Description:

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. SZIP is reported to provide fast and effective
compression, specifically for the EOS data generated by the NASA Earth
Observatory System (EOS). It was originally developed at University of
New Mexico (UNM) and integrated with HDF4 by UNM researchers and
developers.