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- WELCOME TO THE OCEANIC TIDES
- ANIMATION DEMO
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- The oceanic tides displayed here are based on the
- University of Texas tides model Version 3.0. This model
- was derived from satellite altimetry data obtained by
- the TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite. Only heights between
- -3 to +3 meters are shown.
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- The tides shown were measured once per hour on
- January 1st 1997.
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- MENU OPTIONS
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- File Menu:
- Select "Quit" to exit the demonstration.
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- View Menu:
- Select "Colors" to start the XLOADCT application,
- which allows you to choose a new color table
- for the animation.
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- About Menu:
- Select "About this Animation" to display this
- help text.
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- FEATURES OF THE TIDES DEMO
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- The following graphical user interface elements
- allow you to control the demo.
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- <<Triangle pointing to the left >>
- Click this button to play the animation
- backwards.
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- <<Solid square >>
- Click this button to stop the animation.
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- <<Triangle pointing to the right >>
- Click this button to play the animation
- forwards.
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- <<Left and right arrows >>
- Click this button to cause the animation to
- reverse direction when it reaches the end or
- beginning.
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- <<Animation Speed slider >>
- Adjust this slider to select a faster or slower
- rate of display.
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- <<Animation Frame slider >>
- Adjust this slider to display a particular frame.
- The slider is only available if the "Active Slider"
- checkbox is checked.
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- <<Active Slider checkbox>>
- Click this checkbox to select a particular frame
- or to show the current frame number when the animation
- is in progress.
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- <<END ANIMATION>>
- Click this button to exit the demo.
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- <<COLORS... >>
- Click this button to start the XLOADCT application,
- which allows you to choose a new color table for
- the animation.
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- <<HELP>>
- Click this button to display this help text.
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