QSCAT gridded data at 0.5x0.5 resolution. Missing value = -9999.0 Array U, and V of size(720,301), covering domain Lon=(0.0,359.5) and Lat=(-75,75). Sample IDL reader: ...... u = fltarr(720,301) v = fltarr(720,301) openr,1,filein,/f77,/swap_if_little_endian readu,1,u readu,1,v close,1 ...... Sample FORTRAN reading code: ...... parameter (l=720,m=301) character*80 infile real u(l,m),v(l,m) infile = '03093000.d' #open(1,file=infile,form='unformatted',status='old',access='direct',recl=l*m) open(1,file=infile,form='unformatted',status='old') read(1,rec=1) ((u(i,j),i=1,l),j=1,m) read(1,rec=2) ((v(i,j),i=1,l),j=1,m) close(1) ......