CoastWatch Utilities

Type
Software Package
Webpage
Link to Download CoastWatch Utilities Software
Description

The CoastWatch Utilities read CoastWatch data files (NetCDF and HDF format) and contain graphical tools for interactive data viewing and command line tools for data processing.
Screenshot
Screenshot of the CoastWatch Utilities software

Table of Contents

Overview

The CoastWatch Utilities read CoastWatch data files (NetCDF and HDF format) and contain graphical tools for interactive data viewing and command line tools for data processing.  The functions include:

Information and Statistics - File contents, statistics computations on variables (for example min, max, mean, standard deviation), direct access to raw file and variable attributes.

Data Processing and Registration - Data format conversions, compositing, generic variable math, data sampling, map projection resampling.

Graphics and Visualization - Interactive visualization/analysis, batch image rendering, ancillary graphics creation such as data coverage maps, grids, coastlines, and land masks.

The software runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.  The following are screenshots from the Mac version of the CoastWatch Data Analysis Tool (CDAT):

 

Latest Updates (Version 4.0.0)

  • The CoastWatch Data Analysis Tool (CDAT) user interface has been completely revised and updated to be more user friendly.
  • CDAT has a new option to use a custom logo in exported images.
  • GeoTIFF data file export now supports both integer and floating point data.
  • Installation on Windows has been simplified to set the command line path automatically.
  • The command line composite and math tools have new options and dynamically scale their multithreading to accommodate the memory available.
  • The command line sampling tool has new options for calculating window statistics

See the User's Guide Appendix G for a full list of changes.

 

Source Code and Downloads

The source code is available on the CoastWatch Utilities GitHub site, and is also included in all distribution packages.  Binary installation packages and supplementary data are as follows:

PlatformDownloadMD5
Windowscwutils-4_0_0_198-windows-x86_64.exe. 
Requires that the Visual C++ Redistributable Package is installed first.

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Linux

cwutils-4_0_0_198-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

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Linuxcwutils-4_0_0_198-linux-x86_64-novm.tar.gz 
Requires that a Java Virtual Machine is installed first – OpenJDK 17 or higher is recommended, see https://jdk.java.net.		f6b8a751859d2946257d2c1376bd115f
Maccwutils-4_0_0_198-maxosx-x86_64.dmg75170c40e08d77e34533e67a65afd5ef
Alletopo1.hdf
Optional 1 km resolution topography data used by CDAT and cwtccorrect to be copied into <INSTALLDIR>/data/noaa/coastwatch/render		2008818927ec2c470cb2afe6bc4af765

For help with installation, consult the Installation Notes section of the User's Guide. Please submit errors or bug reports to coastwatch.info@noaa.gov.

Note that the installation packages for the CoastWatch Utilities are made possible by the generous donation of a license for the install4j multi-platform installer builder by ej-technologies.

 

Documentation and Presentations

Help Desk Support
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