A Hands-On Introduction to Using Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (First Edition)

Welcome to the archival home page for the First Edition (2012) of the book A Hands-On Introduction to Using Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, by Johnny Wei-Bing Lin! If you have any questions, comments, errata reports, etc., please email me at: pyintro at johnny-lin.com. The latest version of the book is available at the book's main home page.

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• Front Matter
• Chapter 1: What Is and Why Python?
• Chapter 2: Using the Python Interpreter and Interactive Development Environment
• Chapter 3: Basic Data and Control Structures
• Chapter 4: Array Operations
• Chapter 5: File Input and Output
• Chapter 6: A "Real" AOS Project: Putting Together a Basic Data Analysis Routine
• Chapter 7: An Introduction to OOP Using Python: Part I—Basic Principles and Syntax
• Chapter 8: An Introduction to OOP Using Python: Part II—Application to Atmospheric Sciences Problems
• Chapter 9: Visualization: Basic Line and Contour Plots
• Chapter 10: What Next?
• Back Matter

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