
PANOPLY

  panoply \PAN-uh-plee\, noun: 1. A splendid or impressive array. [...]


INTRODUCTION

  Panoply is a Java application which enables the user to make plots of
  two-dimensional geo-gridded data from netCDF and HDF datasets, either 
  global longitude-latitude plots, pole-to-pole latitude-vertical plots,
  or time-latitude "keogram" plots. 2D arrays may be "sliced" from larger multidimensional arrays (aka, variables). A large selection of global
  map projections is available for lon-lat figures. Plot images may be
  saved to disk in PDF, PNG, PS or GIF format.

  Panoply requires that Java 6 be installed on your computer. See the
  Java.com website for a free download of Java if you do not have it
  already installed.


DOWNLOADING

  The current version of Panoply, along with other information about the
  application, may always be found at
  
  http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/


INSTALLING AND RUNNING THE PANOPLY FOR WINDOWS PACKAGE

  The Panoply package for Windows comes as a zipped archive. You _must_
  manually extract this archive. Some versions of Windows allow you to
  run programs from a zipped archive without extraction. If you try this
  with Panoply, it won't work.

  The complete Panoply package for Windows should, after uncompression,
  include the following items:

  - Panoply.exe application.
  - Application code files in a folder called "jars".
  - Colorbars (color tables) in a folder called "colorbars".
  - Continent masks and outlines in a folder called "overlays".
  - This README file.
  
  To run Panoply, double-click on the Panoply.exe application.


JAR FILES

  The folder called jars _must_ remain in the same directory as the
  Panoply.exe application, and all the "jar" files it holds must remain
  in the jars folder. These file contain the Panoply application code
  and (re)moving any of them will break Panoply.


COLORBAR AND CONTINENTS FILES

  On launch, Panoply looks for the colorbars and overlays directories in the
  same directory as the Panoply.exe application uses their contents to
  populate its plotting option menus. If you have other colorbars and
  overlays you frequently use, place them in the appropriate directory and
  Panoply will automatically add them too.


HELP AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION

  More details about Panoply are available at:
  
    http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/
  
  There are additional installation notes at
  
    http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/download_win.html
  
  which provide solutions for a few basic installation problems.


CONTACT

  Panoply was written by Dr. Robert B. Schmunk. Please send bug reports,
  etc., to:
  
  Robert B. Schmunk
  robert.b.schmunk@nasa.gov
  NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 USA


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Panoply uses Java classes and libraries written by several third-party
  organizations. A complete list, with hyperlinks to pertinent websites
  containing license information and source code, may be found in Panoply's
  help windows or on the Panoply website.
