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How do I save
a map/image or a text file to a specific folder on my computer?
How do I view
a movie?
How do I find
information on all of the station data files for the Storm of '03?
How do I work
with a comma delimited text file?
Question:
How do I save a map/image or a text file to a specific folder on my computer?
Answer: Once you have opened the page you would like to save, go
to the file menu of your web browser. Select 'Save page as...' or 'Save
as...', then the location on your computer you would like to save your
file.
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How do I view a movie?
Answer: All of the animations and films on this CD ROM are Quicktime
(.mov), Audio Video Interleave (.avi) or Moving Picture Experts Group
(.mpg) format. If you have the appropriate software on your computer that
is linked to your browser as a "Helper Application", all movies
should play automatically. If they do not, check first that you have a
"Helper Application" for movies linked to your browser (how
to do this varies from one browser to another). Two appropriate "Helper
Applications" are described below. Note that many versions of Windows
Media Player will not play these formats.
If you do not have the appropriate
software on your computer to view these files, a good choice is VLC Media
Player, which is available for free for just about any platform from VideoLAN.
You can also download Quicktime for Mac
or Windows
2000/XP, but be aware that the free version of Quicktime will play
.mov and .avi files but not all .mpg formats.
Then, you can link VLC or Quicktime
to your Browser as a "Helper Application". Alternatively, you can
- Right click (Windows) or Control click (Mac) the link to the animation
or film, and select "Save Link As..."
- Save the movie in the location of your choice on your computer
- Start the VLC Media Player or Quicktime application
- Use File: Open to open the movie and play it.
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Question:
How do I find information on all of the station data files for the Storm
of '03?
Answer: All of the data files have a "read me" information sheet
associated with them, which can be accessed from the data selection pages
under "Storm of 2003" in the menu at left. They are:
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Question:
How do I work with a comma delimited text file?
Answer: There are 3 options:
- The first option is to import the file into Microsoft Excel. Under
the file menu, select open. This will open the text import wizard. For
step 1, select 'delimited', then next. For step 2, select 'comma', then
finish.
- The second option is for those students that are familiar with and
have a computer with a fortran 77 compiler. Save
this program to your computer to read the surface files or
this program to read
the upper air files. These FORTRAN programs read in the storm
of '03 text files. Once your have saved the programs and data to your
computer, just type 'f77 program_name.f' to compile the program. Add
your own programming commands to the program to manipulate the data
as you would like.
- The third option is to write your own program in the computer language
of your choice to work with the data.
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