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Interface, **8**, 30–43, 2011, DOI [10.1098/rsif.2010.0116](https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2010.0116)\n\nRecent algorithm extensions and integration with the [bioRad R package](http://adokter.github.io/bioRad) are described here:\n\n[**bioRad: biological analysis and visualization of weather radar data**](https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04028)  \nDokter AM, Desmet P, Spaaks JH, van Hoey S, Veen L, Verlinden L, Nilsson C, Haase G, Leijnse H, Farnsworth A, Bouten W, Shamoun-Baranes J.  \nEcography, **42**, 852-860, 2019, DOI [10.1111/ecog.04028](https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04028)  \n\n### installation\n\nUse the [vol2bird installer](https://github.com/adokter/vol2birdinstall) to install vol2bird and all its dependencies:\n\nIt currently supports:\n* Ubuntu 22.04\n* Ubuntu 21.04\n* Ubuntu 18.04 \u0026 18.10\n* CentOS 8\n* RedHat 8 (see RedHat Prerequisities below)\n* Mac OS Intel\n\n### repository contents\n\nBrowse source code at:  \n[https://github.com/adokter/vol2bird](https://github.com/adokter/vol2bird)\n\nReport a bug at:\n[https://github.com/adokter/vol2bird/issues](https://github.com/adokter/vol2bird/issues)\n\n* `data` contains two polar volume radar files for testing\n* `doc` documentation on ODIM hdf5 data format\n* `docs` html pages of this documentation\n* `docker` scripts for generating and running a Docker container for vol2bird\n* `doxygen` doxygen configuration for generating this documentation\n* `etc` contains the user configuration file `options.conf`. 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