Planning the workshops

[mdpiper]

Python Programming in the Geosciences I, II

Thursday, 2021 June 3

Workshop I (introductory): 9 am -- 12 noon
Workshop II (advanced): 1 pm -- 4 pm

Approximately 18 students from the RECCS program.

Tasks

• Make syllabi for workshops I and II
• Use GitHub repo as workshop website
• Get data for examples
• Compile a list of online resources for further study through the summer (e.g., Software and Data Carpentry lessons)
• Make logins for students on CSDMS JupyterHub
• Set up Zoom links for workshops

Planning

• Use Excel or CSV as data format (data from NEON?)
• Use netCDF as a data format (use my example from Level Up! webinars)
• Review and use Software Carpentry Python material
• Record meeting for students to review (don't forget to pause recording at lunch)

Workshop I

Goal: Use Python to read data from a file and make a plot in a Jupyter Notebook.

Topics:

• Introductions
  • name, have you used Python, something about yourself
  • start with me
• Why Python?
• Logging on to the CSDMS JupyterHub
• Using a Jupyter Notebook
• (intro Python material from Software Carpentry)
• Python libraries (pandas, matplotlib)
• Read data from Excel with pandas
• Plot data with matplotlib
• Save notebook to a PDF file
• Go over resources for further study

Workshop II

Goal: Read data from a file, analyze data, make a Jupyter Notebook with graphics as a report.

Topics:

• Read data from a netCDF file with xarray
• Creating a Jupyter Notebook
• Loops, conditionals, try-except block, functions
• (Use my example from Level Up! webinar)
• (Analysis?)
• Go over resources for further study

[mdpiper]

I downloaded wind data from NEON for their RMNP station in September 2020. Data are CSV format.

Will we see a signal from the East Troublesome or Cameron Peak wildfires?

Challenge: Download more or different data for analysis. What other data are available from NEON?

[mdpiper]

Reached out to Keith Maull at NCAR for info/advice.