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The Visual Climate Analysis Tools (VCDAT) is the offical Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the Climate Data Analysis Tools (CDAT). Pronounced as v-c-dat, it greatly simplifies the use of CDAT and can be used with no knowledge of Python. This GUI is highly recommended for beginners.

Layout of the GUI:

• VCDAT was designed to be used from left-to-right and top-to-bottom
• Has on-line help balloons to assist the user in navigating through the interface
• Users can customize the GUI to their specifications
  

Program and Command Line GUI:

• VCDAT script-learning tool translates every button press and keystroke into a Python script file
• Command line instructions and logs are premitted via the GUI
• The GUI also allows non-interactive repetition of common tasks

Built-in Climate Analysis Tools:

• General utility  modules for scientific computing
• Miscellaneous routines for manipulating variables
• Numerical computation on multi-dimensional arrays

Visualize and Control Variable Output:

• Display data in a range of graphical output
• Anotate and control the visual output
• Dynamic control of animation output

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