Setting up a Python environment

Setup and test your python environment for the CoastWatch Satellite Course

1. Make sure you have python 3 and conda installed on your machine
2. Download this repository.
   • Use the green Code dropdown to select Download Zip and unzip to a location on your computer
   • Or use this zip file link
3. Use a terminal window to navigate to the unzipped folder

The following commands:

• Update conda
• Create a new conda environment named ‘coastwatch’ and load the required modules to it
  
• Activate the environment
  
• Runs a script that checks for any missing modules
  
• Launches jupyter-lab for displaying the jupyter notebook tutorials

conda update conda
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate coastwatch
python check_modules.py
jupyter-lab