The Lidar Radar Open Software Environment (LROSE): An End-to-End Suite of Applications for Radar and Lidar Processing

Michael Dixon; Jennifer DeHart; Brenda Javornik; Ting-Yu Cha; Michael Bell; Wen-Chau Lee

doi:10.5334/jors.630

The Lidar Radar Open Software Environment (LROSE): An End-to-End Suite of Applications for Radar and Lidar Processing

Journal of Open Research Software

Volume 14 (2026): Issue 1

By: Michael Dixon , Jennifer DeHart , Brenda Javornik , Ting-Yu Cha , Michael Bell and Wen-Chau Lee

Open Access

|Apr 2026

Abstract

The Lidar Radar Open Software Environment (LROSE) is a suite of high-performance C++ applications for format conversion, quality control, visualization, and analysis of weather radar and lidar data, developed over 30 years at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) and Colorado State University (CSU). Distributed under a Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license on GitHub, LROSE supports real-time and archival scientific analysis workflows. Future distribution via the conda-forge Python channel is planned.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.630 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647

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Language: English

Submitted on: Nov 7, 2025

Accepted on: Mar 23, 2026

Published on: Apr 16, 2026

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

radar,

lidar,

weather radar,

C++,

atmospheric science,

meteorology

© 2026 Michael Dixon, Jennifer DeHart, Brenda Javornik, Ting-Yu Cha, Michael Bell, Wen-Chau Lee, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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