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Optimal Retrieval of Aerosol and Cloud
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Significant restructuring of the post-processor code. #95

Closed garethethomas closed 9 months ago

garethethomas commented 9 months ago

The post-processor code is a bit of a mess. This update addresses some of the most obvious problems/confusing aspects of the code, while adding some useful new functionality: (a) Code should be generally more readable, better commented and easier to understand now. (b) Removed duplication of Bayesian selection code (and depreciated USE_NEW_BAYESIAN_SELECTION option). (c) Only one input file worth of data is stored in memory at a time, regardless of which selection approach is used. (d) Added the ability to run both Bayesian (for aerosol) and Pavalonis (for cloud) selections (for combining both cloud and aerosol files into a single product). (e) Added the option to apply a simple weighting to the Bayesian selection method. The weights are passed via the BAYESIAN_WEIGHTS option in the driver file, and are treated as an a priori probability for each phase/type.