An Introduction to Programming with IDL
Interactive Data Language
 
An Introduction to Programming with IDL teaches the basics of scientific computer programming to science and engineering students using the IDL programming language. The book is published by Academic Press, an Elsevier company. (University rules prohibit me from linking directly to the book, so if you want to purchase it, you’ll have to find it on your own: ISBN 978-0-12-088559-6) Students who purchase the book can obtain a license for the student version of IDL at a discounted price from ITTVIS. If you use my book as a textbook, please drop me a line. Additional info available on this web site includes: Example programs from the book Examples of IDL graphics A list of errata Solutions to selected problems Click on the images below to download the table of contents and a sample chapter in PDF format.http://www.ittvis.com/academic/idl_se.asphttp://www.ittvis.com/mailto:k-bowman@tamu.edu?subject=IDL%20textbookDownloads.htmlgraphics.htmlerrata.htmlhttp://csrp.tamu.edu/downloads/idl/solutions.zipshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6
About the author – Kenneth P. Bowman is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University, He received his undergraduate education at the University of Colorado and his Ph.D. in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics from Princeton University. At Texas A&M he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric science. His research areas include large-scale atmospheric transport, climate dynamics and statistical climatology, and satellite meteorology.
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