1. NCL Website Tour http://www.ncl.ucar.edu

2. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ NCL Website Tour Overview, downloading, what’s new FAQ Examples page - hundreds of examples Functions and procedures Graphical resources, color tables, font tables, other useful graphics links Tools (ncl_convert2nc, ncl_filedump) PDF Manuals, Reference Manual, PowerPoint slides Training exercises, step-by-step examples

3. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Overview of NCL NCL->Overview High level overview of NCL What external software it uses http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/overview.shtml

4. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Downloading NCL Must register on Earth System Grid (one time, license agreement required) Both binaries and source code available Open source Source code build not trivial! Detailed instructions available. I can help! http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/

5. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Probably the page you will visit the most Hundreds of examples for downloading Several data files available: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Data/ http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Data/ Important links at top of page: [tips, resources, functions/procedures] Link to “.hluresfile” Examples http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/

6. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Support->FAQ A good learning tool Some basic questions:“How do I run NCL?” to more complex: “How do I overlay contours on a map?” Lots of sample code snippets provided Categorized, but questions may not be in category you’re expecting. For example, “error messages” versus “visualization” Feel free to contribute suggestions! http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/FAQ/

7. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Functions/Resources Functions listed in several formats: –AlphabeticalAlphabetical –By category (graphics, interpolation, CCSM)category –By type (built-in, contributed, gsn, etc.)type Resources grouped by type (XY plot, contours, titles, labelbar, maps, gsn, etc)Resources http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/ http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/ http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/

8. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Color tables NCL-Popular Links->Color Tables How to change/create your own color tablechange/create your own color table Using named colorsnamed colors Images of available color tables http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/color_tables.shtml

9. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Popular links.hluresfile Markers Dash patterns Font tables Color tables, functions, resources, etc. http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/links.shtml

10. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Tools Popular Links->Tools ncl_convert2nc ncl_filedump WRAPIT scrip_check_input http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Tools/

11. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/ Mini-language and mini-graphics manuals (PDF)Mini-languagemini-graphics Comprehensive NCL Reference ManualNCL Reference Manual Getting Started Guide (old, but useful)Getting Started Guide Manuals (PDF, HTML) Popular Links->Documentation

12. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ WRF Graphics Examples->Models->WRF http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/wrf.shtml http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/wrf.shtml http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/ http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/

13. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ PyNGL and PyNIO: Python modules PyNGL (Python interface to NCL’s graphical library) http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu PyNIO (Python interface to NCL’s file I/O capabilities) http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml http://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/Nio.shtml Exercises (new!) http://www.pyngl/ucar.edu/Training/Exercises/ http://www.pyngl/ucar.edu/Training/Exercises/

14. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Email lists Support->Email Lists ncl-talk - for questions about using NCL, bug reports, announcements of new versionsncl-talk ncl-install - for questions on building or installing NCL, or setting up your environment to run itncl-install pyngl-talk - for all questions on PyNGL and PyNIOpyngl-talk http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Support/email_lists.shtml

15. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Workshop stuff Support->Workshops->Useful Links PowerPoint slides Example scripts used in graphics lectureExample scripts Step-by-step graphical exercisesgraphical exercises Sample data filesdata files http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Training/Workshops/

16. NCL Website Tour  http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ Useful link for workshop http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Training/Workshops/links.shtml