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NCAR Graphics

A library of Fortran/C utilities for drawing contours, maps, vectors, streamlines, weather maps, surfaces, histograms, X/Y plots, annotations, ...

The NCAR Graphics package is comprised of:

  • a library containing over two dozen Fortran/C utilities for drawing contours, maps, vectors, streamlines, weather maps, surfaces, histograms, X/Y plots, annotations, and more
  • an ANSI/ISO standard version of GKS, with both C and FORTRAN callable entries
  • a math library containing a collection of C and Fortran interpolators and approximators for one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional data
  • applications for displaying, editing, and manipulating graphical output
  • map databases
  • hundreds of FORTRAN and C examples
  • demo programs
  • compilation scripts

 

installed versions:

  • 5.1.1 (C, FORTRAN)

 

supported platforms:

  • amd64_sles10 (gcc 4.1.2)

 

usage:

  • issue the command: module load ncarg and reference the environment variable $NCARG_HOME (see also module show ncarg, module help ncarg)
  • example: gcc ... -I$NCARG_HOME/include -L$NCARG_HOME/lib -lncarg_c ...

 

local support:

visualization@rzg.mpg.de

 

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