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        "\n# CyclonePlotter: Basic Use Case\n\nmet_tool_wrapper/CyclonePlotter/CyclonePlotter.conf\n"
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        "## Scientific Objective\n\n\nProvide visualization of cyclone tracks on a global map (PlateCaree projection)\n\n"
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        "## Datasets\n\n No datasets are required for running this use case.  Only output from\n running the MET Tool tc-pairs or the METplus tc pairs wrapper is required.\n\n"
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        "## External Dependencies\n\nYou will need to use a version of Python 3.6+ that has the following packages installed:\n\n* cartopy\n* matplotlib\n\n\n"
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        "## METplus Components\n\nThis use case does not utilize any MET tools\n\n"
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        "## METplus Workflow\n\nCyclonePlotter is the only tool called in this example. It processes the following\nrun times:\n\n| **Init:** 2015-03-01_12Z\n|\n\n"
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        "## METplus Configuration\n\nMETplus first loads all of the configuration files found in parm/metplus_config,\nthen it loads any configuration files passed to METplus via the command line\nwith the -c option, i.e. -c parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/CyclonePlotter/CyclonePlotter.conf\n\n.. highlight:: bash\n.. literalinclude:: ../../../../parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/CyclonePlotter/CyclonePlotter.conf\n\n"
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        "## MET Configuration\n\nNo MET configuration is needed to run the cyclone plotter wrapper.\n\n\n"
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        "## Running METplus\n\nThis use case can be run as follows:\n\n1) Passing in CyclonePlotter.conf then a user-specific system configuration file::\n\n       run_metplus.py -c /path/to/METplus/parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/CyclonePlotter/CyclonePlotter.conf \\\n                         -c /path/to/user_system.conf\n\n2) Modifying the configurations in parm/metplus_config, then passing in CyclonePlotter.conf::\n\n       run_metplus.py -c /path/to/METplus/parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/CyclonePlotter/CyclonePlotter.conf\n\nThe former method is recommended. Whether you add them to a user-specific configuration file or modify the metplus_config files, the following variables must be set correctly:\n\n* **INPUT_BASE** - Path to directory where sample data tarballs are unpacked (See Datasets section to obtain tarballs). This is not required to run METplus, but it is required to run the examples in parm/use_cases\n* **OUTPUT_BASE** - Path where METplus output will be written. This must be in a location where you have write permissions\n* **MET_INSTALL_DIR** - Path to location where MET is installed locally\n\nExample User Configuration File::\n\n  [dir]\n  INPUT_BASE = /path/to/sample/input/data\n  OUTPUT_BASE = /path/to/output/dir\n  MET_INSTALL_DIR = /path/to/met-X.Y\n\n**NOTE:** All of these items must be found under the [dir] section.\n\n\n"
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        "## Expected Output\n\nA successful run will generate output to both the screen and to the logfile:\n\n   INFO: METplus has successfully finished running.\n\nAdditionally, two output files are created.  Refer to the value set for **OUTPUT_BASE** to find where the output data was generated.\nTCPairs output for this use case will be found in cyclone/201503 (relative to **OUTPUT_BASE**)\nand will contain files with the following format:\n\n* 20150301.txt\n* 20150301.png\n\n"
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      "source": [
        "## Keywords\n\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\"><h4>Note</h4><p>* CyclonePlotterUseCase\n\n  Navigate to the `quick-search` page to discover other similar use cases.</p></div>\n\n\n\n\n"
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