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The SPA is intended to provide an easy means by which to create, store, and access meteorological diagnostics routines in a non data-format-specific sense. The layer of abstraction between the user (and the tools developer) and the data file allows for enhanced focus on the extension of the diagnostics database.
The premise for the SPA is that of an extendible community library of meteorological functions. Accordingly, contributions from as many sources as possible are encouraged. The SPA allows meteorological programmers to focus on the development and enhancement of the package, rather than on the development of lower-level interfacing software and basic functions.