@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NCAR will be providing a four hour tutorial for wrf-python on Wednesday, March
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NCAR will be providing a four hour tutorial for wrf-python on Wednesday, March
only 16 students, so registration is required.
The tutorial will take place at NCAR's corporate training center in Boulder,
Colorado.
Colorado.
`Corporate Technical Training Center <https://www2.fin.ucar.edu/it/about-cttc>`_
3085 Center Green Drive, Building CG-2, Room #3024
WRF-Python is a collection of diagnostic and interpolation routines for use
with output from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF-ARW) Model. The
package provides over 30 diagnostic calculations,
several interpolation routines, and utilities to help with plotting
via cartopy, basemap, or PyNGL. The functionality is similar to what is
provided by the NCL WRF package.
..note::
WRF-Python is NOT a tool for running the WRF-ARW model using Python.
This tutorial provides an introduction to wrf-python. The tutorial is beginner
friendly for new users of wrf-python, but this is not an introduction to the Python
programming language (see :ref:`prereq`). Due to limited seating, if you
friendly for new users of wrf-python, but this is NOT an introduction to the
Python programming language (see :ref:`prereq`). Due to limited seating, if you
do not have any previous experience with Python, please do not register
for this tutorial.
..note::
For online training that provides an introduction to the Python
programming language itself, please see the
`Unidata Python Training Page <https://unidata.github.io/online-python-training/>`_.
Computers will be provided, but feel free to use your own laptop if you prefer.
We will be covering how to install wrf-python via conda as part of the
tutorial.
@ -47,7 +64,7 @@ Please register prior to February 21, 2018. The registration form is here:
@@ -47,7 +64,7 @@ Please register prior to February 21, 2018. The registration form is here:
`Registration Form <https://goo.gl/forms/is5VExf3w4bFGXUb2>`_
Registration consists of a brief survey, which will help give the instructors
Registration consists of a brief survey, which will help give the instructor
a brief overview of your background and will help tailor the tutorial to