Lesson 2.
| Create Data Driven Reports using Jupyter Notebooks | 2013 Colorado Flood Data |
A well documented scientific workflow is valuable because it makes it easier for us all to build off of each other’s work. Below you will consider the elements of a well-documented workflow using Jupyter Notebooks.
Learning Objectives
After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:
- List some of the components of a project that make it more easily re-usable (reproducible) to you when working with other people
What You Need
You will need a computer with internet access to complete this activity.
A Data Report
Your colleague put together the very informative data report below. The topic of the report is the 2013 Colorado floods. Examine the report. Then answer the questions below.
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What sources of data were used to create the plots?
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How were the data processed?
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How did your colleague generate this report? When was it last updated?
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Who contributed to this report?
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You’d like to make some changes to the report - can you do that easily? If you wanted to make changes, what process and tools would you use to make those changes?
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What units are the precipitation data in?
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Create a list of the things that would make editing this report easier.
My Report - 2013 Colorado Flood Data
Precipitation Data
A lot of rain impacted Colorado. See below.
Downloading from https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/7010681
Downloading from https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/7010681
| STATION | STATION_NAME | ELEVATION | LATITUDE | LONGITUDE | DATE | HPCP | Measurement Flag | Quality Flag | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | COOP:050843 | BOULDER 2 CO US | 1650.5 | 40.03389 | -105.28111 | 20030101 01:00 | 0.0 | g | |
| 1 | COOP:050843 | BOULDER 2 CO US | 1650.5 | 40.03389 | -105.28111 | 20030201 01:00 | 0.0 | g | |
| 2 | COOP:050843 | BOULDER 2 CO US | 1650.5 | 40.03389 | -105.28111 | 20030202 19:00 | 0.2 | ||
| 3 | COOP:050843 | BOULDER 2 CO US | 1650.5 | 40.03389 | -105.28111 | 20030202 22:00 | 0.1 | ||
| 4 | COOP:050843 | BOULDER 2 CO US | 1650.5 | 40.03389 | -105.28111 | 20030203 02:00 | 0.1 |
Fall 2013 Precipitation
Let’s check out the data for a few months.
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