OPeNDAP Matlab Interface Handbook
Version 1.15

This document describes version 6.0 of the Open Source Project for a Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) Matlab Graphical User Interface (GUI), a system intended to allow researchers transparent access to earth science data--stored in any of several different file formats--across the Internet. The OPeNDAP Matlab GUI was originated by Deirdre Byrne and Peter Cornillon.

This document is relevant to the following software versions:

We are interested in feedback and bug reports about the OPeNDAP Matlab GUI Please send them to: support@unidata.ucar.edu.

• Preface
  • 0.1 Tasks Illustrated in this Guide
  • 0.2 Who is this Guide for?
  • 0.3 Organization of this Document
  • 0.4 Conventions
• 1 The OPeNDAP Matlab Graphical User Interface
  • 1.1 Quick Start
  • 1.2 What is the OPeNDAP Matlab GUI?
    • 1.2.1 Setting up a data request
    • 1.2.2 Querying a Dataset
    • 1.2.3 Issuing a Data Request
    • 1.2.4 Displaying the Data
  • 1.3 Example Sessions
    • 1.3.1 Drawing a Simple Picture
      • A Short But Edifying Digression About the Internet
    • 1.3.2 Creating a Time Series
  • 1.4 Updating the Dataset List
  • 1.5 Editing Bookmarks
• 2 The DODS GUI Menu Reference
  • 2.1 The Buttons
  • 2.2 The Menus
    • 2.2.1 Data
      • Show Data Bookmarks
      • Edit Bookmarks
      • Open Bookmarks File
      • Plot Acquired Rxx
      • Clear Rxx_ from workspace
      • Find
      • Update Bookmarks
    • 2.2.2 Resolution
    • 2.2.3 Display
    • 2.2.4 Preferences
    • 2.2.5 DODS Help
    • 2.2.6 Display Data
      • Edit
      • Apply to All
    • 2.2.7 Bookmarks
      • File
      • Edit
      • View
  • 2.3 Browser Preferences
• 3 Adding Your Own Datasets to the OPeNDAP Matlab GUI
  • 3.1 The Archive File
    • 3.1.1 An example
    • 3.1.2 Getrectg function variables
    • 3.1.3 Another example
  • 3.2 The "Get" Function
    • 3.2.1 getxxx Function Modes
      • Catalog mode
      • Datasize Mode
      • Get Mode
    • 3.2.2 getxxx Function Tools
      • The loaddods Function
      • loaddap
      • Utility Functions
  • 3.3 Adding a New Dataset
• A Getting Started with the OPeNDAP Matlab GUI Software
  • A.1 Getting the OPeNDAP Matlab GUI Software
  • A.2 Unpacking the OPeNDAP Matlab GUI Software
  • A.3 Installing the OPeNDAP Matlab GUI Software
  • A.4 The Archive Files
• Index
• Footnotes