# hdf5-eos

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** hdfeos
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://hdfeos.org](http://hdfeos.org)

## Software Description

HDF-EOS libraries are software libraries built on HDF libraries. It
supports three data structures for remote sensing data: Grid, Point and
Swath. There are two versions of HDF-EOS libraries: HDF-EOS2 and
HDF-EOS5. There are also other libraries and programming interfaces that
can be used to access NASA HDF and HDF-EOS data. HDF is the prescribed
format for standard data products that are derived from EOS missions.
HDF-EOS (Hierarchical Data Format - Earth Observing System) is a
self-describing file format for transfer of various types of data
between different machines based upon HDF.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load hdfeos

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of hdfeos available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail hdfeos