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Exploring PMEL EPIC profile data with Java OceanAtlas (JOA) . John R. Osborne. http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/software/JavaJOA.htm. Overview of JOA features. Sophisticated browsing of profile data Offset property-property profiles (waterfall diagrams) Color profile plot with any variable
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Exploring PMEL EPIC profile data with Java OceanAtlas (JOA). John R. Osborne http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/software/JavaJOA.htm
Overview of JOA features • Sophisticated browsing of profile data • Offset property-property profiles (waterfall diagrams) • Color profile plot with any variable • Contour plots (depth sections) • Surface contour plots (on a map) • Contour lines, area fill plots, pixel plots • Integrated into the EPIC environment • Reads and writes EPIC pointer files • On-line help for EPIC users: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/software/JavaJOA.htm • New ‘ndEdit’ function • Browse data locations in space/time • Select in box, polygon, section line, along bathymetry contours • Refine data selection by deleting or retaining files
Java Ocean Atlas Input/Output • Reads and writes many file types • Including EPIC pointer files Save in these types New simplified CSV ‘WHP-Exchange’ files ‘Spreadsheet’ files
NdEdit • Unique and sophisticated interactive Java tool • Linked windows for browsing locations in time/space • Overlay bathymetry • Filter in time or space • Select with box, polygon, segmented section line • Retain or delete selected stations as EPIC pointer file
Java OceanAtlas • Sophisticated, with many functions • User interface is friendly, but offers many options
The JOA Data Window • Informative default interface • Full user customization
JOA Demo Using JOA in the EPIC environment On-line Help http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/software/JavaJOA.htm The Future JOA for all in-situ data types