Week 5 overview

Learning objectives:

1. Shell scripting

HW1

Homework 1: Due Tue, 2/18 (Today), 3PM

Tue. Feb. 18 activities:

1. Go to your atm350 directory and create a new directory named 250218

2. Copy all files from /spare11/atm350/common/feb18 into your 250218 directory

3. View the wx_data_1.sh file

4. Run the script

5. View the output ALB_weather.txt file

6. Create a new script that requests the CF6 product for three stations of your choice. Example script name: monthly_clim.sh (e.g. https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/afos/retrieve.py?pil=CF6ROC)

Tue. Feb. 20 activities:

1. Go to your atm350 directory and create a new directory named 250220

2. Copy all files from /spare11/atm350/common/feb18 into your 250220 directory

3. We will modify our script to use variables, loops, and logical blocks.

Resources:

1. Iowa State Text Product Retrieval Help Page

2. Iowa State Hourly Observations Help Page