Resources

[Sara Ganetis]

This is a growing list of resources to provide a one-stop location for tools and tips to help you analyze and visualize meteorological and climatic data. Please feel free to reply to this post with your favorite resources or request information for a tool that hasn't yet been mentioned.

Tools and Languages
General

• Basics of UNIX
• RGB Color Codes
• Windows Command-line Reference
• ImageMagick Command-Line Tools
• Vertical Coordinates and Resolution (TAMU)
  

GEMPAK

• GEMPAK Tutorial
• Search Unidata Support email archive
  

GrADS

• GrADS Documentation
• WRF & GrADS
  

MATLAB

• MATLAB official documentation
• A few met-related MATLAB functions
  

NCL

• NCL website (lots of examples and help)
• UW-Madison NCL Links
  

PYTHON

• Python Documentation
• A Hands-On Introduction to Using Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  
• Pandas - A Fantastic Python Library for Tabular Data, Especially Irregular Datasets

IDL

• Alphabetical List of Routines (-dgilford)
• MATLAB vs. IDL pdf (-dgilford)
  

Atmospheric Models
WRF

• WRF Tutorial
• WRF & RIP
  

RAMS (Regional Atmospheric Modeling System)

• RAMS Tech. Documents

CM1 (Cloud Model 1)

• CM1 Homepage

[dgilford]

I use for IDL:
Alphabetical List of Routines = www.physics.nyu.edu/grierlab/idl_html_help/idl_alph.html
MATLAB vs. IDL pdf = www.physics.nyu.edu/grierlab/idl_html_help/idl_alph.html