Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python

Program Chairs: Scott Collis , Argonne National Laboratory ; Johnny Lin , North Park University

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Sunday, 7 January 2018

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4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Plenary Session 1
18th Presidential Forum: Transforming Communication in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise—Focusing on Challenges Facing Our Sciences
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
4:00 PM
PL1.1
Transforming Communication in the Environmental Sciences: Some Thoughts from a Reluctant Participant (Invited Presentation)
Richard B. Alley, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

Monday, 8 January 2018

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8:30 AM-8:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Plenary Session 2
Welcoming Address
Location: Austin, Texas

8:45 AM-9:30 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 1
Opening Remarks and Core Science Keynote.
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
Speaker: Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
8:45 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
Scaling Scientific Python (Core Science Keynote) (Invited Presentation)
Matthew Rocklin, Continuum Analytics, Austin, TX
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 2
Working With Large and Complex Datasets.
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
9:30 AM
2.1
PySpark for "Big" Atmospheric Data Analysis
Anderson Banihirwe, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and K. Paul and D. Del Vento
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
2.2
Analyzing Large Radar Datasets Using Python
Robert Jackson, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, Z. Sherman, G. Palanisamy, S. Giangrande, J. Kumar, and J. C. Hardin
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 3
Model Data Fusion
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Johnny Lin, Univ. of Washington
10:30 AM
3.1
MetPy Advancement and Community-Driven Development
Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Leeman
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
3.2
The Pythonic Future of Postprocessing at ECMWF
Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, U.K.; and I. Russell and B. Raoult
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
3.3
FV3py: A Python-Based Integration Platform for FV3 Development
Xi Chen, NOAA/GFDL, Plainsboro, NJ
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
3.4
TINT—TINT Is Not TITAN. Easy-to-Use Tracking Code Based on TITAN—Details and Uses
Mark H. Picel, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, B. Raut, S. Carani, R. Jackson, M. van Lier-Walqui, and A. M. Fridlind
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
3.5
From Storm Prediction Center: Science Support Branch Import Science, Research, and Operations
Race Clark III, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. Cleaver, J. Correia Jr., M. S. Elliott, C. Grunzke, R. M. Hepper, C. D. Karstens, J. Liang, N. J. Nauslar, B. Roberts, N. A. Wendt, and P. T. Marsh
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
3.6
Python for Radiance Diagnostics in the Global Forecast Dropout Prediction Tool
Andrew Eichmann, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and K. Kumar and J. C. Alpert
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Lunch Break

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Lecture 1
2018 Haurwitz Lecture
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Cochairs: Ángel F. Adames, GFDL; Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ.
2:00 PM
L1.1
Some Observations of Normal Modes in the Atmosphere (Invited Presentation)
George N. Kiladis, ESRL, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 4
Data and Visualization Tools
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Sheri Mickelson, NCAR
2:00 PM
4.1
Enipy, Python Tools for Working with Earth Networks Lightning Data
Michael Stock, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and J. Lapierre
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
4.2
A RESTful API for Python-Based Server-Side Analysis of High-Resolution Soil Moisture Downscaling Data
Mattheus P. Ueckermann, Creare LLC, Hanover, NH; and J. Bieszczad and D. R. Callender
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
4.3
Using Python to QA and QC Data from the ZiaMet Weather Station Network
Stan Engle, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and D. DuBois
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
4.4
The Python-ARM Radar Toolkit: The Expected and Unexpected Uses of an Open Source Radar Toolkit
Zach Sherman, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, R. Jackson, M. H. Picel, and J. Helmus
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
4.5
Working with Tabular Geospatial Data using Pandas & Geopandas
Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York, New York, NY

3:15 PM
4.6
Analyzing Soundings with MetPy and Siphon
Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO

4:15 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Poster Session 1
Posters 1
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
281
Using Scikit-Learn to Increase the Precision of an Automated Mesoscale Convective System Segmentation and Tracking Procedure
Alex M. Haberlie, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and W. S. Ashley

283
Vertical Interpolation with MetPy
Tyler J. Wixtrom, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and R. M. May, J. R. Leeman, and K. H. Goebbert

284
A Python Reference Implementation of Standard Drought and Climate Indicators
James Adams, NOAA, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari and D. S. Arndt

285
Visualizing in Python: Analyzing GOES-16 Datasets in the Cloud
Briah A Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Exhibits Opening and Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Ryan Symposium Reception
Location: The Reverbery at the Hilton (Austin, Texas)

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 5
Building Knowledge Using Python
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Robert Jackson, ANL
8:30 AM
5.1
Drilling down from Python Statistical Analyses to Rich Interactive Case Study Visualizations, within Jupyter Notebooks
Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and Y. Ho, S. K. Cheedela, and J. McWhirter
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
5.2
A Computational Approach to Climate Science Education with CLIMLAB
Brian E. J. Rose, SUNY, Albany, NY
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
5.3
Improving Training in Environmental Sciences with Jupyter Notebooks
Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, U.K.; and S. Lamy-Thepaut and J. Wagemann
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5.4
Slidoc: A Pythonic Learning Management System Using Markdown and Google Sheets
R. Saravanan, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
5.5
Climate Data Science: A Framework for Improving Computational Climate Analysis
Daniel Rothenberg, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
5.6
The Diagnostic Package for Climate Variability by the NOAA Modeling Diagnostic Task Force
Chih-Chieh Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Gettelman, E. Maloney, Y. Ming, and J. D. Neelin
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Coffee . Break

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 6
Modeling Using Python
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Mary Haley, NCAR
10:45 AM
6.1
Using Parallel Python Tools to Postprocess Data for CMIP6
Sheri Mickelson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Paul
Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.0 MB)

11:00 AM
6.3
Sympl and CliMT: Building Model Hierarchies, the Python Way.
Joy Merwin Monteiro, Stockholm Univ., Stockholm, Sweden; and R. Caballero and J. McGibbon
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
6.4
Veros—A High-Performance Ocean Simulator Written in Pure Python
Dion Häfner, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; and R. L. Jacobsen, C. Eden, M. Jochum, M. R. B. Kristensen, R. Nuterman, and B. Vinter
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
6.5
Objective Characterization of Tropical Cyclones for Model Development
Kevin J. Dougherty, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Abarca and D. T. Kleist
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
6.6
High-Dimensional Lorenz Modeling in Python: Chaotic, Limit Cycle, and Quasi-Periodic Solutions
Sara Faghih-Naini, Friedrich-Alexander Univ., Erlangen, Germany; and B. W. Shen
Recorded Presentation

6.2
The Development of a Python-Based Model for the Prediction of Low-Level Cloud Formation

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 7
Geospatial Tools
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata
1:30 PM
7.1
Mappy
Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
7.2
Processing and Displaying GOES-16 Imagery with Python
Peter J Pokrandt, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
7.3
Enabling Visualization and Geospatial Analysis of Atmospheric Science Data through Python
Amanda M. Weigel, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. Maskey, S. Nagaraj, K. Markert, and A. Kulkarni
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
7.4
Processing and Quality-Controlled Visualization of GOES-16 GLM Data
Eric C. Bruning, Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
Panel Session: Show Me Your Stack!
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Panelists: Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata; Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center; Daniel Rothenberg, MIT; Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York
2:45 PM
Patrick Marsh
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
Daniel Rothenburg
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
Hannah Aizenman
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
Ryan May
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Poster Session 2
Posters 2
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
770
The MetPy Roadmap: Replacing Legacy Meteorological Tools
J. R. Leeman, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and R. M. May

771
A Unidata JupyterHub Server: An Online PyAOS Resource for Students and Educators
Julien Chastang, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Signell and J. L. Fischer

772
GMI-IPS: Python Processing Software for Aircraft Campaigns
Megan Rose Damon, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and S. A. Strode, S. D. Steenrod, and M. J. Prather

Handout (945.8 kB)

773
Bulk Shear, Supercell Composite, Precipitable Water, and More: Exploring MetPy's New CAPE-abilities with an Interactive Sounding Plotter
Matthew B. Wilson, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. R. Leeman and R. M. May

773A
Siphon—Simplifying Data Access and Expanding Data Sources
Sean C. Arms, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. May and J. R. Leeman

Handout (1.4 MB)

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Lunch Break
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