Table of Contents

• About this document
  • What it is
  • Who it's for
  • What's in it
  • Conventions used in this document
  • Where to get help
• Introduction
  • File input and output
  • Data processing
  • Graphical display
• Learning NCL by example
  • Introducing the GSUN functions and procedures
  • Setting up your environment to run NCL
  • How to run the examples
  • General NCL example code structure
  • The GSUN examples
    • Example 1 - basic XY plots
    • Example 2 - basic contour plots
    • Example 3 - basic vector plots
    • Example 4 - basic streamline plots
    • Example 5 - contour plots over maps
    • Example 6 - vector plots over maps
    • Example 7 - two XY plots on one frame
    • Example 8 - contour/XY plot
    • Example 9 - animation of contours over a map
    • Example 10 - publication-quality XY plot
    • Example 11 - contour plot with two different Y-axis scales and a multi-curve XY plot
• Basics
  • Variables
  • Array subscripting
  • Color maps
  • Efficiency issues
• Going beyond the basics
  • Incorporating your own Fortran or C code
  • NCL and object-oriented programming
  • Resource files
• Appendices
  • A: Functions and procedures used in GSUN examples
  • B: Scripts and resource files used in FAQ
  • C: Advanced NCL object examples
  • D: Useful URLs
• Acknowledgments