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Format

RawACF

Summary

Name
RawACF
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/2013
Format type
Dataset
Description
RAWACF files are raw files produced at Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) radar sites. RawACF files began being used by the SuperDARN sites in 2006-2007 when it replaced the dat format.
Note
https://radar-software-toolkit-rst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/references/general/rawacf/
File extensions
rawacf
Source
Digital Research Alliance of Canada - FRDR / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada – DFDR

Internal signatures

RawACF

Note
BOF; Offset: 16; Magic Bytes: radar.revision.major

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
16
Byte Sequence
72616461722E7265766973696F6E2E6D616A6F72
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V120

    Release date
    25 February 2025

    RawACF: Signature researched and samples provided by Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche.

    RawACF: Full entry added. Submitted by Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche.