PAVE User's Guide - Version 2.3
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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction and where to obtain software
  2. Types of plots produced by PAVE
  3. Getting your data into PAVE
  4. Using formulas
  5. Spatial and temporal data subsetting
  6. Navigating through PAVE's menu items
  7. Configuring plots
  8. Printing and exporting images, animations, and data
  9. Driving PAVE using scripts
  10. Optional Environment Variables
  11. Requirements for use
  12. Quick PAVE Jumpstart
  13. Known bugs and workarounds
  14. Run time errors
  15. History of new features
  16. PAVE FAQ
  17. Future PAVE Development

1. Introduction and where to obtain software

This document describes how to use the Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental data (PAVE). PAVE is a flexible and distributed application to visualize multivariate gridded environmental datasets. Features include (1) baseline graphics with the option to export data to high-end commercial packages, (2) access and manipulation of datasets located on remote machines, (3) support for multiple simultaneous visualizations, (4) an architecture that allows PAVE to be controlled by external processes, (5) low computational overhead, and (6) no software distribution cost.

PAVE version 2.3 was released on October 18, 2004. See New Features in PAVE 2.3.0 for more information on the improvements made in this version. The last public release of PAVE was version 2.2 in June, 2004. For information on the improvements in version 2.2, please see New Features in PAVE 2.2.0 . Binary executables for the latest version of PAVE are available for IRIX 6.5 (SGI), Solaris 2.7 (Sun), Linux 2, and Windows 2000/XP (on PCs with Microsoft SFU (Services for Unix) and an X11 server such as Exceed or Cygwin/X with Lesstif installed). Operating system versions later than the ones specified should also work in most cases. Older versions of PAVE are available for HP-UX, AIX, and OSF1. PAVE can be recompiled for later versions of these operating systems by installing the libraries from older versions and then compiling the latest source code from the PAVE source code distribution. For information on obtaining and using PAVE, see the on-line PAVE Resources listed below.

We hope you enjoy your PAVE visualizing experience!

On-line PAVE Resources
Instructions for obtaining and installing PAVE http://www.cmascenter.org
Answers to frequently asked questions about PAVE Pave.FAQ.html
The latest version of the PAVE User's manual http://www.cep.unc.edu/empd/EDSS/pave_doc/index.shtml
The latest PAVE User's manual in a single HTML file http://www.cep.unc.edu/empd/EDSS/pave_doc/EntirePaveManual.html
Page for submitting bug reports, suggestions, and questions http://bugz.unc.edu
Getting started with PAVE Quick PAVE Jumpstart

2. Types of plots produced by PAVE

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From left to right, these are examples of a smoothed tile plot, a 3D mesh plot, a time series line plot, and a time series bar plot.

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From left to right, these are examples of a tile plot of a vertical cross section, a wind vector plot, and a scatter plot.

Next Chapter: Getting your data into PAVE

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