CoastWatch Utilities Version 4.0.1 Released

NOAA CoastWatch Central Operations Now Distributing the CoastWatch Utilities Version 4.0.1 software: The NOAA CoastWatch Utilities read NetCDF and Hierarchical Data Format data files (such as those distributed by CoastWatch). The software package includes graphical tools for interactive data viewing and command line tools for data processing. The software runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.  The latest improvements include a new video creation tool that makes animations from local data files and data on Data Access Protocol (DAP) servers such as ERDDAP, THREDDS, and OPeNDAP. Improvements have also been made that benefit the STAR Advanced Clear Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) data production.

The image above is an example of the output from the new cwanimate tool and shows the first frame from January 2, 2023 in a video of data from the NOAA/NESDIS Geo-Polar Blended Global Sea Surface Temperature Analysis. The new tool transforms scientific data to MP4 format video files, and allows for custom color scale, units, logo, title, and data credit, and is intended to be used for producing standard branded videos for presentations.