creating-a-python3-anaconda-environment-with-himawari-and-goesr.md

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+```sh
+# create and configure an 'axi' python3 environment - only needed once
+module load miniconda
+conda create -n axi python=3.6 anaconda 
+source activate axi
+# additional modules found useful, alter to taste 
+conda install netcdf4 h5py cffi numba matplotlib pyproj scipy basemap bokeh jupyter pandas six pillow pyyaml
+conda install -c conda-forge pyresample pykdtree cartopy
+# make sure netcdf module imports properly, occasionally hdf4 has messed it up
+python -c 'import netCDF4' || echo "try again"
+
+# add himawari module to axi environment, compiling the C code needed
+cd himawari
+git checkout develop
+git pull
+python setup.py develop   # softlink working copy into python environment for development use, could also do "install"
+
+# optionally add goesr utilities
+cd ../goesr
+git checkout develop
+git pull
+python setup.py develop
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+```
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+# quick test pattern with HSD scene
+```sh
+module load miniconda; source activate axi 
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+ipython --pylab
+import himawari.HimawariScene as ahi
+hs = ahi.HimawariScene('/Volumes/changeo/data/users/rayg/Data/AHI/HS_H08_20170601_1200_B14_FLDK')
+# refl = hs.albedos()
+bt = hs.brightnessTemps()
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+# quick plot every 4th pixel
+from pylab import *
+imshow(bt[::4,::4]); colorbar()
+bone(); clim(180,320)
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+# calculate lat/lon from fixed grid
+geo = hs.geo()
+lat, lon = geo.latitude, geo.longitude
+```
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