Climate Change Policy Analysts

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Scanners (Computer data input scanners)
• Laser printers (Computer laser printers)
• Desktop computers
• High end computer servers (High-performance cluster HPC computers)
• Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
• Mainframe computers
• Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
• Personal computers

Technologies Include:

• Analytical or scientific software

• Community Climate System Model CCSM
• Ferret
• Grid analysis and display system GrADS
• SAS software
• The MathWorks MATLAB
• Unidata Integrated Data Viewer IDV

• Development environment software

• Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
• Interface definition language IDL
• NCAR Command Language NCL
• Unidata Network common data form NetCDF

• Information retrieval or search software

• North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program NARCCAP data tables

• Internet browser software

• Web browser software

• Map creation software

• ESRI ArcGIS software

• Object or component oriented development software

• C++
• Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
• Python
• R
• Sun Microsystems Java

• Office suite software

• Microsoft Office software

• Operating system software

• Linux
• UNIX

• Presentation software

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel

• Word processing software

• Microsoft Word

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)