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I’ve recently released the new package ccafs, which provides access to data from Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS; http://ccafs-climate.org/) General Circulation Models (GCM) data. GCM’s are a particular type of climate model, used for weather forecasting, and climate change forecasting - read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_circulation_model. ccafs falls in the data client camp - its focus is on getting users data - many rOpenSci packages fall into this area. These kinds of packages are important so that scientists don’t have to recreate the wheel themselves every time, but instead use one client that everyone else uses....
Do you fancy open data, R, and breathing? Then you might be interested in ropenaq which provides access to open air quality data via OpenAQ! Also note that in French, R and air are homophones, therefore we French speakers can make puns like the one in the title. Please re-read it with a French accent and don’t judge me. In this post I’ll motivate the existence of the package, then show you the basics of its use, and finally show off with some pretty figures....
Our Community Call on Tuesday, March 7th, 8-9 AM PST, will cover “How to ask questions so they get answered! Possibly by yourself!”. Asking questions about programming is a skill you can develop - we’re not just born with it. The speakers will cover some of the background and skills you’ll need to increase your chances of having your questions answered by your peers or by a busy expert. Join the Call...
ifelses to the plater package
As a lab scientist, I do almost all of my experiments in microtiter plates. These tools are an efficient means of organizing many parallel experimental conditions. It’s not always easy, however, to translate between the physical plate and a useful data structure for analysis. My first attempts to solve this problem–nesting one ifelse call inside of the next to describe which well was which–were very unsatisfying. Over time, my attempts at solving the problem grew more sophisticated, and eventually, the plater package was born....
For a fourth year running, we are excited to announce the rOpenSci unconference, our annual event loosely modeled on Foo Camp. We’re organizing #runconf17 to bring together scientists, developers, and open data enthusiasts from academia, industry, government, and non-profits to get together for a couple of days to hack on various projects and generally enrich our community. The agenda is mostly decided during the unconference itself. Past projects have related to open data, data visualization, data publication and open science using R....
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