Re: Freud

Hi Doug,

> I have just completed an evaluation of "Freud" for Fred Knight, and he 
> suggested 
> that I pass it along to you.

Thanks.

I'm collecting these for eventual use in a redesign of the web page on
netCDF software, in order to make it more useful.

--Russ

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>  
> Freud is a GUI-based package for viewing climatological data sets.  A command
> line interface is also available.  Supported data types are:
> 
> * netCDF
> * Matlab [not sure exactly what this type is]
> * Binary
> * GrADS
> * ASCII
> 
> Output can be generated in PostScript, CGM, or GIF formats.  Available plot
> types are:
> 
> * X-Y
> * Contour
> * Various Earth projections with data overlays
> 
> Limitations:
> 
> * Only supports floating point data - can not handle integer or double types
> * My limited testing has produced moderately frequent core dumps
> * Unsupported; the last release was 8-14-96
> * Generated as a compiled binary - source code is not available
> 
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> 
> Doug