Panoply

How to use the OPeNDAP server in Panoply.

The following explains the steps of loading data served by OPeNDAP using Panoply.

Pick one of the three OPeNDAP servers to find the OPeNDAP URL.
OPeNDAP URL general format describe as below.
- OPeNDAP URL:
  http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/[directory(s)]/[dataset]
- Authenticated OPeNDAP URL:
  http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/[authenticated_directory(s)]/[dataset]
  Note: Panoply supports basic authentication access, and it will pop-up authentication windows to input name and password.
Example in this tutorial using
- NLOM SSH 1/16deg Nowcast OPeNDAP URL:
  http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/public_data/NLOM/nlom_ssh

Dowload and install Panoply:

Start Panoply:

Load data using the URL and proceed as you normally would:

Click "Cancel" to cancel reading local dataset
Choose File -> Open Remote File ...
Enter the URL of a dataset to open:
http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/dods/public_data/NLOM/nlom_ssh
Click "Load"
Highlight nlom_ssh -> ssh | sea surface height [cm] | [lon][lat][time] on the Datasets table
Choose Plot -> Create New Plot
Select Lon-Lat
Plot show up
In Array(s) tab, Select Time: 856 of 1380 = 2004-10-03 00:00:00
In Scale tab, Click "Fit to Data"
In Map tab, Select Projection: Equirectangular (Regional)
Center on: Lon. -159°E, Lat. 21°N
Width: 12°, Height: 6°
In Scale tab, Min.: 50, Max.: 100

Argo Products	OFES	Climate Indices	Hawaii Regional Forecast	Hawaii Regional Climate Model	Hawaii Regional Ocean Model
Hawaii Regional Page	High Wind Occurrence	iROAM	LADCP	Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography	Monsoon Monitoring
Pacific Argo Regional Center	PRIDE	Paleoclimate Modeling	Precipitation Prediction System	SCUD	Science on a Sphere & Magic Planet
SPEArTC	Statistical Downscaling

OPeNDAP servers
GrADS Data Server	Dapper	TDS

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