Quick Note:Since I started this blog in 2013 (mostly out of the monotony of post grad-school unemployment), I've been consistently surprised at just how much engagement it's gotten from the community. Even now, after several years of relative inactivity, this blog still has a consistent following and seems to serve a useful educational...
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Python | Tutorial: Blue and Black Marble Aurora Figure using Background images and Day/Night Delimiter
Introduction
One of the strengths of Python, and specifically Cartopy, is that it's pretty easy to combine many different datasets with varying geographic coordinates onto a single map. In this tutorial, I'll combine background "Blue and Black" marble images from NASA...
Python | Tutorial: Intro to Cartopy
Introduction: There are currently two main Python libraries for plotting geographic data on map: Cartopy and Basemap. New users should use the Cartopy since support Cartopy will replace Basemap and support for Basemap is expected to wrap up in 2020. Therefore, this...
Python | Tutorial: Introduction to reading netCDF files
Introduction
NetCDF (Network Common Data Format) is an extremely useful way to store, transfer, subset, and otherwise work with gridded data sets. This format is commonly encountered in the atmospheric sciences, climate, and oceanography communities. It is much...
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