Live Access Server LAS

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Live Access Server (LAS)

• Web based, common interface to diverse data
• Single interface for subsetting, download,
  visualization, comparison
• Easy access to metadata and documentation
• Unified access to distributed data holdings
• Uniform user interface to existing back end
  visualization packages

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LAS Architecture

• LAS is three tiered

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LAS and OPeNDAP

• Ferret back end is linked with OPeNDAP

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Data Server Details
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LAS Documentation

• Home page
• http//ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/
• List of servers
• http//ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/LAS_server
  s.html

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LAS Tutorial

• Creating dataset configuration files
• http//ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/cgibin/LASdoc?file16
  
• Adding data to your LAS
• http//ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/cgibin/LASdoc?file16
  

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LAS Tutorial

• Customizing output graphics with ltpropertiesgt
• http//ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/FAQ/per_va
  riable_configuration.html
• Fixing datasets with ltinit_scriptgt
• http//pet01.pet.navo.hpc.mil/

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Thank You!

• You all for coming.
• Tim Campbell and Brian Tabor.
• Peter and James.
• The Ferret-FDS-LAS gang
• Steve Hankin, Ansley Manke,
• Kevin OBrien, Yonghua Wei,
• Joe Mclean, Roland Schweitzer