New version of Ncview (a netCDF visual browser) released -- 1.72

• To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: New version of Ncview (a netCDF visual browser) released -- 1.72
• From: Dave Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 10:02:25 -0800 (PST)

A new version of Ncview, the netCDF visual browser, is now available for
downloading.  In practice, if you use netCDF files, I think you will find
Ncview a useful tool; it does not replace your big analysis package, it
supplements it by providing an extremely quick and easy way to visualize
your data.  You can animate the data, look at it along various dimensions,
make line plots, etc., just by clicking a few buttons.

Version 1.72 fixes a bug in the printing; if you have an older version and
ever use the print feature, please upgrade immediately.  It also adds two
features that are extremely useful: 1) You can now select the axis along
which to make a line plot; 2) Continental overlays are now available,
useful for plotting atmospheric fields (you can also easily make your own
custom overlays for whatever purpose).  

Ncview is available from:

http://meteora.ucsd.edu:80/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html

If you encounter problems compiling it on your machine, please contact me
-- they are usually easy to solve, and then we can fold the changes
required for platforms I don't have access to into the main distribution.

(Thanks to Arlindo da Silva and John Sheldon for comments and suggestions
on this release).

--David Pierce

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David W. Pierce
Scripps Institution of Oceanography / Climate Research Division
dpierce@xxxxxxxx                    / (619) 534-8276
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