Iris seeks to provide a powerful, easy to use, and community-driven Python library for analysing and visualising meteorological and oceanographic data sets.

With Iris you can:

• Use a single API to work on your data, irrespective of its original format.
• Read and write (CF-)netCDF, GRIB, and PP files.
• Easily produce graphs and maps via integration with matplotlib and cartopy.

• Installation guide
  including dependency details

• User guide
  an introduction to Iris and its core concepts

• Reference documentation
  complete Iris package reference help

• Gallery
  a collection of images produced using Iris

• Developer's guide
  guide for SciTools developers

• Whitepapers
  extra information on specific technical issues

• What's new in Iris 1.10?
  recent changes in Iris's capabilities