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Useful Python Tools
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This is a list of useful and/or new Python tools that the Unidata Python Team
and community are keeping an eye on or using.

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Unidata Projects
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* MetPy_ - General meteorological toolkit
* siphon_ - Remote data access
* netCDF4-python_ - netCDF4 API

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Meteorology Specific
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* PyART_ - Python ARM Radar Toolkit

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Data Wrangling
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* pandas_ - Easy tabular data manipulation
* xarray_ - Gridded/labeled multidimensional data

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Plotting
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* matplotlib_ - Beautiful publication quality graphics
* Bokeh_ - Interactive web graphics
* Cartopy_ - Plotting maps

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Core Python/Interface
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* iPython_ - Interactive Python shell
* Jupyter_ - Notebooks and the new Jupyter Lab
* pathlib_ - Easy file path manipulation

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Education
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* nbgrader_ - An automatic homework grader for notebooks

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Performance
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* Numba_ - JIT compiler
* Dask_ - Distributed computing

.. _MetPy: https://unidata.github.io/MetPy
.. _netCDF4-python: https://unidata.github.io/netcdf4-python/
.. _siphon: https://unidata.github.io/siphon
.. _pandas: http://pandas.pydata.org
.. _Numba: https://numba.pydata.org
.. _Dask: https://dask.pydata.org/en/latest/
.. _Bokeh: https://bokeh.pydata.org/en/latest/
.. _matplotlib: https://matplotlib.org
.. _xarray: http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/
.. _pathlib: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html
.. _iPython: https://ipython.org
.. _Jupyter: http://jupyter.org
.. _nbgrader: https://nbgrader.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
.. _PyART: http://arm-doe.github.io/pyart/
.. _Cartopy: http://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/