The EPA air quality data set is massive. It may require working with data.frames on the order of 30gb. I have been looking into R literature discussing the practical limitations of standard computations in R and how to effectively work with “big data.” This post may eventually become a nice tutorial but for now it […]
Installing system libraries The absolute easiest way to install NetCDF on a mac requires Macports. Macports is a software package designed to make installing and compiling software easy. Macports .pkg and installation instructions are available here. Once Macports is installed building and installing NetCDF libraries is a one step job. sudo port install netcdf More […]
Awesome video series explaining version control and why academics should use it! The first video in the series can be found here. Git is an even more powerful version control tool than subversion. This post will will act as a resource for getting started with Git by providing instructions and links to tutorials. To run gitk on macs, download […]
Repository of successful applications: http://chem.atmos.colostate.edu/fellowships/ username: ATSapply password: success Good lecture from a couple of years ago (must be on campus or connect to VPN to watch): http://www.atmos.colostate.edu/gradprog/fellowships/fellowships.php National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 Application deadline: November ~4, 20XX Eligibility: 1. Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of […]
This paper is so useful and so well written I thought it might be a good idea to have it no further than a click away. This quick and easy read outlines some really simple and applicable tips for writing better code. I thought I would include this on the site because writing better code […]
Radiation training is required for everyone working in the lab. Modules 0 and 11 are required and can be completed online at http://www.ehs.colostate.edu/WRad/Home.aspx. Watch the short powerpoint presentation and try to pay attention because they ask surprisingly specific questions at the end (you need to know the phone number of the radiation control office). Module 1 […]
Wiki created by admins Documenting rules for working on ozone http://bwiki.atmos.colostate.edu/RunningOnOzone System Notes: /fischer-scratch not backed up /shared-scratch is backed up Do not write in the group share directory Much more coming soon…
Sometimes it feels more productive to trudge through medial clean up tasks than it does to step back and assess the utility of your project’s code and knowledge base’s organizational scheme. Never thought about how to organize a project’s code base? Is knowledge base a strange concept, something probably taken care of by the absurd […]