January 10th, 2005

CDAT 4.0 Beta final is available for Download

• Support for Generalized Grids, regridding possible using the SCRIP regridder (source code provided but not installed)
• Template Editor, let you resize, drag, drop object on your VCS Canvas
• Major Overhaul of the VCDAT GUI, with template and graphic methods editors. Various mode of use (variable browsing, computation mode, graphics mode).
• Page Layout Editor available in VCDAT
• More projection available (GCTP package), total of 28 new types of projection, each with full parameters control
• Improved install process
• New packages: filter, vertical interpolation, IaGraph, f2py, R/Rpy, VTK (Linux only, and not supported), thermo (thermo dynamic diagrams)
• Full list of Changes available here

• Beta version does not have support for inline scripting from VCDAT, final version and some future beta will have full support.

VCS Templates

Numerous VCS templates have been listed here.
You can see a preview of the template and access either Python or old VCS script source.

Version 3.3

Version 3.3 is available. The final release of CDAT 3.3 is available at http://cdat.sf.net. Also the documentation has been updated. Changes are listed here

Meshfill support is now complete (for graphical output) all is done at the C level, projection are authorized as well as axes transformations. MUCH faster than the old python based support

AIX now supported

Version 3.2

Version 3.2 was released April 15, 2002. It contains many improvements, including massive improvements to the VCDAT browser. We also have instructions for installing CDAT on MacOSX.

Direct access to our source repository is now available. The instructions are on the download page.

cdat-3.2 is available via the CDAT Sourceforge page, http://sf.net/projects/cdat . The Beta version is also available from there.
Even if you have installed CDAT before, you should look at our DOWNLOAD & INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS.

• CDAT downloads, mailing lists, and the bug report facility are on the CDAT Project Page at SourceForge.

• List of VCS Templates


• Start with our beginner's document! Also available in (PDF) or (Postscript).


• The rest of the CDAT documentation can be found here
  
• General installation instructions and on how to obtain the latest developpement version of CDAT are available here
• Download the tutorials and their necessary sample datasets.
• Online video documentation Now Available!!!


• Documentation for the improvements to VCDAT in Version 3.2

• CDAT mailing list allows users to exchange informations and tips and to assists each other. (Un)Subscribe / Archives
• Please use the bug report page instead of the mailing list
  
• Contributions to the CDAT system are welcome.

• Download/Installation
• Documentation
• CDAT
  

• The Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) --the coordinator of CDAT.
• PyClimate , Python tools for climate variability analysis from the Department of Applied Physics II, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Basque Country.
• mtaCDF is a Python module implementing some objects for an easy handling of multivariate time series in NetCDF files and some objects for statistical analysis of this time series from Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel
• Python
• Numerical Python (contains documentation for MaskedArrays also).
• ScientificPython Manual -- Konrad Hinsen's ScientificPython is included in the CDAT Distribution for your convenience.
• SWIG (Software Wrapper Interface Generator) connects your C or C++ to Python in a jiffy.
• Pyfort, a Python / Fortran connection tool. See Pyfort Home Page .
• f2py, a Python / Fortran connection tool. See  http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/.