PANOPLY
panoply \PAN-uh-plee\, noun: 1. A splendid or impressive array. [...]
INTRODUCTION
Panoply is a Java application that allows the user to make plots of data from netCDF, HDF,
and GRIB datasets. Although its strength is in making longitude-latitude (map) plots, it
can also make other types of georeferenced plots, including keograms and Hovmoeller diagrams;
general 2D color contour plots; and line plots. Data arrays may be "sliced" from larger
multidimensional arrays (aka, variables). A large selection of global map projections is
available for lon-lat figures. Plot images may be saved to disk in bitmap graphic formats
or in PDF.
Panoply requires that a Java 8 (or later) Runtime Environment be installed on your computer.
DOWNLOADING
The current version of Panoply, along with other information about the application, may
always be found at
https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/
INSTALLING AND RUNNING THE PANOPLY FOR WINDOWS PACKAGE
The Panoply package for Windows comes as a zipped archive. You _must_ manually extract
this archive. Some versions of Windows allow you to run programs from within a zipped
archive without extraction. If you try this with Panoply, it won't work.
The Panoply package for Windows should, after uncompression, include the following items:
- Panoply.exe application.
- Application code files in a folder (sub-directory) called "jars".
- This README file.
To run Panoply, double-click on the Panoply.exe application.
JAR FILES
The sub-directory called jars _must_ remain in the same directory as the panoply.sh
script, and all the "jar" files it holds must remain in the jars sub-directory. These files
contain the Panoply application code and (re)moving any of them will break Panoply.
OTHER DOCUMENTATION
More details about Panoply are available at:
https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/
There are additional installation notes at
https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/download.html
COLOR TABLES AND CONTINENTS FILES
Beginning with version 4, Panoply's "standard" selection of color tables and map overlays
is built into the application. Additional color tables and map overlays may be opened for
a single session or added to your favorites library for continued use. See the Panoply
website for for such optional support files.
CONTACT
Panoply was developed at the
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 USA
Please send bug reports, etc., to Dr. Robert Schmunk at robert.b.schmunk@nasa.gov.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Panoply uses Java classes and libraries written by several third-party organizations. A
complete list, with links to pertinent websites containing license information and source
code, may be accessed via Panoply's Help menu or on the Panoply website.
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