Week 2 overview

This week we will cover some basics of working with data. We will be using Pandas and Xarray to load and process earth science data. We will work through an applied example to analyze the ENSO cycle using tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data.

Learning goals

After this week you should:

• Understand how to load data using Pandas and Xarray
• Understand Pandas data frames and how to work with columns and indices
• Understand how to work with time series data and the datetime64 data type
• Understand basic plotting with Matplotlib