Bring your own laptop. Come in person. The IP is 'on site' in CHN E46.
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All organizational aspects of the practicum are summarized on this page.
If necessary, you will be contacted by email. It is therefore important that you register electronically!
Course objectvies
The course aims at to provide practical python skills that are useful for your BSc/ MSc studies and beyond. It should enable you to work independently with python on your own laptop, with a focus on geoscience topics.
Course Content
You will set up python on your laptop.
You will learn how to work with python environments (using conda).
Different ways of using python are covered: jupyter notebooks, ipython, 'python from the command prompt'.
You write python code yourself (python scripts, *.py files or jupyter notebooks), and get guidance on how to do this in a clean and re-usable way.
The focus is on aspects relevant in geosciences (and beyond): quantitative data handling and analysis with numpy, line plots and maps using matplotlib and cartopy, labelled data and working with netCDF files (xarray, pandas) to organize your data.
Emphasis is put on collaborative work (you work in small teams of typically two people) and on how to help yourself (using web resources to solve your python problem).
The practicum takes place in block 1 of the integrated practicum (IP), Monday 11.03 to Tuesday 26.03. It consists of three introductory half days, six half days project work, and one half day to present your results to everybody. Bring your own laptop! (If you have no laptop, contact mathias.hauser@env.ethz.ch)
Attendance is compulsory on the half days printed in bold.
