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INSTALL

  • Which Operating Systems are supported ?

    • CDAT is currently supported on:
      • Linux systems kernel 2.2 and up
      • Sun/Solaris (we tested 5.6)
      • Dec OSF 1 (we tested 5.0)
      • Irix (we tested 6.5)
      • HP-UX 11.0 (We know 10 will not work)
      • MacOSX "Darwin"

      We're working on a bug building Python on AIX.

  • What are the system requirements ?

    • Xlib

    • ~60Mb of disk space, double that for temporary files during installation

    • 64Mb of memory, but as always the more the merrier

  • Where do I get CDAT ?

  • Can I obtain the developpement (beta) version ?

    • Yes, the sourceforge web page contains the latest stable version, but you can access the latest "experimental" version  by following the instructions listed here.

  • Why do you distribute sources only ?

    • We have had trouble getting binary distributions to work due to the complexity of this product.

  • What do I do if I have trouble building?

    • Make sure you read all of the README.txt file, including the "Notes".

    • Take special note of the section near the top that describes settings required for your platform.

    • Send email to cdat-discussion.sf.net, pasting in the log file from the component whose build failed.

DOCUMENTATION

  • I don't know python, does it matter ?

    • CDAT is based on python, but the VCDAT GUI can help you to learn python and use CDAT without any knowledge of python. VCDAT can produce python scripts that reflect your session.

    • Some good references for python can be found on the python web site , notably:

  • Where is the documentation ?

GRAPHICS

  • No cgm/postcript/gif are produced; CDAT asks for gplot. Where can i find it ?

    • You probably didn't build gplot, see the README.txt file in the top directory of your build directory.

DIAGNOSTICS

  • How do I calculate the stream function and velocity potential of the wind?

  •  >>> import sphere

    Doing that step will tell you if you have installed Spherepack and other

    contributed packages!

    Step 1. Get winds u and v and their grid vectors, longitude values (lonvals)

    and latitude values (latvals), from somewhere.This example uses 2D fields

    for simplicity. The fields must be global without missing values.

    Hint: latvals = u.getLatitude()[:] and lonvals = u.getLongitude()[:]

    Step 2. Make an instance of the Sphere class, x, as

    >>> x = sphere.Sphere(lonvals, latvals)

    Step 3. Compute the streamfunction, sf, and the velocity potential, vp, using

    >>> sf, vp = x.sfvp(u, v)

    If you do not have the contrib packages installed...... please install them by reading the installation instructions.

    There is more extensive documentation of the sphere module which I am attaching with this e-mail.

    GENERAL

    • I found a bug, how do i let you know ?

      • The bug page is here, please check first that your bug isn't already checked in

    • I love CDAT, how can I help ?

      • There's multiple ways to help us

        • Tell your collaborators about CDAT

        • Contribute new packages

        • Improve the documentation

        • ...

     
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