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Material 2012

Intro

GRIB API

HPCF

Metview (14-16 March 2012)

9:00 - 10:30

11:00 - 12:30

13:30 - 15:00

15:30 - 17:00

Wed

Welcome

U. Modigliani

9.15 Metview
- Introduction
- Desktops and Icons
- Simple visualisation
- Exercises

Metview
- Interactive data visualisation
- Re-use of icons
- Exercises

Metview
- Data sources
- Examining data
- Filtering data
- Manipulating data
- Exercises

Metview
- Visual definitions
- Views
- Multiple plot layout
- Exercises

Thu

Metview
- Advanced Display Window usage
- Icon drop rules
- Behind the icons
- Exercises

Metview
- Applications and tools
- Exercises

Metview Macro Introduction
- Main features
- How to start Macro programming
- Macro Editor functionality
- Macro icon, actions on the icon

First steps in Macro programming
- A basic Macro program
- The 'plot' function
- Using variables
- Environment variables
- Using Functions

Macro program control
- Output options
- Return control
- Run mode
- User interfaces
- Batch mode

Fri

Functions in Metview Macro
- Declaration, arguments and scope
- Organising functions: inclusion, templates, libraries
- Using Fortran code

Macro Essentials
- Variables
- Loops, tests, functions
- Strings, dates, lists
- Fieldsets, geopoints, netCDF, ASCII tables, definitions
- Data Input and Output

Metview Macro
- Observation Data
- Reading ASCII data formats
- Transforming into geopoints
- Analysis and visualisation

Metview Macro
- Advanced Topics

16:45 Questionnaire

U. Modigliani

Instructors: Fernando Ii, Iain Russell, Sandor Kertesz

12.04.2012

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