# Visualization

**URL:** https://discourse.pangeo.io/c/visualization/15.md

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## [About the Visualization category](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/about-the-visualization-category/91)

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**Author:** [@hetland](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/hetland)\
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Posts about visualization packages, software, techniques and best practices. Pangeo related topics often require special plotting techniques. For example, plotting in projected earth coordinates, generating histograms o…

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## [Xue: A binary format for animating weather forecasts in the browser](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/xue-a-binary-format-for-animating-weather-forecasts-in-the-browser/5818)

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**Author:** [@ringsaturn](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/ringsaturn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/xue-a-binary-format-for-animating-weather-forecasts-in-the-browser/5818 "2026-09-15T14:19:16Z")

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I’ve been working on weather/climate data visualization for a few years. GRIB/NetCDF are good file formats for data distribution. Zarr is good for large-scale datasets, especially for machine learning cases. But none of…

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## [Using zstd frames and jump tables to extract partial grib files](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/using-zstd-frames-and-jump-tables-to-extract-partial-grib-files/5756)

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**Author:** [@colddata](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/colddata)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/using-zstd-frames-and-jump-tables-to-extract-partial-grib-files/5756 "2026-06-25T14:07:40Z")

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I have been contributing to an open source AGPL project GitHub - HuskHoard/HuskHoard: An open-source (AGPLv3), Rust-based automated data-tiering and archiving engine for Linux. Transparently offload cold data to S3, HDD…

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## [A Gridlook (a Vue/TypeScript 3D viewer for Zarr) fork for flexible Zarr & Icechunk viz](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/a-gridlook-a-vue-typescript-3d-viewer-for-zarr-fork-for-flexible-zarr-icechunk-viz/5711)

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**Author:** [@Elizabeth\_Holmes\_NOA](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/Elizabeth_Holmes_NOA)\
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**Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/a-gridlook-a-vue-typescript-3d-viewer-for-zarr-fork-for-flexible-zarr-icechunk-viz/5711 "2026-05-29T16:46:50Z")

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GridLook is a WebGL-based viewer for cloud-hosted Zarr datasets developed by the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ). What makes GridLook unique and interesting to …

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## [Zarr-layer: a typescript library for visualizing zarr & icechunk in the browser](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/zarr-layer-a-typescript-library-for-visualizing-zarr-icechunk-in-the-browser/5574)

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**Author:** [@norlandrhagen](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/norlandrhagen)\
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**Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/zarr-layer-a-typescript-library-for-visualizing-zarr-icechunk-in-the-browser/5574 "2026-04-28T18:43:02Z")

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Hey folks! Just wanted to share a library my co-worker Shane Loeffler has been working on. At CarbonPlan we’ve been using @carbonplan-maps for a while now for visualizing zarr directly in the browser. It works great, bu…

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## [How to visualize zarr stores on web?](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/how-to-visualize-zarr-stores-on-web/5479)

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**Author:** [@Kaboom\_Official](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/Kaboom_Official)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/how-to-visualize-zarr-stores-on-web/5479 "2026-01-05T09:23:25Z")

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Are there any reosurces I can look at to visualize my zarr stores created using virtualizarr(both have different structures) and icechunk on web? Like a globe on which we plot 2d and 3d vars on it and perform analysis? …

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## [Vresto: Satellite product browser](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/vresto-satellite-product-browser/5477)

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**Author:** [@kalfasyan](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/kalfasyan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/vresto-satellite-product-browser/5477 "2025-12-31T09:35:06Z")

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Hi everyone! I’d like to share vresto, a Python tool I’ve been developing for discovering, retrieving, and analyzing Copernicus Sentinel products. It features an interactive map interface for visual search, high-resoluti…

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## [Problem plotting large memory dataset](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/problem-plotting-large-memory-dataset/5049)

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**Author:** [@LeoTolstoi](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/LeoTolstoi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/problem-plotting-large-memory-dataset/5049 "2025-04-28T13:14:11Z")

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Hello All, I’m trying to plot a 60gb tiled dataset (EO derived MODIS tiles) on a 64gb machine and am consistently running out of memory when plotting. Is there a standard way to plot such a large datasets while using Da…

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## [Version of hvplot, bokeh, panel numpy that work toegther](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/version-of-hvplot-bokeh-panel-numpy-that-work-toegther/5022)

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**Author:** [@Han](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/Han)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/version-of-hvplot-bokeh-panel-numpy-that-work-toegther/5022 "2025-03-27T10:36:07Z")

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Hi, Have tried downgrading these packages, and continuously getting errors. Does anyone have an env in which they work. hvplot 0.8.1 panel 0.10.3 bokeh 3.7.0 …

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## [Problem with Plotting NetCDF Dataset Over International Date Line Using Matplotlib and Cartopy](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/problem-with-plotting-netcdf-dataset-over-international-date-line-using-matplotlib-and-cartopy/4931)

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**Author:** [@jlreid28](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/jlreid28)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/problem-with-plotting-netcdf-dataset-over-international-date-line-using-matplotlib-and-cartopy/4931 "2025-03-07T16:57:46Z")

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Hello everyone, At my current job I’m working on trying to create several PNG files for a set of geographic domains from a NetCDF file using Xarray, Cartopy, and matplotlib and I’m running into an issue where several of…

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## [Issues while plotting a ternary map from Xarray with Cartopy](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/issues-while-plotting-a-ternary-map-from-xarray-with-cartopy/4366)

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**Author:** [@rlourenco](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/rlourenco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/issues-while-plotting-a-ternary-map-from-xarray-with-cartopy/4366 "2024-07-26T14:34:17Z")

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Hi everyone. I’m trying to create a ternary composition (I have RGB channels as Data Arrays, in a Xarray Dataset) and almost getting things well. Currently, code is like this: def lambert\_azimuthal\_rgb\_plot(xarray\_datas…

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## [Unable to view leaflet javascript on self-hosted JupyterLab instance?](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/unable-to-view-leaflet-javascript-on-self-hosted-jupyterlab-instance/3416)

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**Author:** [@cboettig](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/cboettig)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/unable-to-view-leaflet-javascript-on-self-hosted-jupyterlab-instance/3416 "2024-04-12T03:44:01Z")

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Javascript-based maps work wonderfully in other Jupyter notebooks (i.e. planetarycomputer), but fail to render on my personal jupyterlab server. e.g. I try: import leafmap m = leafmap.Map() m and I get the error \[Op…

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## [The Buckaroo data table viewer now works with GeoPandas](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/the-buckaroo-data-table-viewer-now-works-with-geopandas/4138)

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**Author:** [@paddy](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/paddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/the-buckaroo-data-table-viewer-now-works-with-geopandas/4138 "2024-04-05T20:29:10Z")

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What is Buckaroo: Buckaroo is a modern data table viewer for Jupyter notebooks, tailored for exploratory data analysis tasks, which provides useful, sensible views and hooks for everyday data analysis. In addition to s…

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## [StreamJoy - 🌈 Enjoy animating images into GIFs and MP4s in parallel!](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/streamjoy-enjoy-animating-images-into-gifs-and-mp4s-in-parallel/4122)

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**Author:** [@ahuang11](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/ahuang11)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/streamjoy-enjoy-animating-images-into-gifs-and-mp4s-in-parallel/4122 "2024-03-27T18:18:48Z")

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I’ve been working on a package that turns images into animations, using sensible defaults for fun, hassle-free creation. Built atop dask, imageio, and param. Docs here: streamjoy (ahuang11.github.io) It cuts down the b…

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## [Anyone using 3D visualization (with PyVista)?](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/anyone-using-3d-visualization-with-pyvista/3458)

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**Author:** [@banesullivan](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/banesullivan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/anyone-using-3d-visualization-with-pyvista/3458 "2023-11-21T21:13:00Z")

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Not too long ago, I posted about a 3D visualization accessor for Xarray using PyVista: Code here Some animations here: Since then, PyVista has seen major improvements to the visualization capabilities in Jupyter…

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## [Do you use Panoply / ncview / other command line viz tool?](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/do-you-use-panoply-ncview-other-command-line-viz-tool/3693)

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**Author:** [@ahuang11](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/ahuang11)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/do-you-use-panoply-ncview-other-command-line-viz-tool/3693 "2023-09-22T21:50:42Z")

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With hvplot explorer soon supporting xarray/gridded datasets, I think the next logical step for hvplot explorer is a CLI. Before moving forward with the CLI, I would like to solicit feedback from users of Panoply, ncvie…

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## [\[AGU\] Call for abstracts: Next Generation of Advanced Visualization in Earth Science](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/agu-call-for-abstracts-next-generation-of-advanced-visualization-in-earth-science/3590)

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**Author:** [@Slesa\_Adhikari](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/Slesa_Adhikari)\
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**Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/agu-call-for-abstracts-next-generation-of-advanced-visualization-in-earth-science/3590 "2023-07-27T17:45:54Z")

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Hi all, This is a call to submit abstracts to the session titled "Next Generation of Advanced Visualization in Earth Science, that Cee Nell (USGS), Ryan Boller (NASA), and I (IMPACT/UAH) are convening at AGU 2023 in San…

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## [Geoviews offline](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/geoviews-offline/3487)

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**Author:** [@rlourenco](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/rlourenco)\
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**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/geoviews-offline/3487 "2023-06-07T17:27:43Z")

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Trying to see if this previous discussion is possible (from Using Geoviews offline). I am deploying an Apptainer container, and I would like to use Geoviews (if there is a way to work with it offline). Any suggestions? …

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## [Recommended python module for generating interactive / javascript plots?](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/recommended-python-module-for-generating-interactive-javascript-plots/3413)

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**Author:** [@cboettig](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/cboettig)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/recommended-python-module-for-generating-interactive-javascript-plots/3413 "2023-05-04T03:26:54Z")

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Hi folks, I’m looking for recommendations for favorite python modules for generating interactive / javascript (i.e. leaflet.js) plots. Looking for ability to easily add both vector and raster layers. Need a workflow th…

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## [Cartopy for offline](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/cartopy-for-offline/3284)

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**Author:** [@rlourenco](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/rlourenco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/cartopy-for-offline/3284 "2023-03-24T19:41:37Z")

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Hi everyone! Does anyone knows how to use Cartopy with offline data? I’m intending to use this package ( Cartopy Offlinedata :: Anaconda.org ) to supply the data, but no clue on how to access it later once installed. I’…

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## [VAPOR 3.8 released](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/vapor-3-8-released/3067)

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**Author:** [@clyne](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/clyne)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/vapor-3-8-released/3067 "2023-01-11T18:46:30Z")

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VAPOR, the 3D visualization package for geoscience data, just released version 3.8, which includes a Python API and interactive Jupyter Notebook Widgets. Check out the post here.

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## [Handling slicing with circular longitude coordinates in xarray](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/handling-slicing-with-circular-longitude-coordinates-in-xarray/1608)

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**Author:** [@nwilliams6](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/nwilliams6)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/handling-slicing-with-circular-longitude-coordinates-in-xarray/1608 "2022-08-02T04:51:58Z")

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I’m working on dividing into basins (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Southern Ocean) and taking some zonal averages in an xarray dataset. My longitude coordinates are currently 0:360E and so slicing the Atlantic is difficult b…

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## [Xarray and Panel -selecting location on Map](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/xarray-and-panel-selecting-location-on-map/1564)

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**Author:** [@khider](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/khider)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/xarray-and-panel-selecting-location-on-map/1564 "2021-09-30T10:03:45Z")

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Trying to create a simple dashboard showing the map data and a time series underneath, dashboard controls should allow selecting a dataset and run some simple analysis and show the results. Ran into a few hiccups and was…

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## [Xarray extensions for map plotting](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/xarray-extensions-for-map-plotting/1002)

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**Author:** [@davidbrochart](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/davidbrochart)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/xarray-extensions-for-map-plotting/1002 "2021-05-05T21:13:03Z")

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I thought I’d share here two projects I’m working on. They are xarray extensions that offer tiled map plotting capabilities. By using (Leaflet or deck.gl) tiles in the frond-end and (xarray) chunks in the back-end, they …

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## [Visualize Open Geoscience Use Stats & Dependency Relationships](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/visualize-open-geoscience-use-stats-dependency-relationships/1395)

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**Author:** [@RichardScottOZ](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/RichardScottOZ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/visualize-open-geoscience-use-stats-dependency-relationships/1395 "2021-04-16T02:53:41Z")

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This transform 2021 project sounds like it would be of interest to some people in various different ecosystems?

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## [Producing \*a lot\* of synoptic weather maps](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/producing-a-lot-of-synoptic-weather-maps/1290)

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**Author:** [@fmaussion](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/fmaussion)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/producing-a-lot-of-synoptic-weather-maps/1290 "2021-03-08T20:54:11Z")

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This post is adapted from a similar question I sent to PyAOS. My dept is in the process of rewriting the webpage we use for teaching weather forecasting. This platform provides real-time synoptic maps of operational for…

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## [Portable Interactive Plots with Python+JS Sprinkles](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/portable-interactive-plots-with-python-js-sprinkles/1269)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Purves](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/Steve_Purves)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/portable-interactive-plots-with-python-js-sprinkles/1269 "2021-03-01T17:45:31Z")

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Hi Folks, just wanted to let people know about an online event this Friday by the Software Underground community, which i thought would be relevant to the community here :slight\_smile: It’s on making interactive plots i…

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## [Interactive netCDF editing](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/interactive-netcdf-editing/892)

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**Author:** [@WesleyTheGeolien](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/WesleyTheGeolien)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/interactive-netcdf-editing/892 "2020-11-05T09:39:46Z")

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Hi everyone, I am new to the community so sorry if this information is already somewhere or I am missing something. I am looking for a way to interactively edit bathy and topo values of a netCDF file and wondering if …

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## [Climate / Weather Real-time Open Data Banks for Sustainably-Smart Event Management](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/climate-weather-real-time-open-data-banks-for-sustainably-smart-event-management/753)

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**Author:** [@CBKing](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/CBKing)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/climate-weather-real-time-open-data-banks-for-sustainably-smart-event-management/753 "2020-08-14T18:54:42Z")

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Hello Pangeo Community, I am currently in the process of writing my MA thesis regarding Sustainable Event Management and use of smart technologies for remote environmental monitoring and sustainability performance. I h…