Recipe: Visualize downloaded data using Panoply: Difference between revisions
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For the purpose of this example, we assume that we have already downloaded the file <code>c1440_NR.inst01hr_3d_T_Cv.20060918_0900z.nc4</code> from the ftp/http server. For more information about file naming conventions, and how to download a file, please follow the links in the [[#See Also]] section. | For the purpose of this example, we assume that we have already downloaded the file <code>c1440_NR.inst01hr_3d_T_Cv.20060918_0900z.nc4</code> from the ftp/http server. For more information about file naming conventions, and how to download a file, please follow the links in the [[#See Also]] section. | ||
Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-gridded and other arrays from NetCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. For more information, please see | Panoply (v 4.0.5) is a cross-platform application that plots geo-gridded and other arrays from NetCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. For more information, please see | ||
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/ | http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/ | ||
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[[Image:Panoply_main.png|500px]] | [[Image:Panoply_main.png|500px]] | ||
To load the downloaded data file navigate to File -> Open... and choose the downloaded file. Opening the file leads to the display | |||
[[Image:Panoply_data.png|500px]] | |||
== Discussions == | == Discussions == | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 20 November 2014
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Problem
We want to visualize a downloaded data file using Panoply.
Solution
For the purpose of this example, we assume that we have already downloaded the file c1440_NR.inst01hr_3d_T_Cv.20060918_0900z.nc4 from the ftp/http server. For more information about file naming conventions, and how to download a file, please follow the links in the #See Also section.
Panoply (v 4.0.5) is a cross-platform application that plots geo-gridded and other arrays from NetCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. For more information, please see
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/
Once panoply is installed, it can be launched from the command line via
> panoply.sh
assuming that the shell script panoply.sh is in the user's path.
Once launched, the following window is presented
To load the downloaded data file navigate to File -> Open... and choose the downloaded file. Opening the file leads to the display
Discussions
See Also
- File Spec: File:G5NR-Ganymed-7km FileSpec-ON6-V1.0.pdf
- Recipe: Retrieve (global) data from FTP server
- Recipe: Retrieve (global) data from HTTP server