Enhancing VAPOR to Support Ocean Simulation Data

Abstract

VAPOR is an open source, desktop application, developed by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), for interactive exploration of earth sciences, numerically simulated, gridded data. The goal of this three-year project is to extend VAPOR to better support the needs of the ocean modeling communities, thus addressing the gap in capabilities provided by current, similar visual data analysis environments presently employed by ocean modelers. All enhancements made to VAPOR will be bundled into the VAPOR package distribution under VAPOR’s current open source license, and made freely available to all via the VAPOR web site (www.vapor.ucar.edu). This report summarizes the project goals and discusses progress made in year two of the collaborative effort between NCAR and KISTI.