Summary
Meteorology
Debian Science Meteorology packages
This metapackage is part of the Debian Pure Blend "Debian Science"
and installs packages related to Meteorology and Climate.
The list to the right includes various software projects which are of some interest to the Debian Science Project. Currently, only a few of them are available as Debian packages. It is our goal, however, to include all software in Debian Science which can sensibly add to a high quality Debian Pure Blend.
For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:
If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Science
to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to
send a description of that project to the Debian Science mailing list
Links to other tasks
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Debian Science Meteorology packages
Official Debian packages with high relevance
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Cdo
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| Versions of package cdo |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| sid | 1.4.0.1~dfsg-1+b1 | hurd-i386 |
| sid | 1.4.0.1~dfsg-1 | hppa,mips,armel,mipsel,alpha,powerpc,i386,s390,amd64,sparc,ia64 |
| squeeze | 1.4.0.1~dfsg-1 | sparc,amd64,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390 |
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License: DFSG free
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Climate Data Operators are a collection of command line Operators
to manipulate and analyse Climate model Data. Supported data formats are GRIB,
netCDF, SERVICE, EXTRA and IEG. There are more than 400 operators available.
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Dballe
Database for punctual meteorological data (Command line tools)
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| Versions of package dballe |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| lenny | 4.0.2-1+b1 | armel |
| lenny | 4.0.2-1 | s390,mipsel,ia64,alpha,mips,arm,sparc,i386,amd64,powerpc,hppa |
| sid | 4.0.14-1 | s390,armel,alpha,powerpc,amd64,ia64,sparc,mips,i386,hppa |
| sid | 4.0.11-1 | mipsel |
| squeeze | 4.0.11-1 | ia64,amd64,armel,hppa,i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| Debtags of package dballe: |
| interface | commandline |
| role | program |
| use | storing, searching, organizing |
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License: DFSG free
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DB-All.e is a fast on-disk database where meteorological observed and
forecast data can be stored, searched, retrieved and updated.
This framework allows to manage large amounts of data using its simple
Application Program Interface, and provides tools to visualise, import
and export in the standard formats BUFR, AOF and CREX.
The main characteristics of DB-ALL.e are:
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Fortran, C, C++ and Python APIs are provided.
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To make computation easier, data is stored as physical quantities,
that is, as measures of a variable in a specific point of space and
time, rather than as a sequence of report.
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Internal representation is similar to BUFR and CREX WMO standard
(table code driven) and utility for import and export are included
(generic and ECMWF template).
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Representation is in 7 dimensions: latitude and longitude geographic
coordinates, table driven vertical coordinate, reference time,
table driven observation and forecast specification, table driven
data type.
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It allows to store extra information linked to the data, such as
confidence intervals for quality control.
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It allows to store extra information linked to the stations.
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Variables can be represented as real, integer and characters, with
appropriate precision for the type of measured value.
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It is based on physical principles, that is, the data it contains are
defined in terms of homogeneous and consistent physical data. For
example, it is impossible for two incompatible values to exist in the
same point in space and time.
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It can manage fixed stations and moving stations such as airplanes or
ships.
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It can manage both observational and forecast data.
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It can manage data along all three dimensions in space, such as data
from soundings and airplanes.
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Report information is preserved. It can work based on physical
parameters or on report types.
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Grads
Grid Analysis and Display System for earth science data
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| Versions of package grads |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| sid | 2.0.a7.1-3 | mips,armel,mipsel,i386,powerpc,amd64,s390,ia64,sparc,alpha,hppa |
| squeeze | 2.0.a7.1-3 | sparc,amd64,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390 |
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License: DFSG free
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The Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) is an interactive desktop tool
that is used for easy access, manipulation, and visualization of earth
science data. The format of the data may be either binary, GRIB, NetCDF, or
HDF-SDS (Scientific Data Sets). GrADS has been implemented worldwide on
a variety of commonly used operating systems and is freely distributed
over the Internet.
GrADS uses a 4-Dimensional data environment: longitude, latitude,
vertical level, and time. Data sets are placed within the 4-D space
by use of a data descriptor file. GrADS interprets station data as well as
gridded data, and the grids may be regular, non-linearly spaced, gaussian, or
of variable resolution. Data from different data sets may be graphically
overlaid, with correct spatial and time registration. Operations are executed
interactively by entering FORTRAN-like expressions at the command line.
A rich set of built-in functions are provided, but users may also add their
own functions as external routines written in any programming language.
Data may be displayed using a variety of graphical techniques: line and
bar graphs, scatter plots, smoothed contours, shaded contours, streamlines,
wind vectors, grid boxes, shaded grid boxes, and station model plots.
Graphics may be output in PostScript or image formats. GrADS provides
geophysically intuitive defaults, but the user has the option to control
all aspects of graphics output.
GrADS has a programmable interface (scripting language) that allows for
sophisticated analysis and display applications. Use scripts to display
buttons and dropmenus as well as graphics, and then take action based on user
point-and-clicks. GrADS can be run in batch mode, and the scripting language
facilitates using GrADS to do long overnight batch jobs.
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Libgrib-api-tools
GRIB decoding/encoding software (utilities)
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| Versions of package libgrib-api-tools |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| sid | 1.8.0-2 | armel,ia64,amd64,i386,mipsel,powerpc,s390 |
| squeeze | 1.8.0-2 | ia64,powerpc,mipsel,armel,s390,i386,amd64 |
| sid | 1.8.0-1 | alpha |
| sid | 1.7.0-2 | hurd-i386 |
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License: DFSG free
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The ECMWF GRIB API is an application program interface accessible from C and
FORTRAN programs developed for encoding and decoding WMO FM-92 GRIB edition 1
and edition 2 messages.
This is a useful set of command line tools to give quick access to grib
messages.
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
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Ncview
A X11 visual browser for NetCDF format files
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| Versions of package ncview |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| sid | 1.93g-1+b1 | i386,ia64,armel |
| squeeze | 1.93g-1+b1 | i386,armel,ia64 |
| sid | 1.93g-1 | powerpc,mipsel,mips,alpha,sparc,hppa,amd64,hurd-i386,s390 |
| squeeze | 1.93g-1 | sparc,amd64,hppa,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390 |
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License: DFSG free
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You would use ncview to get a quick and easy, push-button look at
your NetCDF files. You can view simple movies of the data, view along various
dimensions, take a look at the actual data values, change color maps, invert
the data and other simple visual operations.
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Zygrib
Weather data visualization, GRIB file viewer
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| Versions of package zygrib |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| sid | 3.5.0-3 | mips,armel,mipsel,hurd-i386,powerpc,i386,s390,amd64,sparc,alpha,ia64,hppa |
| squeeze | 3.5.0-3 | sparc,amd64,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390 |
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License: DFSG free
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This application, written with the Qt toolkit, enables:
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Visualisation of meteo data from files in GRIB Format 1
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Automatic GRIB data download
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Automatic Download from IAC (fleetcode) Data
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Official Debian packages with lower relevance
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Gerris
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| Versions of package gerris |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| sid | 20091109-dfsg.1-1 | mips,armel,mipsel,hurd-i386,powerpc,i386,s390,amd64,sparc,alpha,ia64,hppa |
| squeeze | 20091109-dfsg.1-1 | sparc,amd64,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390 |
| Debtags of package gerris: |
| field | physics, mathematics |
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License: DFSG free
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Gerris is a system for the solution of the partial differential
equations describing fluid flow.
A brief summary of its main (current) features:
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Solves the time-dependent incompressible variable-density Euler,
Stokes or Navier-Stokes equations
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Adaptive mesh refinement: the resolution is adapted dynamically to
the features of the flow
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Entirely automatic mesh generation in complex geometries
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Second-order in space and time
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Unlimited number of advected/diffused passive tracers
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Flexible specification of additional source terms
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Portable parallel support using the MPI library
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Volume of Fluid advection scheme for interfacial flows
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Gnudatalanguage
Free IDL compatible incremental compiler
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| Versions of package gnudatalanguage |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| sid | 0.9~rc3-1 | sparc,amd64,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,powerpc,s390 |
| squeeze | 0.9~rc1-1.2+b2 | mips,armel |
| sid | 0.9~rc1-1.2+b2 | armel |
| squeeze | 0.9~rc1-1.2+b1 | sparc,hppa,ia64,amd64,i386,mipsel,s390 |
| sid | 0.9~rc1-1.2+b1 | alpha,mipsel |
| squeeze | 0.9~rc1-1.2 | powerpc |
| lenny | 0.9~rc1-1 | i386,hppa,s390,powerpc,ia64,sparc,amd64 |
| Debtags of package gnudatalanguage: |
| interface | text-mode |
| role | program |
| scope | utility |
| uitoolkit | ncurses |
| works-with | software:source |
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License: DFSG free
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A free IDL (Interactive Data Language) compatible incremental compiler.
It has full syntax compatibility with IDL 6.0.
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Octave-octcdf
NetCDF data files interface for Octave
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| Versions of package octave-octcdf |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| lenny | 1.0.9-2 | arm,i386,armel,mipsel,ia64,alpha,mips,amd64,s390,hppa,sparc,powerpc |
| sid | 1.0.12-1+b1 | ia64,alpha,amd64,armel,hppa,hurd-i386,i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| squeeze | 1.0.12-1+b1 | mipsel,hppa,amd64,powerpc,armel,ia64,sparc,mips,i386,s390 |
| upstream | 1.0.13 |
| Debtags of package octave-octcdf: |
| uitoolkit | ncurses |
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License: DFSG free
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This package provides functions to work with NetCDF data files in
Octave, a numerical computation software. This package provides a
function (netcdf) that creates and reads NetCDF files and writes to a
NetCDF file (ncdump) among others.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
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R-base
GNU R statistical computation and graphics system
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| Versions of package r-base |
| Release | Version | Architectures |
| lenny | 2.7.1-1+lenny1 | all |
| etch | 2.4.0.20061125-1 | all |
| sid | 2.10.1~20091210-1 | all |
| sid | 2.10.1~20091206-1 | all |
| squeeze | 2.10.0-1 | all |
| Debtags of package r-base: |
| devel | lang:r |
| field | statistics |
| role | metapackage, dummy |
| special | obsolete, meta |
| suite | gnu |
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License: DFSG free
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R is a system for statistical computation and graphics. It consists
of a language plus a run-time environment with graphics, a debugger,
access to certain system functions, and the ability to run programs
stored in script files.
The design of R has been heavily influenced by two existing languages:
Becker, Chambers & Wilks' S and Sussman's Scheme. Whereas the
resulting language is very similar in appearance to S, the underlying
implementation and semantics are derived from Scheme.
The core of R is an interpreted computer language which allows
branching and looping as well0;115;0c as modular programming using functions.
Most of the user-visible functions in R are written in R. It is
possible for the user to interface to procedures written in the
C, C++, or FORTRAN languages for efficiency, and many of R's core
functions do so. The R distribution contains functionality for a
large number of statistical procedures and underlying applied math
computations. There is also a large set of functions which provide
a flexible graphical environment for creating various kinds of data
presentations.
Additionally, over thousand extension "packages" are available from
CRAN, the Comprehensive R Archive Network, many also as Debian packages,
named 'r-cran-'.
This package is a metapackage which eases the transition from the
pre-1.5.0 package setup with its larger r-base package. Once installed, it
can be safely removed and apt-get will automatically upgrade its components
during future upgrades. Providing this packages gives a way to users to
then only install r-base-core if they so desire.
The package is enhanced by the following packages:
texmacs
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No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)
Catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources through the web
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License: GPL
Debian package not available
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Network opensource is a standards based, Free and Open Source catalog
application to manage spatially referenced resources through the web.
It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as
an embedded interactive web map viewer. This website contains information
related to the use of the software.
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Extension to HDF4 to support Earth Observing System datatypes
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License: BSD
Debian package not available
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HDF-EOS is a software library that is an extension of National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) HDF. The library supports the
construction of new data structures: Grid, Point and Swath.
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Extension to HDF5 to support Earth Observing System datatypes
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License: BSD
Debian package not available
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HDF-EOS is a software library that is an extension of National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) HDF. The library supports the
construction of new data structures: Grid, Point and Swath.
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Executables for the magics++ library
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License: Apache
Debian package not available
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Magics++ is the latest generation of the ECMWF's Meteorological plotting
software MAGICS. Although completely redesigned in C++, it is intended to be
as backwards-compatible as possible with the Fortran interface.
Besides its programming interfaces (Fortran and C), Magics++ offers MagML,
a plot description language based on XML aimed at automatic web production.
This package contains the MagcML binary that may be used with magics++.
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NCAR Command Language and NCAR Graphics package
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License: BSD
Debian package not available
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The NCAR Command Language (NCL) is a free interpreted language designed
specifically for scientific data processing and visualization. NCL has robust
file input and output. It can read and write netCDF-3, netCDF-4 classic (as
of version 4.3.1), HDF4, binary, and ASCII data, and read HDF-EOS2, GRIB1 and
GRIB2 (as of version 4.3.0). The graphics are world class and highly
customizable.
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Vis5d, a free OpenGL-based volumetric visualization program for scientific datasets in 3+ dimensions
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License: GPL
Debian package not available
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Interactive parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool
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License: unknown
Debian package not available
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