[Oracles-shadowing] Python tutorial

[Michael S Diamond]

OK, scrap the Anaconda recommendation. There is a free version of Enthought
Canopy that should support the HDF packages we need. You can find it here:
https://store.enthought.com/downloads/#default.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Michael S Diamond <diamond2 at uw.edu> wrote:

> Just in case anyone didn't hear from me in the op center, we're pushing
> the tutorial back to 1:45 PM local to make sure everyone has time for
> lunch. Don't worry about downloading the files beforehand, we'll help you
> with that.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Michael S Diamond <diamond2 at uw.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> For the Python tutorial this afternoon we're going to start by making
>> sure everyone has a version of Python they're happy with and then making
>> sure everyone has all the necessary HDF packages. HDF is the preferred NASA
>> file format, so anyone working on remote sensing datasets will want to have
>> these packages working.
>>
>> If you don't have a Python environment already, my recommendation would
>> be Anaconda with Python 2.7: https://www.continuum.io/downloads.
>>
>> Next, it would be good to download Panoply, which is software designed by
>> NASA GISS to look at both NetCDF and HDF files. It's a great way to get a
>> quick first-look at the data: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/.
>>
>> After that, we'll need to download the HDF software and Python library:
>> Software: https://www.hdfgroup.org/release4/obtain.html
>> PyHDF: http://www.hdfeos.org/software/pyhdf.php
>>
>> Once all that is up and running, Brian and I have put our tutorial
>> information in this Dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.co
>> m/sh/s85ytqt7w7fuh4y/AADygQoarJSEKB9OUTYpYyf0a?dl=0
>>
>> You should take the files from that folder and move them into a folder on
>> your machine that will be your "working directory" for the tutorial.
>>
>> See you at 1:30!
>> -MD
>>
>> --
>> Michael S. Diamond
>> Graduate Student
>> Advisor: Dr. Rob Wood
>> Department of Atmospheric Sciences
>> University of Washington
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Michael S. Diamond
> Graduate Student
> Advisor: Dr. Rob Wood
> Department of Atmospheric Sciences
> University of Washington
>
>


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Michael S. Diamond
Graduate Student
Advisor: Dr. Rob Wood
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington
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