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NCAR Command Language

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The NCAR Command Language (NCL) is a programming language created by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. It is primarily designed for use with climate and model data.

NCL has been used in various scientific publications to visualise, analyse, and process data. [1]

Official website

References

  1. ^ For example, the following publications cite NCL as an analysis/mapping tool:
    • Polade, Suraj D.; Pierce, David W.; Cayan, Daniel R.; Gershunov, Alexander; Dettinger, Michael D. (13 March 2014). "The key role of dry days in changing regional climate and precipitation regimes". Scientific Reports. 4. doi:10.1038/srep04364.
    • Chen, Jinqiang; Bordoni, Simona (28 February 2014). "Intermodel spread of East Asian summer monsoon simulations in CMIP5". Geophysical Research Letters. 41 (4): 1314โ€“1321. doi:10.1002/2013GL058981. (see "Acknowledgements")
    • Li, Junde; Liang, Chujin; Tang, Youmin; Dong, Changming; Chen, Dake; Liu, Xiaohui; Jin, Weifang (7 April 2016). "A new dipole index of the salinity anomalies of the tropical Indian Ocean". Scientific Reports. 6: 24260. doi:10.1038/srep24260. (see "Graphics Software")