Postprocessing the Output Files

Since the output coordinate files and the summary file are in SDDS format, SDDS toolkit programs are available for post-processing the results. The programs are listed in references [3]. Programs that may be applicable with shower outputs files are:

• sddshist, sdds2hist -- Histogram program
• sddsquery -- Lists the columns and parameter definitions in a file.
• sddsprocess -- General processing program.
• sddscombine -- Combines SDDS files, and optionally merges data pages into one.
• sddsconvert -- Convert between ascii and binary, and other filtering functions.
• sddscontour -- Contour and density plotting program

For instance, the program sddsprocess operating on the summary file can give the maximum dose rate in any region with material value matching the string ``human''.