yt Overview
===========

yt is a community-developed analysis and visualization toolkit for
volumetric data.  yt has been applied mostly to astrophysical simulation data,
but it can be applied to many different types of data including seismology,
radio telescope data, weather simulations, and nuclear engineering simulations.
yt is developed in Python under the open-source model. 

yt supports :ref:`many different code formats <code-support>`, and we provide 
:ref:`sample data for each format <getting-sample-data>` with 
:ref:`instructions on how to load and examine each data type <examining-data>`.

Table of Contents
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         <p>
           <a href="intro/index.html">Introduction to yt</a>
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       <td width="75%">
         <p class="linkdescr">What does yt offer? How can I use it? How to think in yt?</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="yt3differences.html">yt 3.0</a>
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         <p class="linkdescr">How yt-3.0 differs from past versions</p>
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           <a href="installing.html">Installation</a>
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         <p class="linkdescr">Getting, installing, and updating yt</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="quickstart/index.html">yt Quickstart</a>
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         <p class="linkdescr">Demonstrations of what yt can do</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="examining/index.html">Loading and Examining Data</a>
         </p>
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         <p class="linkdescr">How to load all dataset types in yt and examine raw data</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="cookbook/index.html">The Cookbook</a>
         </p>
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         <p class="linkdescr">Example recipes for how to accomplish a variety of tasks</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="visualizing/index.html">Visualizing Data</a>
         </p>
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         <p class="linkdescr">Make plots, projections, volume renderings, movies, and more</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="analyzing/index.html">General Data Analysis</a>
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         <p class="linkdescr">The nuts and bolts of manipulating yt datasets</p>
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           <a href="analyzing/analysis_modules/index.html">Topic-Specific Analysis Modules</a>
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         <p class="linkdescr">Track halos, make synthetic observations, find clumps, and more</p>
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           <a href="developing/index.html">Developer Guide</a>
         </p>
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         <p class="linkdescr">Catering yt to work for your exact use case</p>
       </td>
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         <p>
           <a href="reference/index.html">Reference Materials</a>
         </p>
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       <td width="75%">
         <p class="linkdescr">Lists of fields, quantities, classes, functions, and more</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="faq/index.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a>
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         <p class="linkdescr">Solutions for common questions and problems</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="help/index.html">Getting help</a>
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         <p class="linkdescr">What to do if you run into problems</p>
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         <p>
           <a href="about/index.html">About yt</a>
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       <td width="75%">
         <p class="linkdescr">What is yt?</p>
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.. toctree::
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   installing
   yt Quickstart <quickstart/index>
   yt3differences
   cookbook/index
   visualizing/index
   analyzing/index
   analyzing/analysis_modules/index
   examining/index
   developing/index
   reference/index
   faq/index
   Getting Help <help/index>
   about/index
