The EarthScope/GMT Analysis and Visualization Toolbox

EarthScope/GMT 分析和可视化工具箱

• 批准号: 1829371
• 负责人: Garrett Apuzen-Ito
• 金额: $ 17.5万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1829371&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EarthScope; GMT; Analysis; Visualization; Toolbox

Research under the EarthScope umbrella involves both data processing and display of results. The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) is a set of scientific analysis and plotting modules that are widely used in the Earth Sciences, particularly because they allow for specialized processing and imaging suitable for the geosciences. GMT is a long-lived (~30 years) and robust NSF-funded software toolset that originated in the ocean sciences but has spread to all aspects of the geosciences and beyond. This project will add numerous enhancements to GMT, including a much simplified usage syntax called modern mode. In addition, new modules for simplifying the creation of animations, 3-D stacking and interpolation of grids, conversion of imagery for placement in Google Earth, and greatly improved interactive documentation will be built during the project.The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) scripting has remained remarkably similar over its 30 years of existence. Because thousands of GMT classic scripts have been written, making major changes has been problematic, even if such changes would simplify its usage. The proposed modern mode will solve this dilemma as it introduces two new commands (begin and end) that starts and end a modern mode session. Hence it is not possible to accidentally enter modern mode without the use of those commands, thus allowing all existing GMT scripts to run unchanged. Once in modern mode, the required syntax will be simplified to avoid repetitive options and the user will no longer be responsible for assembling a composite PostScript file. The default output format will be PDF but more than one format may be selected, including standard raster image formats. Improved interactive documentation will be added to showcase modern mode (while maintaining the documentation for classic mode). To strengthen EarthScope science there will be new modules for 3-D grid stacking and interpolation, KML image quadtree building for Google Earth, and a new animation module that vastly simplifies the task of building scientific animations. It is anticipated that UNAVCO will assist with annual workshops aimed at EarthScope scientists using GMT in shell, MATLAB, or Python environments.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

EarthScope 旗下的研究涉及数据处理和结果显示。 通用绘图工具 (GMT) 是一组广泛用于地球科学的科学分析和绘图模块，特别是因为它们允许进行适合地球科学的专门处理和成像。 GMT 是一个由 NSF 资助的长期（约 30 年）且强大的软件工具集，起源于海洋科学，但已扩展到地球科学及其他领域的各个方面。 该项目将为 GMT 添加许多增强功能，包括称为现代模式的更加简化的使用语法。 此外，项目期间还将构建用于简化动画创建、网格的 3D 堆叠和插值、图像转换以放置在 Google Earth 中以及大大改进的交互式文档的新模块。通用绘图工具 (GMT) 脚本其存在 30 年来一直保持着惊人的相似。 由于已经编写了数千个 GMT 经典脚本，因此进行重大更改一直是有问题的，即使这样的更改会简化其使用。 所提出的现代模式将解决这个困境，因为它引入了两个新命令（开始和结束）来启动和结束现代模式会话。 因此，如果不使用这些命令，就不可能意外进入现代模式，从而允许所有现有的 GMT 脚本不变地运行。 一旦进入现代模式，所需的语法将被简化以避免重复的选项，并且用户将不再负责组装复合 PostScript 文件。 默认输出格式为 PDF，但可以选择多种格式，包括标准光栅图像格式。 将添加改进的交互式文档以展示现代模式（同时保留经典模式的文档）。 为了加强 EarthScope 科学，将有用于 3D 网格堆叠和插值的新模块、用于 Google Earth 的 KML 图像四叉树构建，以及可大大简化构建科学动画任务的新动画模块。 预计 UNAVCO 将协助举办针对 EarthScope 科学家在 shell、MATLAB 或 Python 环境中使用 GMT 的年度研讨会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

The Generic Mapping Tools Version 6

通用绘图工具版本 6

• DOI: 10.1029/2019gc008515
• 发表时间: 2019-11-01
• 期刊: Geochemistry
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: P. Wessel;J. Luis;L. Uieda;R. Scharroo;F. Wobbe;Walter H. F. Smith;Dongdong Tian
• 通讯作者: Dongdong Tian