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Thank you to all (11 people) who responded to my inquiry about netCDF utilities to view files and plot one variable wrt another. I will be surveying the options, which appear to range from sets of single commands invoked from the shell, to hooks into existing systems (like xmgr, Matlab, and IDL), to standalone interactive packages. My one comment is that I still have to actually try these packages, i.e., grab the software and install it to really see what it does. The comprehensive list at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/software.html is certainly useful for browsing to see options, but the writeups are not standardized to elucidate comparison. What might be an aid is to have a set of characteristics to describe each package's utility. I suggest the following as a start. OS window system interface: command line, added to existing program, or standalone viewing options: text, windows plotting capability: single variables, one variable vs. another, hyperslabs examples of interface to see actual invocation and syntax Certainly, these are subjective (my choices), but, given the wide variety of packages, some further listing of characteristics could narrow a novice's selection. This might be an improvement on an already well-documented system, and I DO appreciate Russ Rew's and UCAR's continued support and attention to the listing of available programs. Again, thanks for the help. Fred -- Fred Knight | knight@xxxxxxxxxx | 781 981 1053 | fax: 781 981 5359 C-490 | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 244 Wood Street | Lexington, MA 02173
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