Session 4 Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python

Program Chair: Johnny Wei-Bing Lin
Reviewers: Hannah Aizenman , City College of New York ; David Brown , NCAR ; Aashish Chaudhary , Kitware ; Scott Collis , ANL ; Charles Doutriaux , LLNL ; Mary Haley , NCAR ; Dean Williams , LLNL

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Sunday, 10 January 2016

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 10 January 2016


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 10 January 2016


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 10 January 2016


Registration Open for Annual Meeting
Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Monday, 11 January 2016

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 11 January 2016

Recording files available
Plenary Session 1
2016 Presidential Forum: Serving Society in Times of Crisis: Past, Present and Future
Location: La Nouvelle B-C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Moderator: Maureen McCann, News 13
Panelists: Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard (ret), Executive Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton; Kerry Emanuel, MIT; Shirley Laska, University of New Orleans; Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV/Former NOAA/National Hurricane Center Director
9:00 AM
Presidential Forum on Serving Society in Times of Crisis: Past, Present and Future
9:05 AM
Opening Remarks (by AMS President Alexander E. “Sandy” MacDonald)

9:15 AM
Introduction of Moderator McCann (MacDonald)

9:16 AM
Introduction of Speakers (McCann)

9:20 AM
Opening Remarks of Speakers

10:05 AM
Q&A

10:30 AM
Concluding Remarks

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Coffee Break
Location: La Nouvelle Foyer ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016

Recording files available
Session 1
Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Johnny Wei-Bing Lin

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016

Recording files available
Session 2
Modeling and Teaching Modeling
Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Charles Doutriaux, LLNL
2:00 PM
2.3
Python bindings for atmospheric numerical models
Dorota Jarecka, University of Warsaw / NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Arabas and D. Del Vento
2:15 PM
Each poster presenter, in order by their poster number, is provided with an opportunity to give a brief introduction to their poster presentation that will be given during the formal poster viewing following the session

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Poster Session 1
Advances in Using Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Location: Hall E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: David Brown, NCAR
447
Hagelslag: Scalable Object-Based Severe Weather Analysis and Forecasting
David John Gagne II, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, N. Snook, R. A. Sobash, J. D. Labriola, J. K. Williams, S. E. Haupt, and M. Xue

Handout (3.3 MB)

448
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Integrator (ADI) for OS X
Krista L. Gaustad, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. vonderfecht, B. Ermold, and C. Sivaraman

Handout (4.9 MB)

449
Using Geographical Surface Characteristics to Detect Near Real-Time Valley Fog
Shane Hubbard, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis and C. G. Calvert

451
Parallelizing Climate Data Management System, version 3 (CDMS3)
Denis Nadeau, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and D. Williams, C. Doutriaux, and J. Painter

454
PyStormTracker: A Parallel Object-Oriented Cyclone Tracker in Python
Albert M. W. Yau, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and K. Paul and J. Dennis

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Workshop Session 1
Brief Python Tutorials Workshop, Part I
Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Lecturers: Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York; David Brown, NCAR; Sheri Mickelson, NCAR
4:00 PM
IPython Notebook in Teaching

4:30 PM
Packaging a Module Using Conda

5:00 PM
Simple Ways to Increase Performance

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 11 January 2016


Exhibits Opening Reception, Ribbon Cutting, and Corporate Recognition
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Workshop Session 2
Brief Python Tutorials Workshop, Part II
Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Lecturers: Scott Collis, ANL; Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York; Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata
8:30 AM
Using GitHub

9:00 AM
Profiling

9:15 AM
Remote Data Access using Netcdf4-Python and Siphon

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Recording files available
Session 3
GIS and Visualization
Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Scott Collis, ANL
11:30 AM
3.3
Visualizing ensemble information from a real-time ensemble system at NCAR
Ryan A. Sobash, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. S. Romine, C. S. Schwartz, and K. R. Fossell

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Recording files available
Lecture 2
Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture
Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Workshop Session 3
Brief Python Tutorials Workshop, Part III
Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Lecturers: Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York; Johnny Wei-Bing Lin
1:30 PM
Simple Stuff With Pandas

2:00 PM
Getting a Package Using Pip

2:15 PM
Tips on Making Multiple Plots in Matplotlib

2:45 PM
Simple Tips On Writing a Cross-Platform Program

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Hall D ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Recording files available
Session 4
Data Analysis and Workflow Integration
Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Mary Haley, NCAR
3:30 PM
4.1
Get More from Your Data with PyFerret
Karl Smith, PMEL, Seattle, WA; and A. C. Manke and S. Hankin
4:15 PM
4.4
GHCNPy: Using Python to Analyze and Visualize Daily Weather Station Data in Near Real Time
Jared Rennie, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites/North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and S. P. Lillo
4:30 PM
4.5
Aqua-MODIS and CALIPSO Subset Product Generation for OCO-2 Validation Using Python
Heather Q. Cronk, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. T. Partain, T. E. Taylor, and C. W. O'Dell
4:45 PM
4.6
Using Python in the Cloud to Generate Hydrometeorological Data Products in Real-Time from Terabytes of Geospatial Data
Jerry Bieszczad, Creare LLC, Hanover, NH; and M. P. Ueckermann, C. A. Brooks, W. E. Audette, J. D. Walthour, and R. Chambers
5:00 PM
4.7
A novel use of Python on a high-performance computer to streamline the forecast production chain
AC Bennett, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and E. Campbell, L. Dreyer, P. Elson, G. Evans, R. Hattersley, P. Killick, T. Knight, B. Little, G. Marchiori, P. Peglar, and B. Wright
5:15 PM
4.8