Scientific Software
Analytical Software Packages Supported by NCEAS Scientific Computing
NCEAS encourages and strongly supports the use of open source software packages (e.g., the R Programming Environment, GRASS GIS, and PosgreSQL) that the scientific community widely contributes to, that are distributed under a General Protection License, and that publish source code and algorithms. NCEAS also recognizes that for some research, commercial proprietary software products are the best alternative and we support such packages.
Scientific Computing Services encourages contributions to this page.
Please send your suggestions to: reeves
nceas [dot] ucsb [dot] edu (Scientific Computing Services)
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Mathematics and Statistics Software
The Math Works / MATLAB
The MATLAB Central Script Exchage The R Project for Statistical ComputingThe SAS Institute
Software Package Support
ESRI ArcMap GIS Version 9 Installation Instructions (39 kb pdf)
Sun MPI 7.0 (OpenMPI) Software Programming and Reference Manual
GIS and Geospatial Data Analysis
This site presents the Thematic Mapping Engine, software for creating innovative thematic maps using GoogleEarth technology.
UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory
A great resource for soils-related geospatial research, the Software section contains many concise R spatial analysis examples.
GeoDa Center For Geospatial Analysis and Computation
Luc Anselin's (Arizona State University) successor to his Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL). Good resource for state-of-the-art geospatial analysis methods and software tools.
PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database.
The FreeGIS Project: A software overview for Free Geographic Information Systems
Hawth's Analysis Tools for GIS: ArcMap GIS Toolbox
An extension for ArcGIS/ArcMap, this performs spatial analysis and functions that cannot be conveniently accomplished with out-of-the-box ArcGIS.
CDO is a collection of command line utilities that manipulate and analyze climate data in GRIB, netCDF, SERVICE, EXTRA and IEG formats.
GRASS GIS in a Nutshell (1.4 mb PDF)
A good, basic GRASS GIS tutorial - A great place to start learning GRASS
An Introduction to the Practical Use of GRASS 6.0 (4.3 mb PDF)
A comprehensive guide for the new GRASS GIS user who has completed GRASS GIS in a Nutshell
Markus Netler's GRASS GIS Seminar (November 2006) (10 mb PDF)
Slides from a comprehensive GRASS seminar delivered at ITC-irst, Povo (Trento), Italy
GRASS: Geostatistics and Spatial Data Analysis
A web-based clearinghouse with links to documents, web sites, and mailing lists that describe GRASS geostatistical analysis tools.
Quantum GIS Version 1.0 User Guide
User guide for Quantum GIS (QGIS) - a powerful, open-source GIS
Open OS/X Offers GRASS GIS for Mac OS/X
This application can transform your Mac into a full-featured Geographic Information System
Unified Mapping Platform (JUMP)
JUMP is a GUI-based application for viewing and processing spatial data. It is also an extensible framework for developing and running custom spatial data processing applications.
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
OGC is a non-profit, standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location-based services.
Image Processing and Analysis
A general-purpose image analysis software used to view and analyze environmental satellite data
NASA SeaWIFS Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) Software
A comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color satellite (SeaWIFS,MODIS, OCTS,CZCS) image data
Tutorial: Download and Resampling of MODIS Images Using R
An end-to-end example demonstrates both download and processing of MODIS data from NASA servers, as well as the creation of a ready-for-analysis MODIS image mosaic at user-specified spatial resolution.
