User Guide table of contents

User Guide welcome
User Guide table of contents (this file)
User Guide roadmap
User Guide HLU roadmap
User Guide NCL roadmap
User Guide LLU roadmap
User Guide credits
User Guide overview
System elements (LLUs, HLUs, NCL, GUI)
Choosing an interface
General user environment
Software and hardware requirements
Reference tables
HLU overview
Overview of the HLU library
HLUs vs. LLUs
Strategies for learning HLUs
ng4ex description
ncargex description

Understanding HLU terminology
Understanding classes and objects
Class hierarchy (subclasses and superclasses)

Class hierarchy chart
ContourPlot composite classes chart
XyPlot composite classes chart
PlotManager composite classes chart
MapPlot composite classes chart
StreamlinePlot composite classes chart
VectorPlot composite classes chart

Composite classes
View class
Workstation class
Data classes
Application class
Error class
Transform class
PlotManager class
AnnoManager class
Other classes
Anatomy of a ContourPlot

Understanding resources
Three ways to set resources
Resource types
Using resource files
Understanding the HLU Application Programming Interface
HLU API structure (HLU function interface)
Writing an HLU program
Header files: definition and description
How objects are used in an HLU program
HLU user environment
HLU plot creation sequence
Mixing HLUs and LLUs
HLUs: Putting it all together
Troubleshooting HLUs

NCAR Command Language (NCL)
Detailed NCL overview
NCL user environment
When to use NCL rather than HLUs and/or LLUs
Mixing NCL with HLUs and LLUs
Strategy for learning to use NCL
Getting started using NCL
NCL Scientific Tutorial
Session 1 -- Getting started
Session 2 -- Visualizing user data
Session 3 -- Complex visualizations
Session 4 -- Advanced topics
Bugs and anomalies, NCL tutorial

Data model
Dimensions
Variables
Coordinate variables
Array subscripting
Attributes
Data types and coercion

NCL syntax and semantics
Expressions and operators
NCL commands
NCL plot creation sequence
Importing and exporting data
Data manipulation
Visualization specification process
Visualizing images
Manipulating images
Managing your output

Batch mode instructions
NCL API names
Compiling and linking NCL programs
Good programming practices
Fortran vs. C
Library names
Header files
NCL API examples
NCL: Putting it all together
Troubleshooting NCL
Ngmath
Natgrid - A natural neighbor gridding package
Dsgrid - A 3D interpolation package
Fitgrid - A 1D and 2D interpolation package

Low Level Utilities (LLUs)
NCAR Graphics Low Level Utilities Fundamentals
NCAR Graphics Contouring and Mapping Tutorial
User's Guide to NCAR GKS-0A Graphics
Areas, A Package that Solves Certain Practical Problems in Topology
Autograph, A Package of Routines to Draw X/Y Plots
CGM, Graphcap, and Fontcap Supplement
Conpack, A Contouring Package
Dashpack, A Software Package for Drawing Dashed Lines
Ezmap, A Map-Drawing Package
Gflash, A Graphics Instruction Manipulation Package
Gridal, A Package to Draw Backgrounds for X/Y Plots
Isosurface, A Package of Routines used to Draw Isosurfaces
Labelbar, A Package of Routines to Draw Labelled Bars
Plotchar, A Character- Plotting Package
Polypack, A Package of Routines to Manipulate Polygons
Stitle, A Package to Create Scrolled Movie Titles
Seter, A Centralized Error-Handling Package for NCAR Graphics
Softfill, A Software Fill Package
Streamlines, A Field Flow Visualization Utility
Tdpack, A Three-Dimensional Plotting Package
Vectors, A Vector Field Plotting Utility
Wmap, A Package for Producing Daily Weather Maps and Plotting Station Model Data

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