1. Introduction to Metview
Vesa Karhila
Fernando Ii
ECMWF

2. About Introduction – What can I do with Metview 1 hour 15 min
Training course 3-5 March: three days!
Contents:
Introduction with examples
Hands-on play with Metview
Discussion, questions

3. About Metview
Interactive meteorological application to: Access Manipulate Visualise meteorological data on Unix workstations
“Everything in Metview is an icon”
Easy to learn
No need to type/remember commands
Powerful meteorologically oriented macro language
Interactive and batch modes
Manuals available in PDF and HTML
Check Metview web pages

4. What can I do with Metview?
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bufr
ascii
ps,png,
jpeg
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ps,png
jpeg

5. Wind plotting

6. Field plotting

7. Field plotting

8. Satellite image + field

9. Satellite image

10. Tephigram

11. Observation plotting

12. Observation plotting

13. Observation plotting

14. Graph: curve, bar, area

15. Graph: curve, bar, area

16. Import Pictures

17. Map Layout

18. Metview Domain
Visualisation is only the top of Metview iceberg!

19. Metview Concepts
A Metview Task, e.g. Retrieve -> Compute -> Visualise/Save can vary widely in complexity, but always:
Task is decomposed into simple steps in a logical sequence
Each step is an operation on a Metview icon

20. Metview Main User Interface
Opened Desktop
Main Desktop
Menu Bar
Click-Right for Desktop Menu
Edit to open Desktop
Icon Drawers
Desktop Menu

21. Metview Icon Editors Family editor (Simple Formula)
Graphical editor (Display Window)
Text editor (Macro)
Standard editor (MARS Retrieval)

22. Metview Manuals Access to manuals on Metview web pages PDF version
Printable, searchable
HTML version
Linked to editors’ ‘?’ button
Also: MARS and Magics manuals!
(Running Metview locally: Installation Guide)

23. Where can I run Metview? Remotely at ‘ecgate’
You need ECMWF user id and access to ‘ecgate’
At your own institute
Metview can be installed locally
Freely available to Member States
Available with a price tag for outsiders
NOTE: Metview runs on Unix platforms
Now on your training workstation…

24. ~trx/mv2004/mv_get_intro
Starting Metview
Start Metview with command:
metview_new &
Get examples by running script:
~trx/mv2004/mv_get_intro

25. Metview Icon Editor example
Icon Id (click to see contents in plain text format)
Help Button (linked to HTML Help Pages)
Input area
Input element: Icon Field
Input element: Check Button
Input element: Option Menu
Templates Drawer:
Stores predefined (frequently used) icons
Input element: Alphanumeric Field
Save/Exit area

26. Display Window Plot Size Control Menu Bar
Command Buttons (‘Tool Tip Help’ when pointing to)
Frame Menu
(Click-Right)
Content Tab Controls Tab

27. ‘Change Geography’ Window
Available in Frame Menu
Projection Buttons
Menu Bar
Command Buttons (‘Tool Tip Help’ when pointing to)
Current Selection
Coastlines Preferences
In Edit menu

28. Scrolling Through Your Data
Inside a plot frame
Select Scroll Command Button - cursor shape changes to a left/right arrow if more data available
Using Controls Tab:
Progress Meter: drawn/not-drawn (see also: Background Drawing Button)
Animation/Step Controls
Current Data Position
Frame Selector
(here only 1 frame)
Click for a full List of Data

29. The VIEW Concept

30. Layout Editor - Layout Tab
Align Buttons
Selected Frame
View Icon
Connected Frames
New/Delete/Join Frames
Tabs
Subdivide selected Frame(s)
Connect/Disconnect selected Frames

31. Contents Tab 3 Levels Active Frame(s)
Remove Buttons (‘Tool Tip Help’ when pointing to)
Icon Edit
(Click-Right)

32. Trajectories Trajectory database 30 days of data (-20…+10)
For Member States users: trajectory database only on ‘ecgate’ (and ‘ecgate1’)
Two icons
Define trajectories
Define visualisation
Predefined simple outlook – customise after plotting

33. 3D Visualisation – Vis5D