Multidimensional Annotation

App features

With the Multidimensional Annotation App, you can

• Annotate movement data with environmental variables from multidimensional NetCDF datasets.

• Work with environmental data that include time, latitude, longitude, and vertical dimensions such as pressure level, height, or model level.

• Load movement records and match them with selected environmental variables.

• Select coordinate variables and environmental variables from NetCDF files.

• Use multidimensional environmental datasets for advanced annotation workflows.

• Export movement data enriched with selected environmental values.

Using the app

1. If you haven’t already, prepare a local movement data file and the NetCDF environmental files you want to use for annotation.

2. Launch the Multidimensional Annotation App.

3. Select the movement data file. The file should contain location and time information compatible with the ECODATA movement data format.

4. Load the NetCDF environmental dataset or datasets.

5. Select the coordinate variables used by the environmental file, such as time, latitude, longitude, and vertical level.

6. Select the environmental variables that should be extracted for the movement records.

7. Check that the spatial, temporal, and vertical coverage of the environmental data matches the movement data.

8. Run the annotation process.

9. Review the status messages and save the annotated output file.