.. _requirements:
Requirements and acknowledgements
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This is a natural place for acknowledging the invaluable contribution
by the tools/packages listed below, with a special thanks to CDO
2015: Climate Data Operators. Available at: http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/cdo
- Python version 2.7, with one NetCDF package (either
Scientific.IO.NetCDF, or NETCDF4 or scipy.io.netcdf)
- `ImageMagick `_ (modules : convert, identify) ; this is usually included in Linux distributions
- `nco `_ (ncatted, ncdump, ncwa, ncrcat)
- `cdo `_
- `Ncl 6.3.0 `_ (Ncl >= 6.1.2 may work, nevertheless)
- Data files must be `CF compliant `_
- `exiv2 `_ (Image metadata manipulation tool); exiv2 is a program to read and write Exif, IPTC, XMP metadata and image comments.
- `epstopdf` (to make multiplot in pdf format with cpage_pdf)
Optional
- `ncview `_
Special requirement for building or modifying CliMAF documentation :
- Sphinx :
- executable 'sphinx-build'
- package sphinxcontrib.napoleon