Posts from FL
NLDAS3 Download with fsspec, zarr, and xarray is sloooooooooooow
- 2026-10-07
TLDR; Added NLDAS3 download to tsgettoolbox, but it is sloooooooooooow. Based on information github.com/NASAWaterInsight/NLDAS-3 and github.com/NASAWaterInsight/NLDAS-3/blob/develop/scripts/read_nldas3_kerchunk_from_refs.py. (neither of which actually worked for me). Was necessary to include the fix described here: github.com/NASAWaterInsight/NLDAS-3/pull/43/changes
Version 1 of conda-forge recipe.yaml
- 2026-10-02
TLDR 1; Add conda_build_tool: rattler-build to conda-forge.yml and then run conda smithy rerender.
Appveyor and mingwpy to Create Python Wheels on Windows
- 2016-02-11
TLDR; After many trials figured out how to compile FORTRAN/C libraries on Windows to be used in Python, using Appveyor, a cloud base Continuous Integration Service for Windows and mingwpy. Wish that I could say that I am a genius, but no, just persistent.
Testing Images
- 2015-11-29
TLDR; I use matplotlib.testing.compare.compare_images instead of matplotlib.testing.decorators.image_comparison
Docker to Create Hybrid Linux Distributions
- 2015-11-15
TLDR; Run Ubuntu available dpkg on Centos through Docker
Docker - Almost Everything I Could Want, But Not What I Need
- 2015-08-22
TLDR; I ended up not using Docker.