Welcome to Python for atmospheric measurements’s documentation!

Contents:

• Introduction
• Installing python
  • Basic Python
  • Scientific modules
• Python quick start - Part 1
  • Python as calculator
  • Python and arrays
  • Plotting
• Python quick start - Part 2
  • Reading files
  • Array slicing
  • More on Plotting
  • Saving your results
  • Getting help
• Calculating with arrays
  • Creating a simple numpy array
  • Convenient ways to create numpy arrays
  • Accessing specific elements of an array
  • Process arrays using numpy functions
• Writing modules
  • Creating your first python file
  • Importing the module
  • Import search path
• Controling execution
• Computing
• Writing functions
• Reading and writing files
• Data plotting
• Creating a command line tool
  • The difference with the command line
  • Keeping some command only for the command line
  • Reading user input
  • Providing arguments for the command line
• Learning resources
  • Online tutorials
  • Books
  • Modules
• Appendix 1: The Mercurial version control system
  • Mercurial overview
  • Setting up a repository
  • Committing some changes
  • Update to the previous version
  • Working with a remote repository

Indices and tables

• Index
• Search Page