Pictureearly season rains April 2012: jet streak, vertical velocity, 200 and 850hPa wind vectors, total precipitable water, 500hPa positive temperature advection, and TRMM precipitation
Do you spend 90% of your time trying to code and only 10% doing real science? I used to also before embracing the IDV! Now I spend 100% of my time doing real science and 0% banging my head on a command line terminal. Thank you IDV!

Download the IDV here                                                                         
And watch Brian Mapes' handy IDV youtube tutorials     and download the Brian Mapes IDV extensions from here.         
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COCONet 30 minute GPS based water vapor and 5 minute surface meteorology station data. Download and plot in IDV all FREE
PictureTPW (2D shaded view) and RH% (vertical cross section) visualized in IDV.
 



   Easy and intuitive plotting in IDV. 
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Download the IDV .zidv bundle for a demonstration of wind visualizations from the 1993 Storm of the Century (UWI-Cave Hill Synoptic Meteorology II class). Click image above to download file. 
click HERE to download monthly SST data for use in class demonstration.
​click HERE to download monthly wind IDV example for use in class demonstration
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Download and explore the Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) from the IRI to produce statistical seasonal forecasts.


A list of my often used handy climate analysis web tools:
The IRI Data Library 
NOAA Physical Science Division Plotting and Analysis Tool
NASA Giovanni