netCDF visualisation

panoply

Panoply is a Java application which plots geo-gridded arrays from netCDF datasets. Depending on the data, it can draw global longitude-latitude images or pole-to-pole latitude-vertical images.

Panoply does not work with IVE-netCDF files (only CF, COARDS). It is a handy tool give a fast overview of the data.

location: /usr/local/bin/panoply

Matlab

Matlab is a numerical computing environment and programming language. MATLAB allows easy matrix manipulation, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs in other languages.

At the IACETH matlab6 and 7 are installed on LINUX machines. An interface to read and write all kinds of netCDF files (CF, COARDS, ETH-IVE) is available and works fine. In addition vertical interpolation on theta, pressure and pv levels is implemented.

ncview

ncview is a visual browser for netCDF format files. Typically you would use ncview to get a quick and easy, push-button look at your netCDF files. You can view simple movies of the data, view along various dimensions, take a look at the actual data values, change color maps, invert the data, etc.

ncview can only handle 2D-netCDF files but can be used for IVE-and CF-netCDF files

location: /usr/local/bin/ncview

ncBrowse

ncBrowse is a Java application that provides flexible, interactive graphical displays of data and attributes from a wide range of netCDF data file conventions.

ncBrowse does not work with IVE-netCDF files (only CF, COARDS).

location: /home/mischa/bin/ncBrowse

IVE

IVE is a software package designed to interactively display and analyze gridded data. IVE assumes the data to be displayed are contained in one- two-, three- or four-dimensional arrays, and is able to generate many types of plots in one, two and (soon to be) three dimensions.

IVE can be used for IVE-netCDF files but does only work properly on UNIX workstations.

Ferret

Ferret is an interactive computer visualization and analysis environment designed to meet the needs of oceanographers and meteorologists analyzing large and complex gridded data sets. It runs on most Unix systems, and on Windows NT/9x using X windows for display. It can be installed to run from a Web browser ("WebFerret") for use while away from your desk or from a system lacking X windows software. It can transparently access extensive remote Internet data bases using OPeNDAP (formerly known as DODS); see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/dods/.