User Guide

• Using Metview
  • Metview's Startup Options
  • Metview's user interface
    • Editing Icons
    • Integrated help in the Code Editor
  • Using the MARS Web API from Metview
  • Visualisation - an Overview
    • Animation frames in the Display Window
    • Visualisers
    • Layer Management
    • How to use the colour gradient editor
    • Views
    • Data Overlay
    • Visualising large data files with Metview
    • Generating animated GIFs from Metview plots
    • 3D visualisation with VAPOR
      • VAPOR Setup
    • How to use the Weather Symbol Editor in Metview
      • Weather Symbol Editor feedback page
  • Efficiency and use of multiple processors
  • Running External Models from Metview
    • The FLEXPART interface
      • FLEXPART output
      • FLEXPART at ECMWF
      • FLEXPART setup
      • FLEXPART species
    • The FLEXTRA interface
      • FLEXTRA at ECMWF
      • FLEXTRA setup
• Data Types
  • GRIB Overview
  • BUFR Overview
  • NetCDF Overview
  • ODB Overview
  • Geopoints Overview
  • ASCII Tables Overview
• The Macro Language
  • Macro syntax
  • Macro Data Types
    • Finding the Type of an Expression
    • Strings
    • Numbers
    • Dates
    • ASCII Tables
    • Vectors
    • NetCDF
    • Geopoints
      • Storing Data Origin Information in a Geopoints File
    • Geopointset
  • List of Operators and Functions
    • Information Functions
    • The nil Operand
    • Number Functions
    • String Functions
    • Date Functions
    • List Functions
    • Vector Functions
    • Fieldset Functions
    • Geopoints Functions
    • Geopointset Functions
    • NetCDF Functions
    • ODB Functions
    • Table Functions
    • Observations Functions
    • Definition Functions
    • File Functions
    • Timing Functions
    • UNIX Interfacing Functions
    • Macro System Functions
    • Thermodynamic Functions
    • Plotting Functions
    • FLEXPART Functions
  • The Metview Macro Library
    • mvl_ml2hPa
    • mvl_geocircle
    • mvl_geoline
    • mvl_geopotential_on_ml
    • flexpart_build_title
    • flexpart_filter
    • flexpart_total_column
• Metview's Python Interface
  • Developing and Running Metview Python Scripts
  • Using Metview's Python Interface
  • Metview Python Release Notes
  • Using cfgrib to load GRIB data into an xarray dataset
• Icon Reference
  • Annotation View
  • Average Data
  • Average View
  • Axis Plotting
  • Binning
  • Bufr Picker
  • Cartesian View
  • Clean File
  • Coastlines
  • Common View Parameters
  • Contouring
  • Cross Section Data
  • Cross Section View
  • Display Window
  • Download from URL
  • ECCHARTS
  • ECFS
  • FLEXPART Prepare
  • FLEXPART Release
  • FLEXPART Run
  • FLEXTRA Prepare
  • FLEXTRA Run
  • FLEXTRA Visualiser
  • Formula
  • Geographical View
  • Geopoints To Grib
  • Geopoints To KML
  • Graph Plotting
  • GRIB Filter
  • Grib To Geopoints
  • Grib Vectors
  • Hovmoeller Data
  • Hovmoeller View
  • Import Plotting
  • Input Visualiser
  • LatLong Matrix
  • Legend
  • Macro Parameters
  • MARS Retrieval
  • Met3D
  • Met3D Prepare
  • Meteogram
  • NetCDF Visualiser
  • Observation Filter
  • Observation Plotting
  • ODB Filter
  • ODB Visualiser
  • Percentile
  • Potential Temperature
  • Regrid
  • Relative Humidity
  • Reprojection
  • Rotational or Divergent Wind
  • RTTOV Run
  • RTTOV Visualiser
  • SCM Run
  • SCM Visualiser
  • Shell Script
  • Simple Formula
  • Spectra
  • Stations
  • Symbol Plotting
  • Table Reader
  • Table Visualiser
  • Taylor Grid
  • Text Plotting
  • Thermo Data
  • Thermo Grid
  • Thermo Plotting
  • Thermo View
  • VAPOR Prepare
  • Velocity Potential or Stream Function
  • Vertical Profile Data
  • Vertical Profile View
  • Wind Plotting
  • WMS Client