1) Click on the Update Spreadsheet to implement your selected changes.

2) X sets the width of each map in pixels, Y sets the height of each map in pixels.

3) Columns selects the number of variables/experiments that will be displayed.

4) Rows selects the number of months/seasons/annual (depending on what is available for a given set of paleoclimate experiments) that will be displayed.

5) Projection selects one of nine possible map prejoctions

6) Color Bar allows display of a color bar to the right of the image

7) Smooth Data smooth the data displayed in each image

8) Generate Spreadsheet implements any changes in attributes

9) Date specifies the month/season/annual (depending on what is available for a given set of paleoclimate experiments) that will be displayed for each row in the spreadsheet.

10) Data Set specifies the type of reconstruction that will be displayed for each column in the spreadsheet.

11) Min, Max, Autoscaling specifies the range for the color bar, if auto is selected to set minimum and maximum values then the numbers chosen are ignored. Defaults to Autoscaling upon startup; however, you will need to either set new Min and Min values or reselect Autoscaling when choosing a new variable or paleoclimate experiment.

12) Palette specifies which of eight color bars to be used.

13) Year selects the year to be displayed.

14) Plot Anomalies allows the user to examine differences between years. When generating anomalies, do not use the auto select of min and max values.

15) Anomaly Year selects the year to be used to calculate anomalies when the Plot anomalies option is selected.

16) Click on a map image to zoom in on the image for viewing time series for individual cells.

17) Click on a Data to view the data file. Use Save to disk option to download raw or anomalie data (file format currently limited to ASCII Special ).