Welcome to the pilot workshop on FAIR, interoperable NetCDF data for climate and atmospheric sciences. This repository contains the lesson materials and setup guidance for the 22 October 2026 event.
This hands-on workshop introduces practical approaches to making climate and atmospheric science datasets easier to find, access, integrate, and reuse through shared standards, rich metadata, persistent identifiers, and semantic descriptions.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | Welcome, installation check, and housekeeping |
| 09:45 | Introduction to interoperability |
| 10:15 | Structural interoperability |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | Semantic interoperability |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Technical interoperability: data access protocols |
| 14:00 | Break |
| 14:15 | Technical interoperability: API |
| 15:15 | Break |
| 15:30 | Cloud-native layouts |
| 16:00 | Interoperable infrastructure in the AI era |
| 16:15 | Post-workshop survey |
| 16:30 | Wrap-up and end |
Before attending, please ensure you have:
- Basic Python experience (write and run short scripts)
- Awareness of the NetCDF format
- A laptop for hands-on exercises
- A Unix-like terminal (Git Bash, WSL, or Mac/Linux Terminal)
- Python 3.11+ and
uvinstalled - Optional:
jqfor API-related exercises
See Lesson_development/setup.md for installation instructions.
- Lesson flow
- Setup guide
- Introduction
- Structural interoperability
- Semantic interoperability
- Protocols
- Technical interoperability
- Cloud-native layouts
- AI
This workshop material is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.
This workshop is organized by 4TU.ResearchData and designed as a Carpentries pilot lesson.