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=Installation and set up=
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The GeoCLIM Manual covers the most commonly used tools in the GeoCLIM software
* After you have downloaded the GeoCLIM installation file [[GeoCLIM]], click on the GeoCLIM msi file to install it. Accept all the defaults in the installation steps.
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* You can run the GeoCLIM from the Start Menu or from the desktop.
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* [[GeoCLIM/help/installation|Installation and First Setup]]
* The first time you run the GeoCLIM, you will get a dialog box prompting you to select a a geographic area. Select the geographic area you want to work in (e.g. IGAD). When you have selected a geographic area, you will be presented a list of "regions". Select your "region" of interest. When you have selected a geographic area and a region, click OK.
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* [[GeoCLIM/help/datamanagement|Data Management Tools]]
[[File:0001_firstrun1.png]]
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/datamanagement/import|Import climatic data into GeoCLIM]]
* If this is the first time you are installing the program, GeoCLIM will detect that there is no GeoCLIM data on your computer and will prompt you whether you want to download or import some GeoCLIM data.
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/datamanagement/download|Download climatic data archives]]
[[File:0001_firstrun02_ingest_geoclim_data1.png]]
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/datamanagement/outputs|Define output options]]
* If you have some data from the GeoCLIM CD, select "Import" to import the data, which is a shorter process than downloading. If you do not have data to import, select the "download" option. You will get a box which looks like the one below.
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/datamanagement/listavaiabledata|View list of available data]]
[[File:0001_firstrun03_download_data1.png]]
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/datamanagement/basiics|BASIICS]]
* Select the data duration, the data parameter, and the data region as well as the dates you want to download data for. If you use the default, which is monthly rainfall data for Africa, the data begins at 1981, and you can select your dates accordingly, then click OK.
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* [[GeoCLIM/help/settings|Change GeoCLIM settings]]
* Downloading all the data may take a few hours, depending on the speed of your connection.
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* [[GeoCLIM/help/analytical|Analytical tools]]
* If you decided to import the data (which takes a much shorter time than downloading), you will be presented with the dialog box which looks like the one below:
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/analytical/climatological|Climatological data analysis]]
[[File:0001_firstrun04_import_data1.png]]
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/analytical/viewsummaries|View intra-seasonal rainfall summaries]]
* Press the browse button at the top right to select the GeoCLIM data archive, then click the "Import" button to import the data.
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/analytical/contours|Make contours]]
* When you have finished ingesting data (either by downloading or installing), click the GeoCLIM icon in the Windows Taskbar, and you will see a message written "GeoCLIM successfully loaded". Click OK to close the message and you can start using GeoCLIM.
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/analytical/longtermchange|Calculate Long-term change in averages]]
[[File:0002_finished_loading_up.png]]
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* [[GeoCLIM/help/automation|Automation tools]]
* Press OK to start using the GeoCLIM
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/automation/batchassistant|Batch assistant for developing automation scripts]]
[[File:0003_geoclim_interface.png]]
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/automation/batcheditor|Batch editor for Automation tools]]
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* [[GeoCLIM/help/gis|GIS tools]]
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/gis/spatialdataviewer|Displaying spatial data]]
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** [[GeoCLIM/help/gis/extract|Extract statistics from raster datasets]]

Revision as of 00:18, 23 October 2013