An Introduction to Python Programming for Scientists and Engineers

This page lists additional references for Chapter 14.

• Adding an Axes object in matplotlib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46933922/8430411
• “Built-in magic commands”: https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactive/magics.html
• “Cartography and Mapping in Python”: https://uoftcoders.github.io/studyGroup/lessons/python/cartography/lesson/
• Cartopy Feature interface: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.14/matplotlib/feature_interface.html
• “Cartopy map gridlines and tick labels”: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.13/matplotlib/gridliner.html
• Cartopy Natural Earth features: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/gallery/features.html#sphx-glr-gallery-features-py
• “Cartopy projection list”: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.13/crs/projections.html
• Cartopy’s GeoAxes class: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.13/matplotlib/geoaxes.html
  • add_feature method: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.14/matplotlib/geoaxes.html#cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes.add_feature
  • set_extent method: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.13/matplotlib/geoaxes.html#cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes.set_extent
  • set_xticks method: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.14/matplotlib/geoaxes.html#cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes.set_xticks
  • set_yticks method: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.14/matplotlib/geoaxes.html#cartopy.mpl.geoaxes.GeoAxes.set_yticks
• “Choosing Colormaps in Matplotlib”: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/tutorials/colors/colormaps.html
• “Cookbook / Matplotlib / Animation”: https://web.archive.org/web/20150905083935/http://wiki.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Animations (Internet Archive version from September 5, 2015)
• “Coordinate reference systems in Cartopy”: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.13/crs/
• “Customizing Matplotlib with style sheets and rcParams”: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/tutorials/introductory/customizing.html
• Get the figure number of a Figure object: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42323050/8430411
• Get the list of Axes objects on a matplotlib Figure object:
  • https://stackoverflow.com/a/24107230/8430411
  • https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.axes
• “How to update data for Matplotlib’s im_show()”: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40301148/8430411
• “Image antialiasing”: https://matplotlib.org/gallery/images_contours_and_fields/image_antialiasing.html
• “Image tutorial”: https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/introductory/images.html#sphx-glr-tutorials-introductory-images-py
• “Interpolations for imshow”: https://matplotlib.org/gallery/images_contours_and_fields/interpolation_methods.html
• “Interpolations for imshow/matshow”: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/tutorials/introductory/customizing.html#matplotlib-rcparams
• “Maps in Scientific Python”: https://earth-env-data-science.github.io/lectures/mapping_cartopy.html
• “Matplotlib: Beyond the basics”: https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/ivanov/AY250/blob/d26763380d05b046359b71f42298de3385338eb6/matplotlib_beyond_basics.ipynb
• “Matplotlib: How to copy a contour plot to another figure?”: https://stackoverflow.com/q/57351212/8430411
• Matplotlib’s Axes class: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/axes_api.html#the-axes-class:
  • axis method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.axis.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.axis
  • contour method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour
  • contourf method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf
  • imshow method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.imshow.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.imshow
  • plot method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot.html
  • scatter method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter
  • set_aspect method: https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_aspect.html
  • set_xticks method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xticks.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xticks
  • set_yticks method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_yticks.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_yticks
  • text method: https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html
• Matplotlib’s AxesImage class: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/image_api.html#matplotlib.image.AxesImage
• Matplotlib’s cm module: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/cm_api.html
• Matplotlib’s Figure class: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html
• Matplotlib’s interactive mode: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6446392/8430411
• Matplotlib’s Line2D class: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html:
  • set_linestyle method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_linestyle
  • set_marker method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_marker
  • set_xdata method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_xdata
  • set_ydata method: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.lines.Line2D.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_ydata
• Matplotlib’s LinearSegmentedColormap class: https://matplotlib.org/3.2.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap.html
• Matplotlib’s pyplot module:
  • axes function: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.axes.html
  • axis function: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.axis.html
  • cla function: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8228808/8430411
  • draw function: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.draw.html
  • figure function: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.figure.html
  • gca function: https://matplotlib.org/3.1.1/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.gca.html
  • imshow function: https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.imshow.html
  • plot function: https://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.plot
  • subplot function: https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplot.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplot
  • subplots function: https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots
• “More advanced mapping with cartopy and matplotlib”: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.14/matplotlib/advanced_plotting.html
• NumPy function meshgrid: https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.meshgrid.html
• “PyFormat: Using % and .format() for great good!”: https://pyformat.info/
• “pylab.ion() in python 2, matplotlib 1.1.1 and updating of the plot while the program runs”: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12822762/pylab-ion-in-python-2-matplotlib-1-1-1-and-updating-of-the-plot-while-the-pro
• “Reverse Y-Axis in PyPlot”: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2052203
• Setting the current figure in matplotlib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7987462/8430411
• “Transformations Tutorial”: https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/advanced/transforms_tutorial.html
• “Understanding the transform and projection keywords”: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/tutorials/understanding_transform.html
• “User’s Guide”: https://matplotlib.org/users/index.html
• “Using cartopy with matplotlib”: https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/v0.13/matplotlib/intro.html