Ocean Currents Data Visualization

This Python script fetches ocean currents data from the ERDDAP server and generates stick plots for specific depths over a given time period. The script utilizes configuration parameters provided via a YAML file for easy customization and repeatability.

Requirements for 2D plot

• Python 3.x
• pandas
• matplotlib
• numpy
• pyyaml
• erddapy

Requirements for 3D plot

• Python 3.x
• pandas
• plotly
• numpy
• netCDF4
• requests
• pyyaml

These packages can be installed using pip. If you do not have pip installed, you can get it by installing Python from python.org.

Installation

1. Clone this repository or download the script and YAML configuration file.
2. Install the required Python libraries:

pip install plotly numpy pandas netCDF4 requests matplotlib pyyaml erddapy