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Spin SeaWiFS L3 Binned File Widget

Description:  This widget allows the user to animate multiple SeaWiFS L3 Binned products on any projection or spin one or multiple products as a globe on certain projections.  This widget can be initiated by selecting Functions->Spin L3 binned file in the Seadisp Main Menu Widget.

Input/output items:
Input file The input SeaWiFS L3 Binned file.  If the <Enter> key is entered in this field, the products in the input file will be updated (become sensitive) to the Product field.
Category Toggle buttons to select the statistical values to be calculated.  The selections of this field combined with the selections of the Product field decide the products to be mapped and animated in the same window.
Product Toggle buttons to select the products in the L3 Binned file to be projected.  The selections of this field combined with the selections of the Category field decide the products to be mapped and animated in the same window.
Map Projection The projection method to be applied for the output.
Projection Option
Isotropic Set this keyword to produce a map that has the same scale in the X and Y direction.
Grid Toggle button for the gridline display.
Continents Toggle button for the coastline display.
Center Lat/Lon  The latitude/longitude of the point on the earth's surface to be mapped to the center of the projection plane.  The default value is (0.0/0.0).  For more detailed information about this parameter, please see the description about 'map_set' in the IDL Reference Guide.
Rotation The angle through which the North direction should be rotated around the line L between the earth's center and the Center Lat/Lon point.  The default value is 0.0.  For more detailed information about this parameter, please see the description about 'map_set' in the IDL Reference Guide.
Spin Option
Window Size The width and the height of the output window for animation.
Number of Frames  The number of frames to be created for each product for spinning.  The frames are created with the same projection but with different longitudes, increased by degrees of (360 / Number of Frames), for the center.  If set to1, it allows different products to be animated with the same projection.

Action Items:
Select (Input file)  To display the File Selection Widget for selecting the input L3 Binned file.  The file selected will be displayed in the Input File field and the products in the selected file will be updated (become sensitive) to the Product field.
Quit To close this widget and the Animation Widget generated by it.
Go To generate the mapped images based on all the input fields and then transfer to the IDL Animation Widget for animation.


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