👉 Accompanied by a Jupyter Book for those of you who prefer written materials.
Suitable for beginners and improvers.
Contents:
- Opening a NetCDF file in Python, learning what a NetCDF file is, understanding the contents and accessing the data and metadata within. https://youtu.be/699jkjLJGyM
- Creating plots of data straight from NetCDF files in Python https://youtu.be/67EPSK7VKC4
- Exporting data from NetCDF files in CSV or XLSX files https://youtu.be/rgBqsqwvvcc
- Creating a NetCDF file in Python – how to make sure you file is compliant with the FAIR principles: https://youtu.be/a5QvdSffqrM
- How many files should you create? I discuss why it is best practice to create lots of smaller, simpler files (e.g. 1 file per station) rather than grouping everything together (e.g. 1 file per cruise): https://youtu.be/1D6yc-R9abU
- Hopefully before end of April – how to create lots of files in one simple script
- Hopefully before end of April – how to access and combine data from lots of files in one script
“Within I discuss all the best practices, introduce the Climate and Forecast Conventions, the Attribute Conventions for Data Discovery, OPeNDAP and more” Luke says.