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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. Motivation ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Features .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Supported Data Streams ................................................................................................................................ 1 Website .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 User Manual .................................................................................................................................................. 2 2. REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 2 2.1. Memory ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2. Software ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 3. INSTALLING AND USING DIVE ................................................................................................................... 2 3.1. Windows ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 3.2. Mac OSX ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.3. Linux .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 4. DIVE CONTACTS ............................................................................................................................................. 3 5. OVERVIEW OF DIVE ...................................................................................................................................... 3 5.1. Dataset Selection ........................................................................................................................................... 3 5.1.1. Dataset Explorer Panel ............................................................................................................. 4 5.1.2. Variable Selector Panel ............................................................................................................ 4 5.1.3. Selected Data Panel .................................................................................................................. 5 6. VISUALISING DATASETS AND VARIABLES ............................................................................................ 5 6.1. Overview of DIVE Functions ........................................................................................................................ 6 6.1.1. Variables Panel Functions ........................................................................................................ 6 6.1.2. Map Panel Functions ................................................................................................................ 7 6.2. Edit Properties ............................................................................................................................................... 7 6.2.1. Plot settings .............................................................................................................................. 8 6.2.2. Correct for rotation................................................................................................................. 14 6.2.3. Temporal settings ................................................................................................................... 14 6.2.4. Point data settings .................................................................................................................. 14 6.3. Time Slider .................................................................................................................................................. 16 6.4. Height Slider ................................................................................................................................................ 16 6.5. Selecting Sample Points .............................................................................................................................. 16 6.5.1. Selecting Multiple Sample Points .......................................................................................... 17 6.6. Profile Plots ................................................................................................................................................. 19 6.7. Time Series Plots ......................................................................................................................................... 20 6.8. Exporting Images and Movies ..................................................................................................................... 21 6.8.1. Making Images ....................................................................................................................... 22 6.8.2. Making Movies or Animations .............................................................................................. 22 6.9. Data Point Attributes ................................................................................................................................... 22 6.9.1. Biological Point Data ............................................................................................................. 22 6.9.2. Gridded Data Sets .................................................................................................................. 23 6.10. Data Source Attributes............................................................................................................................... 24 6.11. Section Plots .............................................................................................................................................. 24 6.11.1. Gridded Data Section Plots .................................................................................................. 24 6.11.2. Point Data Section Plots ....................................................................................................... 26 6.12. Time Zones ................................................................................................................................................ 26 6.13. Changing order of variables ...................................................................................................................... 27 6.14. Displaying a Plot in a Separate Window ................................................................................................... 28 6.15. Changing Your View of a Plot .................................................................................................................. 28 6.15.1. Manually setting axis properties .......................................................................................... 29 6.16. Changing the format of cursor latitude and longitude ............................................................................... 30