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The data display tools allow the user to display data from the data files in various ways. The data display tools that are availabe are the following; click on the links for more information about that tool:

Tool Name display_onset_of_melt.pro
Applicable Data Sets Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I Brightness Temperatures
Description IDL program that allows the user to view the data in graphical form.
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Usage Example Usage Example - display_onset_of_melt.pro


Tool Name display_ssmi.pro
Applicable Data Sets DMSP SSM/I Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
Near Real-Time DMSP SSM/I Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
Description IDL program that allows you to display brightness temperature grids for multiple days in an Xinteranimate window.
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Usage Example IDL Routines for Passive Microwave Data: Usage Examples - display_ssmi.pro


Tool Name display_ssmi_xa.pro
Applicable Data Sets Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I Brightness Temperatures
Description IDL program that allows you to display brightness temperature grids for multiple days in an Xinteranimate window.
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Usage Example IDL Routines for Passive Microwave Data: Usage Examples - display_ssmi_xa.pro


Tool Name disp_bootstrap_ice_xa.pro
Applicable Data Sets Bootstrap Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I
Description IDL program that will automatically display animations of the sea ice concentration grids. The routine works on both the daily and monthly sea ice files and allows users to display sea ice concentrations. For monthly data, users may select which image threshold to view (0, 5, 10, or 15% ice cut off).
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Usage Example Usage Example - disp_bootstrap_ice_xa.pro


Tool Name disp_ssmi_ice_xa.pro
Applicable Data Sets Nimbus-5 ESMR Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations
Description IDL program that will automatically display animations of the sea ice concentration grids. The routine works on both the daily and monthly sea ice  files and allows users to display sea ice concentrations. For monthly data, users may select which image threshold to view (0, 5, 10, or 15% ice cut off).
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Usage Example IDL Routines for Passive Microwave Data: Usage Examples - disp_ssmi_ice_xa.pro


Tool Name showice.m
Applicable Data Sets Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I Passive Microwave Data
Near Real-Time DMSP SSM/I Daily Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations
Description A Matlab program that displays an image of the sea ice concentration grids in either of two color scales.
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Tool Name showice.pro
Applicable Data Sets DMSP SSM/I Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations
Description IDL program that automatically displays images of the sea ice concentration grids of the GIF browse files. Note: This program is somewhat outdated and only works with IDL Versions 5.4 and lower since versions of IDL higher than 5.4 do not support reading or writing GIF images. Users who do not have access to IDL Version 5.4 and lower should use another method for viewing the GIF files such as a simple image editor or Web browser.
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