Data Analysis Tools

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We encourage masters students, PhD students and post-doctoral researchers working within the atmospheric science community in the UK to attend. To get the most out of the course, you should have previous Python experience or have attended our Introduction to Scientific Computing course.

The course will use the Python 3 versions of cf-python and cf-plot which are available for the Linux and Mac operating systems. Windows users can use a Linux Virtual Machine or the Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run the software.

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We aim for students to:

Read netCDF, Met Office PP and fields files;

Create, delete and modify a field’s data and metadata;

Complete data aggregation, selection and collapse by statistical operations;

Transform grids and plot contours, vectors, graphs.

The Data Analysis Tools course is taught by experienced Python users at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

This is a one-day course, which combines talks and interactive sessions.

The course fee includes all tuition, activities and materials. Refreshments including lunch will be provided throughout the teaching day. Once you have been offered a place on this course, you will be asked to pay the course fees via the University of Leeds online store.

Full academic rate £240

Educational discount rate £180

May be available to PhD students or post-doctoral researchers not eligible for the subsidised rate.

NCAS subsidised rate £60

Available to UK and EU PhD students attending UK universities, or PhD students supervised by NCAS staff.

Commercial rate

Attendees from commercial organisations should contact training@ncas.ac.uk to discuss the course fee.

Accommodation is not provided as part of the course and students should arrange their own. Students are responsible for arranging and paying for their own transport to and from the course.

Fees

Attendees are required to pay in full by credit/debit card or provide a valid purchase order from their home organisation by the confirmation deadline. All payments and refunds are processed by the University of Leeds.

Cancellations/ refunds

Cancellations of places on courses are subject to a £50 administration fee where the cancellation is made more than six weeks before the date of the training course.
The remaining balance of the course fee will be refunded.

No refund is payable for a cancellation made within six weeks immediately prior to the training course – in this event the full course fee will remain payable.
In the event that a place can be filled by another student then the full fee (less the £50 administration fee) will be refunded once the replacement student has paid in full.

All cancellations must be sent in writing to training@ncas.ac.uk.

Amendments and cancellations by NCAS

It may be necessary for NCAS to change the content and timing of a course, the staff, the date or the venue. In the unlikely event of the course being cancelled by NCAS, a full refund will be made. For all bookings, the liability of NCAS/University of Leeds shall be limited to the amount of the fee actually paid to NCAS/University of Leeds by the delegate.