CDT User Guide
CDT
CDT GUI
CDT Data
Data Preparation
Format CDTs Input Data
Manipulating CDT Station Data
Assess Data Availability
Download Data
Aggregate Data
Regrid Spatial Data
Transform NetCDF files into CDT Dataset
Split NetCDF files into CDT NetCDF format
Combine multiple CDT NetCDF format files into one
Data Extraction
Data Operation
Blank Grid Outside Polygons
Data Format Conversion
Quality Control
Check Stations Coordinates
False-Zeros Check for daily rainfall
Outliers Check for rainfall data
Outliers Check for temperatures data
Homogeneity Test
Gridding
Spatial Interpolation
Merging Climate Data
Downscaling Data
Bias Adjustment
Merging Data
Scale Merged Data
Merging - Cross-Validation
Validation
Spatial Points Data (CDT Format)
Gridded Data (NetCDF Format)
Validate multiple data sets
Analysis
Summary Statistics
Derived Climate Variables
Climatologies and Anomalies
Spatial Analysis
Daily Rainfall Analysis
Rainy Season Characteristics
Rainy Season Analysis
Climate Extremes Indices
Drought Indices
Visualization
Plot CDT Station Data
Plot CDT Gridded Dataset
Plot NetCDF Data (One File)
Plot NetCDF Data (Sequential Files)
Plot NetCDF Data (Multiple Variables)
Plot multiple data sets
CDT User Guide
CDT Graphical User Interface
Starting CDT
CDT Main Window
Menu Bar
Toolbars
Open Files
Input and Command Panels
Map and Table View
Output Message
Status Bar
CDT Input Data Format
CDT stations data format
Setting date range
CDT coordinates file
NetCDF data
NetCDF filename format
Setting NetCDF data
CDT dataset format
Format CDT Input Station Data
Multiple Files
Single File
Manipulating CDT station data format
Merge multiple CDT stations data format files
Filtering CDT station data format
Selecting CDT station data format
Station Data Availability
Download Data
Download Digital Elevation Model
Download Country Administrative Boundaries
Download Satellite Rainfall Estimates data
Download Reanalysis data
Install WGRIB
Extract GRIB data from JRA-55 NRT Reanalysis
Download Reanalysis Elevation data
Aggregate Data
Aggregating Time series
Finding minimum and maximum with the observation dates
Aggregating Time series - Moving window
Aggregation Parameters
Setting netCDF datasets parameters
Aggregation parameters
Regrid Spatial Data
Transforming NetCDF files into CDT Dataset
Splitting NetCDF files into CDT NetCDF format
Combine multiple CDT NetCDF format files into one
Data Extraction
Data Operation
Blank Grid Outside Polygons
Blanking Options
Data Format Conversion
Conversion to CPT data format
Converting NetCDF/GeoTIFF/ESRI .hdr Labelled
Create GrADS Descriptor File from CDT NetCDF files
Checking Stations Coordinates
False-Zeros Check for daily rainfall
Outliers Check for rainfall data
Outliers Check for temperatures data
Homogeneity Test
Spatial Interpolation
Spatial Interpolation Methods
Global vs. local interpolation
Search radius
Deterministic vs. stochastic interpolation
CDT spatial interpolation methods
Spatial smoothing
Interpolation Dialog Boxes
Inverse Distance Weighted
Modified Shepard interpolation
Spheremap interpolation method
Ordinary Kriging
Universal Kriging
Nearest Neighbor
Nearest Neighbor with elevation - 3D
Interpolation Grid Creation
Downscaling Data
Temperatures
Pressure
Relative humidity
Radiation
Wind data
Bias Adjustment
Computing Bias coefficients
Apply bias correction
Merging Data
Climate data
Wind data
Downscaling Methods
Temperature data
Bias Adjustment Methods
Multiplicative Bias
Merging Methods
Merging nested run
Scale Merged Data
Merging - Cross-Validation
Climate data
Wind data
Spatial Points Data (CDT Station Format)
Gridded Data (NetCDF Format)
Validate multiple data sets
Validation statistics
Summary Statistics
Derived Climate Variables
Climatologies and Anomalies
Spatial Analysis
Daily Rainfall Analysis
Rainy Season Characteristics
Rainy Season Analysis
Climate Extremes Indices
Drought Indices
Plot CDT Station Data
Plot CDT Gridded Dataset
Plot NetCDF Data (One File)
Plot NetCDF Data (Sequential Files)
Plot NetCDF Data (Multiple Variables)
Plot multiple data sets
Map types
Stations data
Gridded data
Options
Map Options
Shapefile Layer Options
Gridded data map overlay Options
CDT color selection
Color Picker
CDT predefined color key
CDT customized color key
Validation Plot Options
Scatter plot options
Line chart and CDF options
Selecting period
Climatology base period
Selecting years