# Week 4 overview

## Announcments

1. No class meeting this week; virtual office hours Thursday 3-4

1. HW1 assigned this week; due Tuesday 9/19

## Learning Objectives:

1. Python libraries

    a. **pandas**

    b. **geopandas**

## Learning and Participation Activities with Due Dates (Tuesday, Sep. 19, 3PM EDT):

1. Continue working through the eight **Pandas** notebooks from last week, if you haven't already.

1. Clone the `week4` directory in `/spare11/atm533/ktyle`:

    a. Access the [class Jupyterhub server on Turing](https://turing.atmos.albany.edu:8000)
    
    b. In the *Launcher*, open up a *Terminal* session
    
    c. cd to your `atm533` folder
    
    d. Type `git clone /spare11/atm533/ktyle/week4`
    
    e. You should then have a `week4` folder visible in your `atm533` directory, which contains one `geopandas.ipynb` notebook file.
    
1. Follow these directions:
    
    a. In the terminal, change directories to your `atm533/week4` folder (i.e., this repository)

    b. Read, understand, and work through the **geopandas.ipynb** notebook

    c. As directed in the **Things to try** section at the end of the **geopandas.ipynb** notebook, create, develop, and test out additional Jupyter notebooks in your **week4** directory.

## References


1. **pandas**

    a. [pandas site](https://pandas.pydata.org/)

    b. [Project Pythia](https://foundations.projectpythia.org/core/pandas.html)

    c. [ATM350](https://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/ktyle/atm350/core/week6/01_pandas.html)

1. **Geopandas**

   a. [Geopandas website](https://geopandas.org)