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ncBrowse A Graphical netCDF/OPeNDAP Browser

ncBrowse A Graphical netCDF/OPeNDAP Browser. Donald Denbo 1 & John Osborne 2 1 UW/JISAO-NOAA/PMEL, 2 OceanAtlas Software. http://www.epic.noaa.gov/java/ncBrowse. Overview.

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ncBrowse A Graphical netCDF/OPeNDAP Browser

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  1. ncBrowseA Graphical netCDF/OPeNDAP Browser Donald Denbo1 & John Osborne2 1UW/JISAO-NOAA/PMEL, 2OceanAtlas Software http://www.epic.noaa.gov/java/ncBrowse

  2. Overview • ncBrowse is a general purpose, interactive tool for graphical browsing of data and attributes in netCDF files and netCDF compatible OPeNDAP URLs. • Popular, freely available • 8,924 downloads by 3,704 unique sites in 61 countries • OPeNDAP (DODS) client, Unidata netCDF client, WOCE data CD, etc. • http://www.epic.noaa.gov/java/ncBrowse 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

  3. Features • SGT graphics for 1 and 2 dimensional cuts through data • VisAD graphics for 3 dimensional plots • Handles files with character variables and dimensions without associated variables • Properly decodes several time formats • Access to remote data files via OPeNDAP and direct access to remote netCDF files from the Web • Vector, contour, and line plots • Variable mapping (parametric plots) and animations by varying parameters in Variable Map • Available for UNIX, Win32, and MacOS • Graphical appearance easily modified 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

  4. Viewing the Data Structure 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

  5. Time Series 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

  6. Time/Depth Pixel Plot

  7. Contour Plot 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

  8. OPeNDAP Dataset

  9. OPeNDAP Dataset

  10. Creating an Animation

  11. Creating an Animation

  12. Vector Plot

  13. Other OPeNDAP related Projects • Climate Data Portal • Server • Client • OceanShare - Collaborative Application • SGT - Scientific Graphics Toolkit 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

  14. Climate Data PortalDistributed ocean observations • Major in situ data collections: • TAO El Nino buoy data (realtime/PMEL), Global sea level data (realtime/U of Hi), GTSPP (NODC), PMEL hydrographic data and time series collection, WOCE ADCP (U of Hi), IPRC/APDRC in situ data, US Coastal Ocean Time Series database (NODC) • OPeNDAP compatibility • Will follow OPeNDAP in-situ standards • Compatible with Grads DODS Server (GDS) for both server and client compatibility

  15. Climate Data PortalWeb and Desktop Clients • in-situ client • LDAP directory services • NdEdit for data selection/subsetting • Data Servers, Clients (Java and Web) – focus on in situ data • OPeNDAP compatible soon • http://www.epic.noaa.gov/cdp/cdpjava.htm 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

  16. OceanShareNetwork collaboration tool • Collaboration features • Local, remote data file access and Java graphics • Standard collaboration tool features (annotation, whiteboard, etc) • Secure LDAP Document Repository • Proposals, papers in progress, data, images • Access control by document or by folder • Accessible from web and desktop • OPeNDAP compatible soon • http://www.epic.noaa.gov/collab/

  17. SGT: A Scientific Graphics Toolkit • Java toolkit for scientific graphics • On-line documentation, examples, tutorials, streaming video • JavaBeans in next release • Features • Contour, line and vector plots, • Axes user settable or automatically scaled • multiple Time Axis formats • mouse-movable, customizable Labels, line keys, icons • Legend generation automatic • Widely used, freely available • scientific and commercial applications use SGT • 15,696 downloads by 5,478 unique sites from 70 countries • http://www.epic.noaa.gov/java/sgt/

  18. LiveDemonstration 11th ESIP Technical Meeting - OPeNDAP Session

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