UCI-ESS Python Tutorial Series

Contributors (alph. order):
Baird Langenbrunner
Chris Terai
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Upcoming schedule (Mondays unless otherwise noted; all at 3pm)

• Week 1 (Nov. 26, 2018)
  • Install Python via Anaconda/Miniconda
  • Introduction to git and GitHub
• Week 2 (Dec. 3, 2018)
  • Introduction to Jupyter Notebook
  • Python basics (variables, strings)
  • Installing libraries via conda/Anaconda
• Week 3 (Jan. 28, 2019)
  • More python basics (lists, looping, functions)
  • Basics of numpy arrays, matplotlib
• Week 4 (Feb. 4, 2019)
  • Spreadsheet data (txt, csv, etc.)
  • More advanced xy plotting
• Week 5 (Feb. 13, 2019) WEDNESDAY
  • Manipulating NetCDF files with xarray
  • Plotting maps using cartopy
• Week 6 (Feb. 20, 2019) WEDNESDAY
  • Shape files and data projections
• Week 7 (Feb. 25, 2019)
  • Reading in satellite data (HDF, GRIB, GeoTIFF)
  • EOF analysis (part 1)
• Week 8 (Mar. 4, 2019)
  • EOF analysis (part 2)

MARCH/LATER:

• Fourier analysis, power spectra
• Potentially: bandpass filtering
• Extreme value theory/calculating return periods
• Parallel loops
• Machine learning
• UVCDAT with Python 3
• Visualizing scientific data (smart color maps, best practices)
• Figshare/GitHub/transparent data analysis and publications