.. _user_guide_index:
.. _user_guide_introduction:

User Guide
==========

If you are reading this user guide for the first time it is strongly
recommended that you read the user guide fully before experimenting with your
own data files.

Much of the content has supplementary links to the reference documentation;
you will not need to follow these links in order to understand the guide but
they may serve as a useful reference for future exploration.

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   Since later pages depend on earlier ones, try reading this user guide
   sequentially using the ``next`` and ``previous`` links at the bottom
   of each page.

.. note:: 
   
   There is also useful learning material held in the
   https://github.com/scitools-classroom repo, including tutorials, courses
   and presentations.


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   iris_cubes
   loading_iris_cubes
   saving_iris_cubes
   navigating_a_cube
   subsetting_a_cube
   real_and_lazy_data
   plotting_a_cube
   interpolation_and_regridding
   merge_and_concat
   cube_statistics
   cube_maths
   citation
   code_maintenance
   glossary
   ../further_topics/index