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+{
+ "cells": [
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "id": "15009998-b0c6-4e21-a007-197eca142975",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "### Getting started: nextGEMS online"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 1,
+ "id": "75824e6b-52c4-4acf-9b0b-60603eee1a2f",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "outputs": [],
+ "source": [
+ "import intake\n",
+ "from easygems import healpix as egh\n",
+ "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 2,
+ "id": "8c96543f-ce37-4fab-8c67-78f117bdbcad",
+ "metadata": {
+ "tags": []
+ },
+ "outputs": [],
+ "source": [
+ "cat = intake.open_catalog(\"https://data.nextgems-h2020.eu/online.yaml\")"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 3,
+ "id": "66ef92b1-4b8e-485f-b45d-1d899ef00de3",
+ "metadata": {
+ "tags": []
+ },
+ "outputs": [
+ {
+ "data": {
+ "application/yaml": "online:\n args:\n path: https://data.nextgems-h2020.eu/online.yaml\n description: ''\n driver: intake.catalog.local.YAMLFileCatalog\n metadata: {}\n",
+ "text/plain": [
+ "online:\n",
+ " args:\n",
+ " path: https://data.nextgems-h2020.eu/online.yaml\n",
+ " description: ''\n",
+ " driver: intake.catalog.local.YAMLFileCatalog\n",
+ " metadata: {}\n"
+ ]
+ },
+ "metadata": {
+ "application/json": {
+ "root": "online"
+ }
+ },
+ "output_type": "display_data"
+ }
+ ],
+ "source": [
+ "cat"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 4,
+ "id": "6a18cb64-3f0d-4551-a44a-05c4b3f9ab69",
+ "metadata": {
+ "tags": []
+ },
+ "outputs": [
+ {
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+ "ds = cat.ICON.ngc4008(zoom=7, time='PT15M').to_dask()"
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+ "timeslice = ds.tas.sel(time='2024-11-11T11:11:00', method='nearest')\n",
+ "\n",
+ "egh.healpix_show(timeslice, cmap='inferno')\n",
+ "plt.title(f\"tas at {str(timeslice.time.values)[:16]}\")"
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