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9    <A CLASS="la" HREF="https://www.python.org" TARGET="_blank">Python</A> scripts (2.x) to manage netCDF<HREF CLASS="la" A="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf" TARGET="_blank">files and to plot different kinds of figures using data kept in netCDF files.<BR>
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11    Scripts use python's <A CLASS="la" HREF="http://matplotlib.org" TARGET="_blank">matplotlib</A> and <A CLASS="la" HREF="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/netCDF4" TARGET="_blank">netCDF4</A> libraries. Additionally some functions use some specific Fortran based libraries developed on purpose for the case. <BR>
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13    Climate Data Operators (<A CLASS="la" HREF="https://code.zmaw.de/projects/cdo" TARGET="_blank">CDO</A>) are very powerful tools but it only properly works if files are <A CLASS="la" HREF="http://cfconventions.org" TARGET="_blank">CF-compilant</A>. netCDF Operator (<A CLASS="la" HREF="http://nco.sourceforge.net" TARGET="la">NCO</A>) are also very versatile and powerful, but they can not do everything. Thus, one faces sometimes to process netCDF files via a sort of mixing of both tools and it is almost impossible to add new capabilities to them. <A CLASS="la" HREF="http://www.ferret.noaa.gov/Ferret" TARGET="_blank">Ferret</A> is quite a useful tool, but its quick characteristics limit the output which at the same time it is in a low quality and <A CLASS="la" HREF="http://www.gnuplot.info/" TARGET="_blank">GNUplot</A> does not read netCDF. When one is working with multiple models highly appreciates a single tool to work with their output.
14    PyNCplot attempts to facilitate the research throughout two main goals:
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16      <LI>Manage all day-base needs for netCDF files from an unique platform, in this case, python based</LI>
17      <LI>Obtain an 'easy' to use tool to plot figures, in this case, python based</LI>
18    </OL>
19    It encompass different capabilities for different tasks:
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21      <LI>Manage of netCDF files (<A CLASS="la" HREF="ncmanage/ncmanage.html" TARGET="hmenu">netCDF manage</A>)</LI>
22      <LI>Plot figures (<A CLASS="la" HREF="plotting/plotting.html" TARGET="hmenu">plotting</A>)</LI>
23      <LI>General all purposes tools (<A CLASS="la" HREF="generic/generic.html" TARGET="hmenu">generic</A>)</LI>
24      <LI>Compute diagnostics (<!--A CLASS="la" HREF="other/other.html" TARGET="hmenu"-->other<!--/A-->)</LI>
25      <LI>NetCDF creation from ASCII observation files (<A CLASS="la" HREF="other/other.html" TARGET="hmenu">other</A>)</LI>
26      <LI>Perform files/figures for model inter-comparison (<!--A CLASS="la" HREF="other/other.html" TARGET="hmenu"-->other<!--/A-->)</LI>
27      <LI>Creation of multi-figure panels (<!--A CLASS="la" HREF="other/other.html" TARGET="hmenu"-->other<!--/A-->)</LI>
28      <LI>netCDF transformation of Time-Series ASCII WRF output (<!--A CLASS="la" HREF="other/other.html" TARGET="hmenu"-->other<!--/A-->)</LI>
29      <LI>Checking of WRF namelist using compiled version of code (<!--A CLASS="la" HREF="other/other.html" TARGET="hmenu"-->other<!--/A-->)</LI>
30    </UL>
31    All scripts are available from a repository hosted by <I>`Laboratoire de M&eacute;t&eacute;orologie Dynamique'</I> (<A CLASS="la" HREF="http://www.lmd.jussieu.fr/" TARGET="_blank">LMD</A>):
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33     $ svn co http://svn.lmd.jussieu.fr/LMDZ_WRF/trunk/tools PyNCplot
34    </CODE></PRE>
35    Do not forget to keep updated via sub-version
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37     $ svn up http://svn.lmd.jussieu.fr/LMDZ_WRF/trunk/tools PyNCplot
38    </CODE></PRE>
39    There are several python tutorials, just to add more basic ones: <A CLASS="la" HREF="http://www.xn--llusfb-5va.cat/python/ShanCourse/PythonCourse.html" TARGET="_blank">Shan's python course</A>, <A CLASS="la" HREF="https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/igcmg_doc/wiki/Train#BOOTCAMPIPSL" TARGET="_blank">IPSL Boot Camp</A>
40    This web page will be always `underconstuction' as far as there are still some new operations/graphics to add, or to finish to document all the existing ones
41    <P STYLE="text-align:right">Llu&iacute;s, October 2016</P>
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