CEDAR email: Workshop - Snakes on a Spaceship: Python in Space Science

[Stoneback, Russell]

Dear Colleagues, 

We invite you to attend “Snakes on a Spaceship: Python in Space Science”
Monday, 4:00-6:00 PM, Peralta/Lamy rooms
Santa Fe Convention Center

The pursuit of system science requires integrating measurements from multiple platforms into a coherent system for analysis. The variety of instrument types and data formats makes this a challenge. Typically these challenges are solved separately by different research teams leading to duplicated efforts. The study of the magnetosphere and the ionosphere as a system would be enhanced if solutions to these problems were made broadly available to the community.

The use of community developed software has found acceptance in Astronomy (astropy) and solar science (sunpy). 'Snakes on a Spaceship' is focused on introducing the Python language, associated tools, and science software packages developed for the CEDAR and GEM community.


4:00-4:30 - Introduction to Python - Dan Welling -  U. Michigan 

4:30-4:45 - GeoData and more - John Swoboda and Michael Hirsch - Boston University 
Plot and analyze data from geophysics sources such as radar and optical systems.

4:45-5:00 - Madrigal and Python - Bill Rideout - MIT
Database of ground-based measurements and models of the Earth's upper atmosphere and ionosphere.

5:00-5:15 - DaViTpy - Muhammad Maimaiti - Virginia Tech
Access and visualize SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network) data.

5:15-5:30 - SpacePy - Steve Morley - U. Michigan
Tools for Space Science Applications.

5:30-5:45 - pysat - Russell Stoneback - University of Texas at Dallas
Space science data analysis across platforms.

5:45-6:00 - Panel discussion - hosted by Jeff Klenzing - NASA/GSFC 
Python and Space Science

Best Regards,
Russell Stoneback
Jeff Klenzing
Angeline Burrell