IDL Helps Visualize Complex Earth Data in NOAA's "Science on a SphereTM" Project Customer Challenge The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) needed to import various data sets onto a spherical representation of the Earth. NOAA's mission is to support ecosystem management, climate change, freshwater supply and homeland security. In order to reach those goals, they needed to implement several programs to educate public audiences and increase understanding of environmental concerns. Alexcander MacDonald of NOAA had the vision was to create a mechanism that allowed the public to visualize many of the Earth's global features in a "real-life" view. The SOS engineers encountered a challenge when trying to import data sets from other labs and scientific organizations onto the sp

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