Layering the
atmosphere
A software framework developed by UOP’s Unidata Program Center
helps researchers to put together instructive and useful blends of
weather data from disparate sources. The Integrated Data Viewer is
a freely available Java-based tool for analyzing and visualizing geoscience
data. Continually developed and improved since its release in 2002,
the IDV helps hundreds of researchers and educators each year produce
two- and three-dimensional views of the Earth system, illuminating
everything from weather conditions during field projects to the motion
of tectonic plates. The software allows users to interactively slice,
dice, and probe the data, creating cross sections, profiles, and animations
out of multidimensional data sets. “The IDV can display any Earth-located
data if it is provided in a known format,” says Unidata developer
Donald Murray. “We want to provide new and innovative ways of
displaying and analyzing data, as well as the common displays that
many users have come to expect.
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Unidata’s IDV puts a 3-D
spin on geoscience data. [LAUNCH
ANIMATION] (15
seconds, QuickTime movie). |
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