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    • 1. Introduction
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    • 3. Variables & Expressions
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    • 5. Animations & Gif Images
    • 6. Customizing Plots
    • 7. Handling String Data Symbols
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    • 9. Computing Environment
    • 10. Converting to NetCDF
    • 11. Writing External Functions
    • Glossary
    • Appendix A: Functions
    • Appendix B: PPLUS Guide
    • Appendix C: Ferret-Specific PPLUS Enhancements
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  • Tutorials and Demos
    • Ferret Tour
    • DSG files: Discrete Sampling Geometries Demo
    • Ferret sorting demo
    • Fast Fourier Transforms demo
    • Empirical Orthogonal Functions demo
    • Ferret objective analysis demo
    • Ferret Palette Demo
    • Map projections
    • Ferret polygon vector demo
    • Ferret Graticules demo
    • Ferret Polytube Demo
    • Ferret Polymark Demo
    • Ferret Constant-Array demo
    • Ferret land_detail demo
    • COADS Tour
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    • Use OPeNDAP
    • Ferret binary read demo
  • PyFerret
    • PyFerret Downloads and Install
    • What is PyFerret?
    • Why use PyFerret?
    • PyFerret for the Ferret user
    • PyFerret command syntax: quick-start notes
    • PyFerret for the Python user
    • Graphics in PyFerret ?
    • New Ferret functionality
    • PyFerret Python functions and constants
    • PyFerret Python objects and methods
    • Ferret external functions in Python
    • Ferret Fortran external functions
    • PyFerret metadata-and-data dictionaries
  • OPeNDAP
    • OPeNDAP usage in Ferret
    • Use OPeNDAP Demo
    • Test OPeNDAP

Documentation

Current Documentation: PyFerret and Ferret v7.63

  • Users Guide

  • PyFerret (Ferret using Python and within Python)

  • Release Notes for PyFerret and Ferret (What's new in the current release)

For navigating, try the search capability at the upper right. The Users Guide has an index and table of contents. Note that the Chapters are broken into sections for easier browsing from the table of contents.

  • Tutorials (Tutorials and demo scripts: Various topics on the use of Ferret)
     
  • External Functions (How to share or write external functions)
     
  • FAQs (Frequently asked questions)

Other materials

  • COARDS netCDF file conventions
  • Ferret tour (a tutorial)
  • Acknowledging Ferret

Older Documentation

  • Release Notes/New Features (Release notes from previous versions.)
  • Archive of Ferret Users List (Users' list messages 1995 - 2023)
  • User's Guide (Ferret v6.02)
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