Installation/Requirements

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• Python 3.6+ (3.9 recommended)

• pyyaml (to read control files)

• monet, which brings many dependencies

• monetio, which brings a few dependencies

Optional dependencies

• netcdf4 (from Unidata; most likely needed for reading model/obs datasets)

• wrf-python (needed in order to use the WRF-Chem reader)

• click (to use the Command Line Interface)

• pooch (to enable automatic downloading of tutorial datasets)

General instructions

If you are a user and are not planning to modify MELODIES MONET itself, installing it is relatively simple. The stable branch of MELODIES MONET (main) should always be compatible with the conda-forge releases of MONET/MONETIO. First create and activate a conda environment:

$ conda create --name melodies-monet python=3.9
$ conda activate melodies-monet

Add dependencies from conda-forge:

$ conda install -y -c conda-forge pyyaml monet monetio netcdf4 wrf-python click pooch

Now, install the stable branch of MELODIES MONET to the environment:

$ pip install --no-deps https://github.com/NOAA-CSL/MELODIES-MONET/archive/main.zip

Note

If you are interested in modifying what MELODIES MONET can do, take a look at the Developer’s Guide.

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Examples of conda environment.yml files that include a record of all the dependencies (direct and indirect) are available via the GitHub:

• NCAR Cheyenne environment.yml

• NOAA Hera environment.yml