Szip/Description
From ScientificComputing
Szip compression software, providing lossless compression of scientific data, has been provided with HDF software products as of HDF5 Release 1.6.0 and HDF4 Release 2.0. Szip is an implementation of the extended-Rice lossless compression algorithm. The Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems (CCSDS) has adopted the extended-Rice algorithm for international standards for space applications.
