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Eliminating for Loops Python Analysis Code
Assumed Audience: Scientists and/or programmers who work with NumPy and Python. All others are also welcome! Using Python empowered my scientific research. Since Python is free and open source, I avoid depending on my employer for my research tools.
Feb 6, 2022 · Last updated on Feb 11, 2022
5 min read
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Matplotlib: Space Between Subplots
Assumed Audience: Scientists and/or programmers who work with Matplotlib and Python. Of course, readers of all background are welcome, but be aware that thus post provides only minimal context. When it comes to programming, there are a number of tasks that I spend time learning by searching the web and then subsequently forgetting by the next time I need that skill, so that I have to search the web all over again.
Feb 5, 2022 · Last updated on Oct 26, 2023
3 min read
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Opening Downloads folder with Alfred app on a Mac
Assumed Audience: Anyone who uses the Alfred App as part of their productivity workflow on a Mac. I use the Alfred App to improve my interactions with my Mac. In particular, I have been trying to really leverage the ability to create “workflows” in Alfred in order to streamline my work and remove annoyances.
Oct 10, 2021 · Last updated on Oct 26, 2023
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Books read in 2017
My girlfriend is on a mission to read 100 books in four years. Since she got a strong start in 2016, she was motivated to read at least 25 books in 2017.
Jan 31, 2018 · Last updated on Feb 5, 2022
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Reading Books
Astronomy Adventure in Argentina, Part 1
This post originally appeared on the guest blog at the Planetary Society. I work as a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, CO. My main area of research is the atmospheric and climate dynamics of terrestrial atmospheres, like Mars, Titan, and Pluto.
Jun 17, 2017 · Last updated on Feb 5, 2022
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Arrokoth (2014 MU69)
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Setting up my Mac for climate research
Surface wind vectors from a simulation of the ancient Martian climate. Updated 2016-10-07 Thanks to @michaelaye for useful comments and corrections. I use a Mac computer for most of my climate research, since the Mac OS X operating system provides me computational foundation I need to develop and run planetary climate models.
Aug 16, 2016 · Last updated on Feb 11, 2022
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Scientific Spoilers
A Rosetta image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, taken by the OSIRIS camera. ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA. We live in a culture filled with spoilers. With the extensive, intricate, and redundant lines of communication that connect us to each other, any new bit of news or nugget of discovery is quickly shared.
Feb 1, 2015 · Last updated on Feb 5, 2022
3 min read
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Science
Setting up my Mac for scientific research
UPDATE: I have changed how I setup my Python environment. These instructions are no longer up to date and may not work on newer versions of the Mac OS.
Jan 22, 2014 · Last updated on Feb 5, 2022
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Funding: the Lifeblood of Scientists
I submitted my first two proposals as a principal investigator (PI)1 this last month, which is a major milestone as newly minted PhD. In fact, I have a bit of a head start since I was able to submit proposals as a PI while still only a postdoctoral scholar.
Jul 14, 2013 · Last updated on Feb 11, 2022
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Postdoc with Southwest Research Institute
The Flatirons from Pearl Street (Boulder, CO). The arrival of 2013 brings a new home and new job for me. A few weeks ago I started as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Planetary Science Directorate of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), where I will continue to study the Titan atmospheric dynamics.
Feb 3, 2013 · Last updated on Feb 5, 2022
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