Getting Started with CDAT Scripting

Basics for CDAT Scripting

CDMS Basics

Explains the basics for CDMS, i.e reading files, querying them. Basics about axes and variables.

Plotting Basics

An introduction to plotting with CDAT's VCS (Visualization and Control System) Module.

Loops

Using loops in CDAT, reading multiple files, concatenating variables, averaging over multiple models, etc...

Files

Opening/Creating files, Querying files, Converting between various format (ASCII to NetCDF, ...)

Variables and Axes

How to create variables, rename them, regrid them. How to create and edit axes and their bounds.