Summary
NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) has developed a World-Wide Web (WWW)-based visualization and data extraction system. The PMEL server uses HTML forms to provide a point and click front end to the scientific analysis and visualization program FERRET. The server provides access to a large (over 20 gigabytes) research-oriented data base of multi-dimensional, gridded, ... environmental data collected within NOAA and elsewhere. The data base is maintained by the Thermal Modeling and Analysis Project (TMAP) at PMEL.

Ferret LAS software can be obtained and configured to meet the needs of other gridded data set providers. It is especially well-suited to groups of data producers with related data sets at distributed locations (for example, a community modeling effort). It runs on most Unix systems, and on Windows NT/9x using X windows for display. It can be installed to run from a Web browser ("WebFerret") for use while away from your desk or from a system lacking X windows software. It can transparently access extensive remote Internet data bases using DODS; see http://www.opendap.org/.

Service Citation

Originators: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Title: Ferret Live Access Server (LAS) Provider: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Edition: LAS3 URL: http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >SURFACE WINDS ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >UPPER LEVEL WINDS ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >WIND STRESS ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >HEAT FLUX ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >SOLAR RADIATION TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SURFACE WATER >WATER DEPTH OCEANS >OCEAN CIRCULATION >OCEAN CURRENTS OCEANS >OCEAN CIRCULATION >UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING OCEANS >OCEAN HEAT BUDGET >HEAT FLUX OCEANS >OCEAN PRESSURE >WATER PRESSURE OCEANS >OCEAN TEMPERATURE >SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE OCEANS >OCEAN WINDS >SURFACE WINDS OCEANS >OCEAN WINDS >WIND STRESS OCEANS >SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY >SEA SURFACE HEIGHT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE INLAND WATERS GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION OCEANS ELEVATION

Ancillary Keywords

TMAP Turbulent Kinetic Energy Climate Climatological Data Coads El Nino ENSO ETOPO5 Buoyancy Ferret FNOC Gridded Data Heat Budget LEVITUS Marine Surface Observations Sadler Surface Currents Surface winds

Service Provider

DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Service Organization URL: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ Service Provider Personnel Name: FERRET DEVELOPERS Phone: 206-526-6239 Fax: 206-526-6815 Email: ferret at pmel.noaa.gov Contact Address: NOAA R/PMEL 7600 Sand Point Way N.E. United States City: Seattle Province or State: WA Postal Code: 98115-6349 Country: USA

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: Electronic Distribution_Format: Java, Javascript

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: SERF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: FERRET information, links, and documentation. Link: GET SERVICE > GET SOFTWARE PACKAGE Description: Download the Ferret Live Access Server (LAS), a Web-based Data Visualization and Analysis Tool.

Publications/References
Hankin, S., J. Davison, K. O'Brien, and D.E. Harrison, 1992: FERRET, A
computer visualization and analysis tool for gridded data. NOAA Data
Report ERL PMEL-38, 164 pp.

S. Hankin and D.E. Harrison, 1993: FERRET: A Mathematica-style
visualization and analysis tool for gridded oceanographic and
meteorological Data. Ninth International Conference on Interactive
Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and
Hydrology, Jan 17-22, 1993, Anaheim, CA.

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2000-06-08 SERF Last Revision Date: 2008-05-30

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