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GrADS 1.9 and the GrADS-DODS Server. Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004. New Features in GrADS 1.9. Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS
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GrADS 1.9 and theGrADS-DODS Server Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004
New Featuresin GrADS 1.9 Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004
Exciting New Capabilitiesin GrADS 1.9 Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004
It’s Easy to do Really Cool Stuffwith GrADS 1.9 Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004
GrADS is … • Freely available software for the display and analysis of a variety of data types and formats • Gridded and Station (in situ) data • Binary, GRIB, NetCDF, HDF-SDS • DODS / OPeNDAP - enabled for accessing distributed data
What’s New in GrADS 1.9 • Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP • NOAA Ship observations (EPIC) • India Rainfall • GrADS handles BUFR station data • Analysis • Forecasts • GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets • MODIS • QuikSCAT
What’s New in GrADS 1.9 • Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP • NOAA Ship observations (EPIC) • India Rainfall • GrADS handles BUFR station data • Analysis • Forecasts • GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets • MODIS • QuikSCAT
ga-> open http://www.epic.noaa.gov:10100/dods/epic/wod98_npac2090_prof_ctd.cdpga-> set domain ga-> set graphics ga-> display variable
What’s New in GrADS 1.9 • Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP • NOAA Ship observations (EPIC) • India Rainfall • GrADS handles BUFR station data • Analysis • Forecast • GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets • MODIS • QuikSCAT
What’s New in GrADS 1.9 • Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP • NOAA Ship observations (EPIC) • India Rainfall • GrADS handles BUFR station data • Analysis • Forecasts • GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets • MODIS • QuikSCAT
Summary • As a client, GrADS gives you a common interface for gathering and analyzing all kinds of gridded or station data without regard to format or location • GrADS Data Server (GDS) provides a unified NetCDF framework for serving a large variety of data sets to the community • Unlimited Combinations of Data Types and Formats • Open a URL and start working!
If You Want It … • ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/1.9/ • Executable binaries for several unix flavors • Source code and configure script for local compilation