Miscellaneous Features

QuickCompare includes various convenient features tailored to Earth system modelers' analysis workflow.

• Choosing map projection and geographical region
• Saving the visualization

Choosing map projection and geographical region

The map projection used for the contour plots can be changed using the mini menu activated by a click on the Earth icon in the vertical tool bar—or by keyboard shortcuts:

• C for cylindrical equidistant,
• R for Robinson, and
• M for Mollweide.

The geographical region, i.e., the latitude and longitude bounds to be displayed in the contour plots, can be adjusted using the sliders in the lat/lon cropping panel activated by a click on the Earth grid icon in the vertical toolbar.

Saving the visualization

In addition to saving the state of the current session so that the analysis can be resumed later, QuickCompare provides three ways for the user to save the visualization as images:

• A click on the camera icon at the end of the vertical toolbar saves the entire viewport—in its current layout—to the local computer as a .png file with a filename starting with Viewport.

• A click on the camera icon next to the variable name in the upper-left corner of each row of plots in the two-simulation mode mode—or each section of plots in the multi-simulation mode mode— saves that row or section as a .png file. The filename starts with the variable name; dimension names and indices are appended when relevant.

• A click on the camera icon above each plot saves that single plot (view) as a .png file.

Given the large amount of views (plots) typically involved in a QuickCompare session resulting from loading multiple simulations and variables as well as the different metrics (i.e., physical quantities themselves and various differences), QuickCompare currently does not offer animation download, but the developers are open to user feedback.