The Graphical User Interface created in MATLAB
(Version 6.5.0.1 8091 3a Release 13) provides access to the RAFOS
dataset for viewing and interactive manipulation of the data.
The GUI capabilities:
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easy access to the RAFOS database;
visualization of either all available, or an acquired subset of,
RAFOS trajectories;
the ability to track float movement and retrieve the associated
pressure and temperature information;
computation of Eulerian statistics (mean velocity and variance
ellipse) for a cluster of trajectories within a customized rectangular
region.
It is possible to run the GUI from the MATLAB prompt or as a standalone application outside of MATLAB.
DOWNLOAD, UNPACK AND RUN THE GUI OFFLINE.
PROBLEMS? READ THE INSTRUCTIONS OR TELL US
INSTALLING AND RUNNING RAFOSGUI
To run the GUI from the MATLAB prompt, please, download and unpack
ZIP archive with MATLAB source code. You will also need M_Map:
A mapping package for Matlab on your computer. To start the GUI, add
the directory with unpacked MATLAB source code ZIP archive to the
MATLAB path, and type traj in the MATLAB command line. It is
IMPORTANT that you have permission to write files to the current
MATLAB directory.
Running the GUI as a MATLAB stand-alone application requires
MATLAB run-time libaries.
If you already have the MATLAB math and graphics run-time
libraries installed on your computer, you do not need to reinstall
them.
Just ensure that the library search path is configured correctly.
You will need about 130 MB of disk space to download, unpack and
install RAFOSgui.
The installation procedure has the following steps:
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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Download and Unpack RAFOSgui
Install MATLAB Compiler Run-Time Libraries
Update the PATH variable
Run RAFOSgui
You can easily "uninstall" the RAFOSgui from your system at any time.
Deleting the directory, in which you have put all the GUI files, will
cleanly wipe the RAFOSgui from your system.
STEP 1 DOWNLOAD AND UNPACK RAFOSGUI
You can download either a .zip archive or a self-extracting zip file. Once
the download is completed, compare byte size of the downloaded file to
that provided in the Download Area. Make sure that the downloaded file is
full and uncorrupted.
If you downloaded RAFOSgui.zip, use your system's unzip software to
unpack it.
If you downloaded RAFOSgui.exe, double-click on the file to execute
the self-extracting archive.
The contents of the downloadable files are identical and consist of
RAFOSgui folder (total files: 316, total length: 94MB).
STEP 2 INSTALL MATLAB COMPILER RUN-TIME LIBRARIES
If you already have the MATLAB math and graphics run-time libraries
installed on your computer, you do not need to reinstall them.
Just ensure that the library search path is configured correctly.
To install MATLAB Compiler Run-Time Library double-click on the
mginstaller.exe file in the RAFOSgui folder. You can specify the
directory into which you wish to install the libraries. By default, the
installer will put the files in the current directory. In this case you can
easily "uninstall" the RAFOSgui from your system at any time by deleting
this single directory.
STEP 3 UPDATE THE PATH VARIABLE
The installer will extract the libraries from the archive and and install them
in subdirectories of the current directory or a directory specified by you.
Once this installer has finished, you must add the directory
XXXXX\bin\win32 to your PATH environment variable, where XXXXX
represents the directory to which you chose to install the run-time
libraries. If you have a MATLAB directory (from a MATLAB
installation) on your PATH, you must add the run-time libraries directory
to the PATH before the MATLAB directory.
You do not need to set the PATH permanently. Instead, use the MS-DOS
batch file start_traj.bat from the RAFOSgui folder to run the
GUI. But don't forget to edit this file before using it!
STEP 4 RUN RAFOSGUI
Use start_traj.bat or traj.exe to start the GUI. It makes sense
to run the RAFOSgui from a DOS command window for the first time.
You may run into this problem (for details, see The MathWorks Technical
Solutions):
If you run the application from a DOS command window, you may see an error
message such as:
The ordinal #### could not be located in the dynamiclink library dforrt.dll.
To fix this problem, locate the files named dforrt.dll or dformd.dll in your
Windows system directory and replace them with the versions of these files you
find in the XXXXX\bin\win32 directory, where XXXXX is the name of the
directory in which you installed the MATLAB Math and Graphics Run-Time
Libraries.
Go to Download Area: download, unpack, install and
run the GUI offline.