• What: Jupyter notebooks and related material on exploring Unidata technology with Python for the 2015 Unidata Training Workshop.
• When: <2015-07-20 Mon>–<2015-07-23 Wed>
• Where: UCAR Foothills Lab 4, Room 1201

For this workshop, we will be using the following Python libraries:

• numpy
• netcdf4-python
• matplotlib
• cartopy
• OWSLib
• siphon
• MetPy
• xray

The easiest way to install these libraries is with conda.

1. Install Miniconda (Python 3.4) from Continuum Analytics. (Determine if your OS 32 or 64 bit)
2. Once Miniconda is installed, from the command line (e.g., OS X terminal, cmd.exe), run these instructions:

conda config --add channels http://conda.binstar.org/unidata

conda create -n workshop2015 python=3 ipython numpy netcdf4 matplotlib cartopy 
  OWSLib siphon MetPy xray pyzmq jinja2 tornado jsonschema

If your default shell is NOT bash, first type bash. To activate or switch to a conda environment, you can source activate <environment>. For example,

source activate workshop2015

To switch and/or deactivate environments:

source deactivate
source activate <environment>

To activate or switch to a conda environment, you can activate <environment>. For example,

activate workshop2015

To switch and/or deactivate environments:

deactivate
activate <environment>

git clone https://github.com/Unidata/unidata-python-workshop

cd unidata-python-workshop

# unix, use bash. windows omit 'source'
source activate workshop2015

ipython notebook

From the Unidata page, go to the “2015 Training Workshop” page by selecting “Events” -> “2015 Training Workshop” from the menu. Click on the “Give us your Feedback” link to get to the survey.

Note: Please feel free to use the survey at any time during the class (and as often as you like) as comments come to mind.