Week 0: Environmental Data Overview

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During our first course meeting, we will begin the process of familiarizing ourselves with the wild and sprawling world that is environmental data!

Topics we will cover:

• What is environmental data? And why does it matter?
• Major methods of environmental data collection
• Environmental data access using APIs

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Lecture slides (9/22)

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Suggested readings

• Esmaili Chapter 1, “Overview of Satellite Datasets”
• Esmaili Chapter 2, “Overview of Python”