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Open a new data file using the File→Open menu item or by clicking the button on the tool bar.
Once the file has been selected, choose the variables to view from the list of variables. Use Ctrl-click (⌘-click on the Mac) or Shift-click to select multiple variables or click File→Close from the menu.
. Click , and a new tab is added to the file tabs and the first variable is shown in the data view. Close a file by clicking the symbol on the file tab orYou can display a variety of file information by clicking the Tools→File Information menu item. Details include the satellite and sensor (or data source), date and time, projection information, spheroid, data origin, file format, variable names and attributes, and earth location boundary data. A second tab in the file information window also shows the raw metadata attribute values.
button or by using theCDAT currently supports the following file formats: