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1 Requirements
Microsoft Windows Operation systems, for instance, this compiler is accessible from the Command Window, found under Start/All programs/Accessories. The
compiler is called by entering the command:
g95 filename f9
If free of errors, this produces an executable f le of standard name “a.exe”, that,
once executed, does hopefully the tasks it was designed for. Consult the G95 user
manual (available from the above Web page) for more advanced compiler options.
Enter “dir” in the Command Prompt window for a list of all subfolders and file
contained in a folder. Enter “cd name” to move to another subdirectory. Use “cd ..”
to move back one level.
1.3 Data-Visualisation Software
To produce graphs and animations of model outputs, I can highly recommend the
open-source software SciLab that can be downloaded from:
http://www.scilab.org/
I have used Version 4.1 for Windows. This software is also available for GNU/
Linux platforms. The good thing about this software is that it comes for free and that
its commands resemble those in MATLAB, being used by many scientists. SciLab
also comes with a text editor that the reader can use to write FORTRAN codes.
Some of the SciLab commands used in the scripts of this book are obsolete in the
newest SciLab 5.x versions. Updated scripts can be requested from the author per
email.
SciLab allows for export of graphics to several formats including POSTSCRIPT
and GIF. The software suite ImageMagick, downloadable at:
http://www.imagemagick.org/
can be used to read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (about 100)
including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, and TIFF.
ImageMagick can also be used to produce GIF animations that can be watched on
many internet browsers. An option is the open-source Firefox Web browser developed by MOZILLA found at:
http://www.mozilla.org/
1.4 Text Editor
Any basic text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad will do for the writing of
FORTRAN programs. The open-source editor VIM can be downloaded at:
1 Requirements
Microsoft Windows Operation systems, for instance, this compiler is accessible from the Command Window, found under Start/All programs/Accessories. The
compiler is called by entering the command:
g95 filename f9
If free of errors, this produces an executable f le of standard name “a.exe”, that,
once executed, does hopefully the tasks it was designed for. Consult the G95 user
manual (available from the above Web page) for more advanced compiler options.
Enter “dir” in the Command Prompt window for a list of all subfolders and file
contained in a folder. Enter “cd name” to move to another subdirectory. Use “cd ..”
to move back one level.
1.3 Data-Visualisation Software
To produce graphs and animations of model outputs, I can highly recommend the
open-source software SciLab that can be downloaded from:
http://www.scilab.org/
I have used Version 4.1 for Windows. This software is also available for GNU/
Linux platforms. The good thing about this software is that it comes for free and that
its commands resemble those in MATLAB, being used by many scientists. SciLab
also comes with a text editor that the reader can use to write FORTRAN codes.
Some of the SciLab commands used in the scripts of this book are obsolete in the
newest SciLab 5.x versions. Updated scripts can be requested from the author per
email.
SciLab allows for export of graphics to several formats including POSTSCRIPT
and GIF. The software suite ImageMagick, downloadable at:
http://www.imagemagick.org/
can be used to read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (about 100)
including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, and TIFF.
ImageMagick can also be used to produce GIF animations that can be watched on
many internet browsers. An option is the open-source Firefox Web browser developed by MOZILLA found at:
http://www.mozilla.org/
1.4 Text Editor
Any basic text editor such as Notepad or Wordpad will do for the writing of
FORTRAN programs. The open-source editor VIM can be downloaded at: