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Why does this method for weighting grid cells result in tiny values?

I'm working with a bunch of netCDF files for uni, hence the for loop. Its global coverage data, and because the Earth is not flat, we need to weight the pixels/grid ...
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What is the smallest grid spacing that Eulerian air quality models should use?

The University of Washington runs the Advanced Research Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) model in predictive mode, and then tests the skill of the model anywhere from 12 - 84 hours out from ...
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Where can I find high-resolution, historic weather data for urban areas (like ERA5 but higher spatial resolution)?

Pretty much what the title says. For my work I need historic (at least starting 2010), atmospheric weather data (mostly temperature at 2m, wind velocity and direction, humidity respectively dewpoint, ...
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Maximizing Tree Utility in a given Region

My goal is to build an algorithm whose fundamental goal at the most basic level is, given the current tree configuration of a particular region, to output the best coordinates to plant the next tree. ...
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Understanding 1x5x9 pattern for block precedence algorithm in open pit mining

I came across several visual representation of the 1x5x9 pattern defined for block precedence computation in the ultimate pit limit problem. But I can't seem to understand fully how it is computed. I ...
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Which unsupervised classification method for non linear multivariate time series earth observation data in python

I have collect several data sets for a small region in Germany called Hessisches Ried (about 90 km²) from different sources for a time period from 2015 to 2019. Daily rainfall amount & daily ...
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Interpolating world data to a local grid in Python

I have an NC file that has global data with a high resolution (about 25 minutes) so a lot of coordinates. I have some measured values of some region with irregularly spaced coordinates. In order to ...
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ERA-Interim how to select only grid-points over land area?

I am using ERA-Interim data, e.g. total precipitation, and I want to take only observations over land areas. How can I filter the ERA-Interim dataset of precipitation to get only observations in grid-...
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Creating regular grid for my data? [closed]

I have daily spatiotemporal data with covariates at 10 different locations. My question is is it possible to convert my data into a grid format?
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Calculate the number of model grid cells covering a specific country

What is the best method of calculating the number of model grid cells (e.g. of climate models) covering a specific country? For example, if I wanted to know how many 2 degree grid cells are in the ...
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What determines the spatial resolution of a study?

This might sound like a silly question to many of you, but I am addressing the comments of a referee regarding a study I'm trying to publish and I remained a little puzzled about this issue. Let's ...
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What is the equivalent of CFL criterion when using spectral models?

I would like to know what the equivalent of the CFL criterion is for atmospheric models based of spectral grids. In other words, how do you find the necessary horizontal resolution in meters for ...
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Converting grid resolution from degrees to kilometers

I am curious how can one have an idea of grid resolution. How much is the distance resolution in km of a grid with resolution of 0.5 deg x 0.666 deg?