PEP course, 01-M01-1-M4-43

Scientific Programming

two weeks block course 17.-28. March 2014
Room S3121
2 CP 

Programming is breaking a task down into small steps. This course contains coding, argument passing, loops, and general problem solving ability that will become important for your career. Programming is not something that you can learn in one hour. The course is therefore designed as a two weeks block course 17.-28. March 2014. In the morning, we will teach the fundamentals of programming techniques and in the evening we will apply them in exercises on your computer.

Contents:
introduction on how to make do loops
subroutines, functions
variables types
if, then, else
numerical precision
global vs. local variables
input,output

structure of programming languages: matlab, python, shells

Examples:
netcdf
graphics 
bash
climate data operators 
matlab, python, plotting
numerical integration and fitting
Streamfunction
Energy Balance Model
Vorticity

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For the 1st week: 17-22. March
Dr. Christoph Voelker

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For the 2nd week: 24.-28. March
Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann
Tutors and additional lecturers: Christian Stepanek, Dr. Patrick Scholz, Paul Gierz

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Preliminary time table (2nd week):

March 24: (Monday) (G. Lohmann, C. Stepanek)
10-12: Lecture 
General concept of week 2
shell script, cygwin, data formats: netcdf vs. ascii, climate data operators
14-16: Practical
cdo (adding, correlation, EOF, etc.), ncview, panoply, ncdump,

March 25: (Tuesday) (P. Scholz)
10-12: Lecture
matlab, octave, horizontal and meridional streamfunction, Laplace operator, numerics
14-16: Practical
How to calculate stream functions?

March 26: (Wednesday) (P. Gierz)
10-12: Lecture
Basics of python, gnuplot
Plotting, loops, numerics
Energy Balance Model
14-16: Practical
Energy Balance Model

March 27:  (Thursday) (G. Lohmann)
10-12: Lecture
Vorticity dynamics
Plotting of f/h contours
14-16: Practical
Exercises for different climates and geometry
Preparation of the report for Friday

March 28:  (Friday) (G. Lohmann, C. Stepanek, P. Scholz, P. Gierz)
10-12: Report of the exercises and tasks
Each group 15 min + 5 min discussion






More Literature: 

Press, W. H., S. A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vetterling, B. P. Flannery, "Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing, 3rd Edition" Cambridge University Press, 2007, 1235 pp. http://www.nr.com/

Gershenfeld, N., The nature of mathematical modeling, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003, 344 pp.

Chirila, D., and G. Lohmann, 2015: Introduction to Modern Fortran for Earth System Sciences. 2015, XXII, 250 pages. 15 illus., 10 illus. in color. ISBN: 978-3-642-37008-3; Springer, Berlin Heidelberg. link , link to source code , link to source

Online tutorials for matlab, python, R, gnuplot
Plotting, loops
Fortran, installing & running; compiler, linker, libraries; objects
heat diffusion, RB, Box model
climate explorer