e71eef in bioRad when this issue is closed

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