ncBrowse
A Graphical netCDF File Browser

ncBrowse is a Java application that provides flexible, interactive graphical displays of data and attributes from a wide range of netCDF data file conventions. Features Version 1.6.3 released. Fixes Dapper connection problem. Version 1.6.2 released. Fixes epic_code missing error. Version 1.6.0 released. Cleans up Dapper data access and fixes numerous bugs. Color lines by another variable. 3D visualizations and LAS data access now available. New OPeNDAP (formerly known as DODS) support with test version. New MacOS X support with test version. Contains support for variable mapping and animation. (Warning: this is test version, please report any problems.) Directly access remote netCDF files from the Web. Uses the HTTPClient library for connectivity. Designed to work with arbitrary netCDF files. Browses file using the EPIC and COARDS conventions. Provides a "tree" view of the netCDF file. Handles character variables. Handles dimensions without an associated variable. Uses sgt graphics to perform 1 and 2 dimensional cuts through data. Save to file a complete or the subset of a single variable as a "cdl" text file. Save to file time-depth slice in UNH format. InstallAnywhere scripts for UNIX, Win32, and MacOS. Currently uses Java 2 and Swing. Jdk1.1 version available for Mac Users. Using ncBrowse and Help Help is now available for ncBrowse. (Thanks to a valuable member of the ncBrowse team.) What java do I have? And where to find java for your platform. Installation procedures for UNIX without using installer. Mail list archive.

Plot of velocity as a function of depth and time. Contour level editor.

Main ncBrowse interface. Tree View of netCDF file contents. Selection of domain for graphical display. Plot of wind speed as a function of time. Plot of temperature as a function of depth and time.

Download Options Presently all downloading is via ftp. Use the links provided below or go to the ftp directories at ftp://ftp.epic.noaa.gov/java/ncBrowse to access older versions. Installers for current version Windows (win32) installer UNIX installer MacOS X installer Other Systems Manual UNIX Installation Test netCDF Data Files Individual files. Compressed tar file. (gzip) (compress) EPIC License Agreement

Mail List

Announcements, discussions, and help are available at the ncBrowse mail list ncbrowse@noaa.gov, you must be a member of the list to post messages. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help on the mail list send mail to epic-majordomo@noaa.gov with "subscribe ncbrowse", "unsubscribe ncbrowse", or "help", respectively, in the body of the mail message.

This software is provided free of charge for all to use.
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Acknowledgments: This software was developed at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), a joint institute of the University of Washington (UW) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), and funded by NOAA/ESDIM, NOAA/HPCC, NSF, and NOAA/PMEL.

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