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Scientist’s Guide to Plotting Data in Python TextbookEarth Lab CU Boulder

Leah Wasser, Jenny Palomino

Welcome to the Scientist’s Guide to Plotting Data in Python!

Key Materials

About the Scientist’s Guide to Plotting Data in Python

The Scientist’s Guide to Plotting Data in Python is an online textbook for anyone new to plotting scientific data using the Python programming language.

This textbook is designed for the Earth Analytics courses for the Earth Data Analytics Professional Certificate taught by instructors in Earth Lab at CU Boulder.

Overview

In this textbook, you will learn how to plot using key packages for plotting in Python including matplotlib, a widely used plotting package in the Python programming language.

This textbook is highly technical, and each chapter covers some aspect of plotting with Python. Additional sections and chapters will continue to be added.

Section 1. Plotting with Matplotlib
Chapter 1 : Intro to Plotting with Matplotlib
Section 2. Plotting Spatial Data
Chapter 3 : Custom Vector Plots in Python
Chapter 4 : Customize Raster Plots
Section 3. Python Plot Activities
Chapter 5 : Practice Plotting

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