Interesting Computational Tools:

• Candis is a collection of programs written in C to analyze and display atmospheric science data. It may be downloaded from here. Gunzip and untar the file, cd candis, and follow instructions.
• Ncoct is a module written by Beverly Davis for the Octave language, which allows Octave to read and write NetCDF files.
• Debian Linux is a high quality, freely distributable version of Linux which is well documented and easy to maintain. It is available both across the net and on CD. We are using Debian Linux in our research and teaching.
• Have you tried SISAL? SISAL is a functional language created especially for numerical modeling. The language is basically dead at this point, which is too bad, as it has significant strong points.