Larch

Larch is a scientific data processing language. Initially designed for X-Ray spectroscopic and scattering data collected at Modern synchrotrons and x-ray sources, it can also be used for general-purpose processing of scientific data. Larch is intended to be very easy to use for novices, while also being complete enough for advanced data processing and Analysis. Larch provides a wide range of functionality for dealing with arrays of scientific data, and basic tools to make it easy to use and organize complex data. Written in Python, and making heavy use of the wonderful libraries numpy, scipy, h5py, and Matplotlib, Larch has syntax very close to Python, and can be easily extended with Python.

Larch has several related target application areas:

- XAFS analysis, becoming version 2 of the Ifeffit Package.
- Visualizing and analyzing micro-X-ray fluorescence maps.
- Quantitative X-ray fluoresceence analysis.
- X-ray standing waves and surface scattering analysis.
- Data collection software for synchrotron data.