Package Summary
===============

.. _PackBasic:

Basic Package
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* `Xarray <http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/index.html>`_  : Labeled multi-demensional array.
* `Pandas <https://pandas.pydata.org/>`_ : Data structure and data analysis tool, particularly in CSV file.
* `NumPy <https://numpy.org/>`_ : Fundamental package for scientific computing


.. _PackQuick:

Quick Start
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* `Xarray in 45 minutes <https://xarray-contrib.github.io/xarray-tutorial/oceanhackweek-2020/xarray-oceanhackweek20.html>`_ (External link).
* `10 minutes to pandas <https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/user_guide/10min.html#min>`_ (External link).


.. _PackClim:

Climate Package
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* Listed in Xarray: see `this webpage <http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/ecosystem.html>`_.
* `GeoCAT <https://geocat.ucar.edu/>`_ : NCL-related toolkit. It includes GeoCAT-comp and GeoCAT-viz.
* `MetPy <https://unidata.github.io/MetPy/latest/index.html>`_ : Weather data analysis and visualizaion.
* `Iris <https://scitools-iris.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html>`_ : Analysing and visualising package in Earth science data.

  * `EOFS <https://ajdawson.github.io/eofs/latest/>`_ : EOF analysis package with Iris.

* Regridding tool

  * `ESMPy <https://earthsystemmodeling.org/esmpy/>`_ : Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) regridding utility.
  * `xESMF <https://xesmf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ : Universal Regridder for Geospatial Data.



.. _PackVis:

Visualization Package
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* `Matplotlib <https://matplotlib.org/>`_ : Basic visualization package similar to MatLAB
* `Cartopy <https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/>`_ : Map visualization package.
* `PyNGL <https://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/>`_ : Visualizain based on ncl. They don't support anymore and it's better to aovid.
* `GeoCAT-viz <https://geocat-viz.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ : Visualizaion package similar to NCL.


.. _PackIO:

File IO Package
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* `Pandas <https://pandas.pydata.org/>`_ : Read/Write for CSV file.
* `Xarray <http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/index.html>`_ : File IO for netCDF. Additional packages (like netCDF4 and Dask) may be needed.
* `Dask <https://dask.org/>`_ : Manage multiple files.
* `PyNIO <https://www.pyngl.ucar.edu/index.shtml>`_ : NCL-based file IO. It supports grib and HDF files as well. It maybe better to avoid.


Other Resources
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* `Applied Math (BYU) <https://foundations-of-applied-mathematics.github.io/>`_ : Many useful documents for fundations of applied mathematics.
* `Machine Learning Mastery <https://machinelearningmastery.com/time-series-data-visualization-with-python/>`_ : Time Series Data Visualization with Python.
* `Geo Python <https://geo-python.github.io/site/index.html>`_ : Python tutorial using pandas.