USDA ARS

Software Tools for Hydro-Climatic Modeling and Analysis

Image Processing Workbench (IPW), ARS Version 2.1

ARS Technical Bulletin 2009-1, Northwest Watershed Research Center
Electronic Document: www.nwrc.ars.usda.gov/ipw

USDA Agricultural Research Service, Boise Idaho, March, 1999

Danny Marks, and James Domingo

USDA Agricultural Research Service Northwest Watershed Research Center
Boise, Idaho 83712-7716

The software described in this electronic document was developed as a joint effort between the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the US Geological Survey, Water Resources Division. It is currently under review to be released as an ARS Technical Report, and a USGS Open File Report.


This electronic document contains the complete description of the Image Processing Workbench (IPW), ARS - USGS Version 2 software toolkit, including a description and history, installation and configuration instructions, and both the User's and Programmer's Guides, with manual pages for all commands, scripts, and library routines. It was designed from the outset as a hypertext document, to be viewed with a web browser.

Executive Summary
Introduction of IPW and a summary of the changes for Version 2.

Design Goals
The overall design principles that guide the development of IPW.

User's Guide
The basic concepts of IPW, its commands, and the data files these commands work with.

Bibliography
A list of papers, articles, and references related to IPW.

Programmer's Guide
Description of how IPW software is organized, and guidelines for modifying existing commands and developing new ones.


Last revised: 29 May 2009 / IPW web site