Interactive representation of Precipitation IMERG with Python over Germany

Tutorial for interactive representation of satellite images of precipitation IMERG over Germany using Python 3 on Jupyter. Images of precipitation IMERG are every 30 minutes on the extent of Germany taken from 1 to 4 November 2015.

 

Content

This tutorial includes:

  • Import data server Nasa Giovanni
  • Call to files and listing
  • Function definition for netCDF opening
  • Search for limits of representation
  • Data collection of precipitation as a large Numpy array
  • Importing packages for rendering maps
  • Generation of interactive representation

 

Animation

Video

Input Data and Code

Download the data input and Python code this link:

https://github.com/SaulMontoya/Interactive-representation-of-IMERG-Precipitation-with-Python-over-Germany

Saul Montoya

Saul Montoya es Ingeniero Civil graduado de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú en Lima con estudios de postgrado en Manejo e Ingeniería de Recursos Hídricos (Programa WAREM) de la Universidad de Stuttgart con mención en Ingeniería de Aguas Subterráneas y Hidroinformática.

 

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