1. GrADS 1.9 and the GrADS-DODS Server Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004

2. New Features in GrADS 1.9 Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004

3. Exciting New Capabilities in GrADS 1.9 Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004

4. It’s Easy to do Really Cool Stuff with GrADS 1.9 Jennifer Adams, Brian Doty, Joe Wielgosz Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) AMS/IIPS 13 January 2004

5. GrADS is … Freely available software for the display and analysis of a variety of data types and formats  Gridded and Station (in situ) data  Binary, GRIB, NetCDF, HDF-SDS  DODS / OPeNDAP - enabled for accessing distributed data

6. What’s New in GrADS 1.9 Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP  NOAA Ship observations (EPIC)  India Rainfall GrADS handles BUFR station data  Analysis  Forecasts GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets  MODIS  QuikSCAT

7. Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP  NOAA Ship observations (EPIC)  India Rainfall GrADS handles BUFR station data  Analysis  Forecasts GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets  MODIS  QuikSCAT What’s New in GrADS 1.9

9. ga-> open http://www.epic.noaa.gov:10100/dods/epic/wod98_npac2090_prof_ctd.cdp ga-> set domain ga-> set graphics ga-> display variable

15. Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP  NOAA Ship observations (EPIC)  India Rainfall GrADS handles BUFR station data  Analysis  Forecast GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets  MODIS  QuikSCAT What’s New in GrADS 1.9

18. Grids and station data may be served and accessed via DODS / OPeNDAP  NOAA Ship observations (EPIC)  India Rainfall GrADS handles BUFR station data  Analysis  Forecasts GrADS handles non-COARDS NetCDF and HDF Scientific Data Sets  MODIS  QuikSCAT What’s New in GrADS 1.9

26.  As a client, GrADS gives you a common interface for gathering and analyzing all kinds of gridded or station data without regard to format or location  GrADS Data Server (GDS) provides a unified NetCDF framework for serving a large variety of data sets to the community  Unlimited Combinations of Data Types and Formats  Open a URL and start working! Summary

27. If You Want It … ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/1.9/  Executable binaries for several unix flavors  Source code and configure script for local compilation