This repository contains two notebooks to get you started with the hourly dataset version 2.00 of the NOAA Global Drifter Program using python and the xarray library.

• get_started_with_hourly_gdp_data.ipynb demonstrates how load lazily the hourly dataset and display a couple of plots.

• gdp_compare_6h_1h.ipynb is a simple comparison between the hourly dataset and the 6-hourly dataset.

This notebook should be readily executable in a binder environment which can be launched by clicking the "launch binder" badge above ☝️. Alternatively, you can run the notebook in a python environment containing the python libraries listed in the file environment.yml.

Feel free to contribute to this repo or raise an issue!