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You should now see a new GRIB icon in your Metview window:

Introduction

A fundamental concept in Metview is the View. A View specifies the following definitions in a Metview plot:

• type of visualisation (e.g. geographical map, cross section, vertical profile)
• parameters specific to that plot type (e.g. geographical area, cross section line, min/max axes values)
• plot position within the page (several plots can share a page)
• how to overlay different data in the same plot (covered later in this course)
• how to draw the frame around the plot

Without a view specification, Metview would not plot anything; if you do not provide a view, then Metview will use a sensible default view.

One of Metview's most powerful features is its data processing ability. Data from various sources can be combined and manipulated using high- or low-level commands.

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