Cartopy Tutorial#
The NCAR/UCAR virtual Python Tutorial Seminar Series continues with an introduction to the Python package cartopy on Wednesday, April 28th at 1 PM Mountain. This session will be led by Michaela Sizemore.
The content for this tutorial is hosted on Michaelsa’s Cartopy Tutorial Github Repository
Preparation#
Check your conda install if this is the first tutorial in the series you are joining us for with
conda --versionand if necessary install by following these instructions.Navigate to Michaela’s Cartopy Tutorial Github Repository.
Clone this repository by clicking the green “Code” button and copying the SSH address under the word “Clone”. This can be done by clicking the clipboard icon.
In your terminal, type
git clone PASTEwhere you paste the SSH address you just copied (git clone git@github.com:michaelavs/cartopy_tutorial.git)Create a Conda environment from the
conda_environment.ymlfile with the terminal commandconda env create -f conda_environment.yml. Make sure you are in the localcartopy_tutorialdirectory for this step.Test your installation in the terminal with
conda activate cartopy_tutorial.
If you did not attend the live session, it will be beneficial to watch the recording from the live tutorial on Jupyter Notebooks and on Matplotlib before the Cartopy session.
Sign Up#
If you would like join the learnpython@ucar.edu Google group to be informed of updates and events in the seminar series, please do so by following this link and clicking “Join Group” next to the group name.