SOFA Library Issue 2009-12-31 for ANSI C

This is the master page for the SOFA Library Issue 2009-12-31 for ANSI C. From here you can find your way to all the resources comprising this Issue, including notes and source download pages.

  Summary

Issue 2009-12-31 is the second release of the SOFA Library for ANSI C, revised on 2010-01-27.

  Downloads

The complete SOFA Library source set is available in a single download bundle for Unix, Macintosh or Windows systems. This is the preferred method of obtaining the SOFA Library. The ANSI C SOFA Library Issue 2009-12-31 is available to download in various formats.

Please note: Tarballs contain files with Unix line-terminations and Zip archives contain files with DOS line-terminations. Please download the appropriate file for your operating system.

• gzipped (.gz) tarball. (1198672 bytes)
• compressed (.Z) tarball. (1931713 bytes)
• A zip file: long name, short name. (1574601 bytes)

  Documentation

The SOFA product documentation is available in Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) or plain ASCII text files to guarantee platform independence.The manual may be downloaded as a single file or in sections if you prefer.

• Complete manual [pdf (319525 bytes), ASCII].

Sections (in order):

• Title page [pdf (1522 bytes), ASCII].
• Introduction [pdf (7363 bytes), ASCII].
• Vector/Matrix library [pdf (7475 bytes), ASCII].
• Astronomy Library [pdf (10501 bytes), ASCII].
• Routine descriptions (Complete manual only).
• Copyright notice [pdf (3852 bytes), ASCII].
• Constants [pdf (1726 bytes), ASCII].
• Review Board [pdf (1705 bytes), ASCII].

• Changes [pdf (2887 bytes), ASCII] since the previous release.

A cookbook (653092 bytes) explaining how to use the SOFA routines that address Earth attitude (precession-nutation, Earth rotation etc.) is available with this release.

  Source

The source for the SOFA Library may be viewed from the complete list index. In addition the routines are indexed by section and subsection:

• The SOFA Astronomy Library - A library of subroutines and functions implementing astronomical algorithms.
• The SOFA Vector/Matrix Library - A library of subroutines and functions that supports the Astronomy Library.
• SOFA Header Files - Header Files for SOFA routines and functions.
• SOFA Validation Routines - Source code for validating SOFA routines and functions.