The Get Binary button is used to retrieve a binary DODS data object from the server. Read/decode this object using one of the DODS client programs such as geturl or loaddods (Note: loaddods cannot currently decode these files, but a new version to be released soon will be able to).

The button labeled `Send to Program' causes the data to be sent directly to the loaddods extension command (currently this works only for Matlab but we will support IDL soon). Read the documentation for that DODS client to properly configure it. Using this button, you may import data values directly into Matlab. Be aware that some limitations exist on the types of data that you may import and this interface does not try to enforce those limitations (because they don't apply to the other disposition options). Specifically, arrays must be no more than two dimensions when working with Matlab 4. To read data from an array with more than two dimension, project one or more dimensions so that they contain only a single element. For example, given a the dimensional array U a constraint that would let you read this into Matlab would be: U[0:0][0:9][0:9]. Note that the first dimension has been reduced to a single element by selecting index zero.