From ec9498a23549605e36f2e6e6d743adb755d20b71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julia Kent <46687291+jukent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:00:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update index.rst --- docs/index.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index f263aca2d..7dcf7a527 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ GeoCAT-examples Documentation This gallery contains visualization examples from many plotting categories of geosciences data. +Specifically, visualizations in this repository are intended to demonstrate Python ways of generating figures akin to the [NCL Application Examples website](https://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/). + +A primary objective of this project is to identify any NCL plotting functionality that is missing from +the popular Matplotlib + Cartopy toolchain, so each contributed script, if originating from NCL, should +contain a best-effort attempt at reproducing an NCL graphic as closely as possible without using NCL or PyNGL. +Read more about [NCAR's pivot-to-python](https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Pivot_to_Python/). + For visualization, mainly `matplotlib` and `cartopy` are used. In addition, `geocat-datafiles `_ is used as a dataset storage and `geocat-viz `_ is used for From 862d71abb87d1c7fb1eeac4812449755702d049d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julia Kent <46687291+jukent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:01:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update README.rst --- Gallery/README.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Gallery/README.rst b/Gallery/README.rst index 50427f275..e46ade914 100644 --- a/Gallery/README.rst +++ b/Gallery/README.rst @@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Gallery This gallery contains visualization examples from many plotting categories of geosciences data. +A primary objective of this project is to identify any NCL plotting functionality that is missing from +the popular Matplotlib + Cartopy toolchain, so each contributed script, if originating from NCL, should +contain a best-effort attempt at reproducing an NCL graphic as closely as possible without using NCL or PyNGL. +Read more about [NCAR's pivot-to-python](https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Pivot_to_Python/). + For visualization, mainly `matplotlib` and `cartopy` are used. In addition, `geocat-datafiles `_ is used as a dataset storage and `geocat-viz `_ is used for From 7aaf1c4178cb280ce48ea1095c8f882fc0d08a49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julia Kent <46687291+jukent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:02:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README.rst --- Gallery/README.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Gallery/README.rst b/Gallery/README.rst index e46ade914..cb26f7bbb 100644 --- a/Gallery/README.rst +++ b/Gallery/README.rst @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Gallery This gallery contains visualization examples from many plotting categories of geosciences data. +Specifically, visualizations in this repository are intended to demonstrate Python ways of generating figures akin to the [NCL Application Examples website](https://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/). + A primary objective of this project is to identify any NCL plotting functionality that is missing from the popular Matplotlib + Cartopy toolchain, so each contributed script, if originating from NCL, should contain a best-effort attempt at reproducing an NCL graphic as closely as possible without using NCL or PyNGL.