Visualization
Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI 1.3): User’s Manual
Prepared
for: William Benjey and Donna Schwede
E243-04
USEPA
Mailroom
Prepared by:
Liz Adams and Qun He
Institute for the
Environment
The
Date: June 15, 2010
1.3 Where to
Obtain VERDI Documentation
1.4 Help Desk Support for VERDI
2 Requirements
for Using VERDI
2.2 Memory
and CPU Requirements
2.3 Requirements
to Run VERDI Remotely
3 VERDI
Installation Instructions
3.2 Installation
Instructions for Linux and Other Non-Windows JRE™ 6 Supported System Configurations
3.3 Installation
Instructions for Windows
4 Starting
VERDI and Getting Your Data into VERDI.
4.1.2 Linux and
Other Non-Windows JRETM 6 Supported System Configurations
4.3 Floating
the Dataset and Formula Panes
5 Navigating
VERDI’s Main Menu Options
6 Working
with Gridded Datasets
6.1 Gridded
Input File Formats
6.3 Adding
and Removing a Dataset from a Local File System
6.4 Adding
and Removing a Dataset from a Remote
File System
6.4.2 Adding
Additional Remote Hosts
6.9 Configuring
Default Directories
7.1 Adding
and Removing a Formula
7.3 Selecting
a Formula for Plotting
7.5 Time Step
Range, Layer Range, and Edit Domain
8.3 Adding
and Removing an Area File
9 Spatial
and Temporal Data Subsetting
9.4 Rules of
Precedence for Subsetting Data
10.3.1 Option
Pull-down Menu Item
10.3.2 Areal
Values for Polygon Segment
10.3.3 View and
Export Areal Plot Data in Spreadsheet Format
10.3.4 Export
Areal Plot Data to Shapefiles
10.4 Vertical
Cross Section Plot
11.2.2 Loading and
Saving Configuration
11.3.1 Zoom Using
the Left Mouse Button
11.3.2 Zoom Using
the Right Mouse Button
11.3.2.1 Tile Plot and Vector Plot
11.3.2.2 Fast Tile Plot and Areal Plot
11.3.3 Probing
Values at Specific Points
11.3.4 Probing a
Domain Region of Data
11.3.6 Showing
Latitude and Longitude
11.4.3.1 Observational Data Overlays
11.4.3.1.1 Fast Tile Plot Observational Dialog
11.4.3.1.2 Tile Plot Observational Dialog
11.5 GIS Layer
Options (Fast Tile Plot)
11.5.2 Configure
GIS Layers (Fast Tile Plot)
11.5.3 Set Current
Maps as Default Location
12 Supported
Grid and Coordinate Systems (Map
Projections)
13 I/O API
Utilities, Data Conversion Programs, and
Libraries
14 Contributing
to VERDI Development
18.1 Example
Command Line Script for Linux Users
18.2 Example
Command Line Script for Windows Users.
19 Areal
Interpolation Calculations
20 Licenses for
JAVA Libraries used by VERDI
Sample Mercator Projection Dataset
I/O Service Provider (IOSP) Interface for CAMx:
Incorporating the IOSP into netCDF netcdf-java v4.1
Library:
Figures
Figure
1‑1. Top of Main VERDI Web Site Page
Figure 1‑2. Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web
Site, Step 1
Figure 1‑3. Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web
Site, Step 2
Figure 1‑4. Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web
Site, Step 3
Figure 1‑5. Getting Documentation on VERDI from the
CMAS Web Site
Figure 1‑6. VERDI Documentation on the CMAS Web
Site
Figure 1‑7. Top of Bugzilla Form for VERDI
Figure 1‑8. Bottom of Bugzilla Form for VERDI
Figure 1‑9. Add Attachment Form in Bugzilla
Figure 3‑1. VERDI Setup Wizard
Figure 3‑3. Selecting an Installation Directory
Figure 3‑4. Setting the Start Menu Folder
Figure 3‑6. Installation Complete
Figure 4‑1. Starting VERDI in Windows
Figure 5‑1. VERDI Main Menu Options
Figure 5‑2. Animate Plots Dialog and Tile Plots
Figure 6‑1. Open Dataset File Browser
Figure 6‑2. Datasets Pane Displaying Information
about a Dataset
Figure 6‑3. Available Hosts in the Remote File
Access Browser
Figure 6‑4. Select one or more variables from
Remote Dataset
Figure 6‑5. Remote Dataset Labeled with Number at
End of the Filename
Figure 6‑6. Edit ui.properties file to add a remote
host
Figure 6‑7. Right Click on Variable in Dataset Pane
Figure 6‑8. Dataset Metadata Information
Figure 7‑1. Adding Multiple Variables to Formula
Editor
Figure 8‑2. Open Area File Browser
Figure 8‑3. Open Area File: Select Name Field
Figure 8‑5. Projection Information
Figure 8‑6. Additional Data Fields appear depending
on projection selected.
Figure 8‑7. Area Name Fields available for
Shapefile
Figure 9‑1. Specify Time Step Range
Figure 9‑2. Edit Layer Range in Formula Pane
Figure 9‑3. Using the Slider to View the Domain
Panel
Figure 9‑4. Edit Domain Dialog Box
Figure 9‑5. Error obtained when incompatible subset
domains are created using the Dataset
pane
Figure 10-3. Areal Plot: Area Average
Figure 10‑4. Areal Plot: Area Totals
Figure 10‑5. Areal Interpolation Plot: Show Grid (Gridded Data)
Figure 10‑6. Areal Interpolation Plot: Show
Selected Areas
Figure 10‑7. Areal Values for Polygon Segments
Figure 10‑8. Right Click on Area Plot
Figure 10‑9. Area Information Spreadsheet
Figure 10‑10. Export Spreadsheet
Figure 10‑11. Name and save spreadsheet
Figure 10‑12. Export Shapefile
Figure 10‑13. Name and save shapefile
Figure 10‑14. Vertical Cross Section Plot
Figure 10‑15. Vertical Cross Section Dialog Box
Figure 10‑16. Time Series Plot
Figure 10‑17. Time Series Bar Plot
Figure 10‑19. Scatter Plot Dialog Box
Figure 10‑20. Scatter Plot Export Data into a CSV
file
Figure 10‑22. Vector Plot Dialog Box
Figure 10‑24.
Contour Plot Menu Options
Figure 11‑1. Fast Tile and Areal Plot Pull-down
Menu Options
Figure 11‑2. Tile and Vector Plot Pull-down Menu
Options
Figure 11‑3. Configure Plot, Titles Tab
Figure 11‑4. Configure Plot, Color Map Tab
Figure 11‑5. Configure Plot, Labels Tab
Figure 11‑6. Configure Plot, Other Tab
Figure 11‑7. Right Click on Tile Plot to Zoom Out
Figure 11‑8. Right Click on Fast Tile Plot to
access Zoom Out Option
Figure 11‑10. Spreadsheet Showing Probed Values for
Region of Interest
Figure 11‑11. Select Set Row and Column Ranges
Figure 11‑12. Enter Row and Column Values
Figure 11‑13. Lat/Lon Values Shown in Lower Right
of VERDI
Figure 11‑14. Plot Menu Options
Figure 11‑15. Animate Plot Dialog Box
Figure 11‑16. Fast Tile Plot Observation Dialog
Figure 11‑17. Fast Tile Plot with Observational
Data Overlay
Figure 11‑18. Tile Plot Observation Dialog
Figure 11‑19. Vector Overlay Dialog Box
Figure 11‑20. Wind Vector Overlay on an Ozone Tile
Plot
Figure 11‑21. Plot Menu Options
Figure 11‑23. shape2bin command usage
Figure 11‑23. Manage Layers Dialog Box
Figure 11‑25. Add Layer Pop-up Window
Figure 11‑26. Edit Layer Pop-up Window
Figure 12‑1. Lambert Conformal Conic Map Projection
Example Plot
Figure 12‑2. Polar Stereographic Map Projection
Example Plot