FERRET

PLATFORMS, PRICES AND COMPANY

UNIX, Windows using X windows for display, it also can be installed on a web browser "web ferret".  ..it also can be installed for interactive access through a web browser either with a Web user interface ("Live Access Server") or through the native command line ("web ferret")
• Free
• PAMEL, NOAA: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/  Change: (spelling)  PMEL

APPLICATIONS

• Ferret is an interactive computer visualization and analysis environment designed to meet the needs of oceanographers and meteorologists analyzing large and complex gridded data sets. The model data sets are generally multi-gigabyte in size with mixed 3 and 4-dimensional variables defined on staggered grids. The features that make Ferret distinctive among these packages are Mathematica-like flexibility, geophysical formatting, "intelligent" connection to its data base, memory management for very large calculations, and symmetrical processing in 4 dimensions.   Change wording: The features that make Ferret distinctive among these packages are delayed mode evaluation (data transformations are defined as equations then evaluated over the requested region as needed), geophysical formatting, automated memory management for very large calculations, and self-documenting of all outputs generated.

EXAMPLES/SAMPLES  (keep 1st two; add the third)

• http://shark.pmel.noaa.gov/~tmap/PMEL98_review/ferret/Review_projections.gif
• http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tmap/en82_sa.mpg
• http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/FAQ/custom_plots/plot_layout.gif

FEATURES

• A tool for climate research.
• A tool for data analysis.
• Making movie http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tmap/en82_sa.mpg

WEB RESOURCES (note changes in italics, I reordered the links)

• http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/  change to: fhttp://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/
• http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Users_Guide/v50_2000/fer_html.htm  change to: http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Users_Guide/current/fer_html.htm
• http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Users_Guide/v50/index.html <-- remove
• http://shark.pmel.noaa.gov/~tmap/PMEL98_review/ferret/
• http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Downloads/solaris_downloads.html <-- change to:  http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Downloads/ferret_downloads.html
• http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Downloads/linux_downloads.html <-- remove
• http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Downloads/win32_downloads.html<-- remove
• http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/ferret_LAS.html <-- add this link
• http://tmap.pmel.noaa.gov/
• http://www.noaa.gov/
• http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/home/technology.shtml
• http://www.met.nps.navy.mil/manual/plotting.html
• http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tmap/en82_eq.mpg <-- remove. (listed above)
• http://www.ferretsoft.com/netferret/support.htm  <-- remove.  Not our software
• http://www.corel.com/products/casestudies/modern_ferret_1.htm  <-- remove. Not ours.