read.me version 1.0 may 20, 1994
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hardware and software requirements for loading and runing the computer
animation are given below and are preceded by instructions for
downloading the compressed compute files.
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FTP THE GL.EXE FILE (4.2 MB) USING THE BINARY MODE OPTION.
THAT FILE CONTAINS SELF EXTRACTING DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE, THE COMPRESSED
DATA AND SOFTWARE FILES LISTED BELOW, AND A COPY OF THIS FILE.
THE UNCOMPRESSED FILES WILL REQUIRE ABOUT 15.3MB
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I. TO UNCOMPRESS THE FILES TYPE GL
II. TO LOAD AND RUN THE COMPUTER ANIMATION PROGRAM AFTER YOU
HAVE EXTRACTED THE FILES TYPE DISP
III. TO EXTRACT TEMPERATURE AND ICE COVER DATA TYPE RDTMPICE
IV. TO EXTRACT VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE DATA TYPE READPROF
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FILE NAME FUNCTION/DESCRIPTION
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RDTMPICE EXE PROGRAM TO EXTRACT TEMPERATURE AND ICE DATA
RETMPICE FOR
READPROF EXE PROGRAM TO EXTRACT AVG LAKE TEMPERATURE PROFILE DATA
READPROF FOR
EXTRACT TXT DESCRIPTION OF RDTMPICE AND READPROF
ANIM_A1 TXT DESCRIBES SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND ICE COVER DATA FORMAT
ANIM_A2 TXT DESCRIBES VERTICAL TEMPERATURE DATA FORMAT
DISP EXE COMPUTER ANIMATION PROGRAM
DISPINI DAT SETS PARAMETERS FOR DISP - DO NOT CHANGE
VERTPROF INI SETS PARAMETERS FOR DISP - DO NOT CHANGE
RESET BAT RESETS TERMINAL IF DISPLAY IS "CRASHED"
BACKGRND BIN INPUT TO DISP - DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE
NORMPROF SUP L.SUPERIOR NORMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES - DO NOT CHANGE
NORMPROF MIC L.MICHIGAN NORMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES - DO NOT CHANGE
NORMPROF ERI L. ERIE NORMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES - DO NOT CHANGE
NORMPROF NHU L. HURON NORMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES - DO NOT CHANGE
NORMPROF ONT L. ONTARIO NORMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES - DO NOT CHANGE
NORMPROF GEO GEORGIAN BAY NORMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILES - DO NOT CHANGE
GLTEMPSD BIN INPUT TO DISP - DO NOT CHANGE
GLTMPICE ONT L. ONTARIO NORMAL TEMPERATURE & ICE FILE - DO NOT CHANGE
GLTMPICE ERI L. ERIE NORMAL TEMPERATURE & ICE FILE - DO NOT CHANGE
GLTMPICE MIC L. MICHIGAN NORMAL TEMPERATURE & ICE FILE - DO NOT CHANGE
GLTMPICE HUR L. HURON NORMAL TEMPERATURE & ICE FILE - DO NOT CHANGE
GLTMPICE SUP L. SUPERIOR NORMAL TEMPERATURE & ICE FILE - DO NOT CHANGE
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Requirements for loading and running the animation and data:
IBM PC-compatible with 512K of RAM. You must have a math
coprocessor installed as well. While not all of the listed
processor configurations have been tested, we presume that
any of the following choices are acceptable:
486DX
486SX/487SX
386/387
386SX/387SX
286/287
8086/8087 or 8088/8087
(Naturally, the 808?/8087 choice will run VERY slowly. We
recommend at least a 386SX.)
VGA graphics
15.3 MB of disk space
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The program uses either MICROSOFT FORTRAN 5.1 graphics fonts or
MICROSOFT WINDOWS Graphics fonts.
To run the program you must have either
MICROSOFT FORTRAN font-files TMSRB.FON and HELVB.FON
on directory c:\fortran\lib or
on the directory containing the animation program
or
MICROSOFT WINDOWS font files SMALLE.FON and COURF.FON
on directory c:\windows\system or
on the directory containing the animation program
If you do not have any of these font files, you can not run the program.
If you have the font files in a different directory, copy the font files to
your animation program directory.
Use preferably the MICROSOFT FORTRAN font-files.
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For detailed documentation see:
SCHNEIDER K., Assel R.A. and Croley T.E.II (1993)
Normal Water Temperature and Ice Cover of the Laurentian Great Lakes.
A Computer Animation, Data Base and Analysis Tool.
NOAA Techn. Memo. ERL GLERL-81.
Email: assel@glerl.noaa.gov
croley@glerl.noaa.gov
The above Technical Memorandum is available through:
Publications Office
NOAA/GLERL
2205 Commonwealth Blvd
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945
Telephone 734 741 2262
Fax 734 741 2055
Email darnell@glerl.noaa.gov