l3bindump |

### l3bindump

Extracts bin information from a level 3 bin file

##### Location

SeaDAS-Toolbox -> SeaDAS Processors -> l3bindump

GUI Usage
Command Line Usage

#### GUI Usage

Arguments/Keywords

UI Element Name | Type | Description | Required/Optional | Default Value
ifile | ifile | input L3 bin file name | Required |
oformat | string | defines output format:
         txt:     plain text columnar format
         seabass: SeaBASS format
| Optional | txt
l3bprod | string | binned product to extract | Required | Unspecified
bin_number | int | bin number | Optional | -1
north | float | north boundary | Optional | -999
south | float | south boundary | Optional | -999
east | float | east boundarye | Optional | -999
west | float | west boundary | Optional | -999
lat | float | latitude | Optional | -999
lon | float | longitude | Optional | -999
radius | float | radius in km | Optional | -999

Actions/Buttons

UI Element Name | Type | Description
Browser Button | Button | Selects ifile/ofile
Load Parameters ... | Button | Reads in previously saved parameters and populates the fields in GUI.
Store Parameters ... | Button | Saves the current arguments in GUI in a file.
Run | Button | Executes the l3bindump command with arguments provided in the UI.
Cancel | Button | Closes current processor GUI.
Apply | Button | Makes current arguments effective.
Open in SeaDAS | Checkbox | If selected, the ofile will be added to the open products list right after its generation.
? | Button | Displays the help content of the current command.

#### Command Line Usage

    L3BIN 5.14 (Aug 21 2025 23:37:38)
    5.14
    l3bin ifile=input-file ofile=output-file prod=prodlist

      The input file is a list of L3 binned files.
      The argument-list is a set of keyword=value pairs. The arguments can
      be specified on the commandline, or put into a parameter file, or the
      two methods can be used together, with commandline over-riding.

      return value: 0=OK, 1=error, 110=no pixels binned.

    The list of valid keywords follows:

       help (boolean) (alias=h) (default=false) = print usage information
       version (boolean) (default=false) = print the version
            information
       verbose (boolean) (default=off) = Allow more verbose screen messages
       dump_options (boolean) (default=false) = print
            information about each option
       dump_options_paramfile (ofile) = print
            information about each option to paramfile
       dump_options_xmlfile (ofile) = print
            information about each option to XML file
       par (ifile) (alias=parfile) = input parameter file
       pversion (string) (default=unspecified) = production version
       ifile (ifile) (alias=in,infile) = input file name with list of L3 files
       ofile (ofile) (alias=out) (default=output) = output bin file name
       oformat (string) (default=netCDF4) = output file format
               netCDF4: output a netCDF4 file
               hdf5:    output a HDF5 file

       merged (ofile) = merged file name
       latnorth (float) (default=+90) = northern most latitude
       latsouth (float) (default=-90) = southern most latitude
       loneast (float) (default=+180) = eastern most longitude
       lonwest (float) (default=-180) = western most longitude
       sday (int) (default=1970001) = start datadate (YYYYDDD)
       eday (int) (default=2038018) = end datadate (YYYYDDD)
       deflate (int) (default=5) = deflate level
       orbit1 (int) (default=-1) = sorbit
       orbit2 (int) (default=-1) = eorbit
       median (int) (default=0) = median
       noext (boolean) (default=off) = set to 1 to suppress generation of
            external files
       unit_wgt (int) (default=0) = unit_wgt
       composite_scheme (string) = composite scheme (min/max)
       composite_prod (string) = composite product fieldname
       reduce_fac (int) (default=1) = scale reduction factor (power of 2)
       resolve (string) = bin resolution, overrides reduce_frac if defined
             H: 0.5km
             Q: 250m
            HQ: 100m
            HH: 50m
             1: 1.1km
             2: 2.3km
             4: 4.6km
             9: 9.2km
            18: 18.5km
            36: 36km
            1D: 1 degree
            HD: 0.5 degree
            QD: 0.25 degree
       prod (string) (alias=out_parm) (default=DEFAULT) = bin products
            [default=all products in L3 file]

       doi (string) = Digital Object Identifier (DOI) string