early 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                                                                         
Watch Brian Mapes' handy IDV youtube tutorials 
Download the Brian Mapes IDV extensions here.         

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TPW (2D shaded view) and RH% (vertical cross section) visualized in IDV.

 



   Easy and intuitive plotting in IDV. 

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download IDV demo files below

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. 

Below are files to help explore the IDV. Download by clicking on the "HERE" link below. 

Click HERE to download monthly SST for IDV tutorial
Click HERE to download vertical level parameters for IDV tutorial

Watch this VIDEO on how to download and plot ERA5 reanalysis data for the IDV

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Download and explore the Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) from the IRI to produce statistical seasonal forecasts from station observations.

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A "how-to" video about calculating climate indices derived from the ET-CCDI.
The related python script to format the ERA5 hourly data into daily Tmax and daily Tmin can be accessed here. 

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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
World Bank - Climate Change Knowledge Portal (visualization and data download)
The Sea Level Explorer
Copernicus MyOcean Viewer

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CIMH TEACHING SUPPLEMENTS
1) WMO Guide to Wave Analysis and Forecasting 
​2) IDV OpenDAP links

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