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Command-line Conversion Utility used to Convert HDF-EOS Version 2.x files to HDF-EOS Version 5.x.
Entry ID: heconvert

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Summary
Abstract: heconvert is a command-line conversion utility used to convert HDF-EOS Version 2.x files to HDF-EOS Version 5.x. Upon successful completion of heconvert there will exist a fully qualified HDF-EOS Version 5.x file that is based on using the HDF5 library. heconvert will not convert non-HDF-EOS objects to HDF5.
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Service Citation
Originators: HDF-EOS Tools and Information Center
Title: Command-line Conversion Utility used to Convert HDF-EOS Version 2.x files to HDF-EOS Version 5.x.
Provider: NASA GSFC
URL: http://hdfeos.org/software/heconvert.php
Service Keywords
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >TRANSFORMATION/CONVERSION Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE >AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS Parameter Definition
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Ancillary Keywords
EOSDIS
HDF
Hierarchical Data Format
Data Conversion

Service Provider
NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS > Earth Science Data and Information System Project, Earth Observing System,Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://earthdata.nasa.gov/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: RICHARD ULLMAN
Email: Richard.Ullman at gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
ESDIS Information Architect
NASA GSFC
Code 586
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media: Online
Fees: No fees
Personnel
TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Publications/References
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) publications written by the MODIS Science Team: [available online at http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci_team/pubs/]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000, MODIS data products catalog (EOS AM platform): [Greenbelt, Maryland], Goddard Space Flight Center, http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/index.php.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, revised 2004, EOS Reference Handbook, a Guide to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise and the Earth Observing System: Greenbelt, Maryland, Goddard Space Flight Center, 261 p. [available online in pdf format at http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp_docs/data_products_1.pdf].
Extended Metadata Properties
Extraction Date: 2013-05-25 06:17:00  The date when the metadata was last extracted from the GCMD system
UUID: ea51852c-1359-45c5-b8dc-16368ddd4a3f  GCMD Universal Unique Identifier
metadata.keyword_version: 8.0

Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2006-12-06
SERF Last Revision Date: 2013-02-20

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