The following is a list of data related tools and services that the PDISC provides our users to help them get the most out of our data resources.
The GES-DISC Interactive Online Visualization ANd aNalysis Infrastructure (Giovanni) is the underlying infrastructure for a growing family of Web interfaces that allows users to analyze gridded data interactively online without having to download any data. Through Giovanni, users are invited to discover and explore our data using sophisticated analyses and visualizations.
Relevant Giovanni instances are:
TRMM Orbit Viewer
The TRMM Orbit Viewer displays full instrument resolution TRMM HDF data, vertical cross sections, and 3-D images of rain structure.
TRMM HDF Read Software
The TRMM HDF read software, which can be downloaded, enables TRMM HDF data to be read in and written out in user-selected SDS arrays and Vdata tables as separate flat binary files.
HDP Read Software
HDF files can also be read using hdp which is supplied by the HDF Group and can be downloaded at ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF/HDF_Current/bin.
Other Software or Tools
Panoply is a cross-platform application which plots geo-gridded arrays from netCDF, HDF and GRIB datasets.
IDV (the Integrated Data Viewer) from Unidata is a framework for analyzing and displaying geoscience data. Developed using Java, VisAD and other component libraries, the IDV emphasizes interactive 3-Dimensional visualization and integration of diverse data types.
GrADS (the Grid Analysis and Display System) is an interactive desktop tool that is used for easy access, manipulation, and visualization of earth science data.
Sample code and information for IDL, Matlab, ArcGIS can be found here.
ISCCP Convection Colocator
The ISCCP data deep mesoscale convective systems tracking tool is available via the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS).
