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jprestop edited this page Sep 14, 2020 · 10 revisions

Recommend using the OBS Studio recording software.

METplus-Training Navigation:

  1. Installation and Setup
  2. Online Tutorial
  3. METplus Topics
  4. MET Topics
  5. METviewer Topics

Augment online tutorial to have: Examples of new tools: Point2Grid, Grid-Diag, TC-Gen, TC-RMW, RMW-Analysis, MADIS2NC, LIDAR2NC, TC-Dland Examples of re-gridding, python embedding Expanded examples of PCP-Combine, Gen-Vx-Mask, Stat-Analysis, TC-Stat, METviewer, Plot-Data-Plane Record Presentations that would usually be given Record YouTube style videos on: Compiling Setting up METplus using Manage Externals Running METplus

Python Embedding Reading netCDF files with MET How to ask for help Setting up a use-case Submitting a pull request Docker METplus wrappers Setup and Run Example wrapper On your machine On AWS? Here’s instructions for setting up the AMI used for the container-dtc-nwp tutorial: https://dtcenter.org/tutorial-version-3/introduction/aws-tips Also note that Grant set up an AMI for the SCM (Single Column Model) short course at AMS 2020 without using Docker containers. On Docker? Common METplus Variables (time looping, filename templates, logging, etc.) - break into categories? MET Tool Wrappers use cases (obtain data, run, etc.)

Model Application use cases (obtain data, run, etc.) Using environment variables in METplus Common Mistakes/Issues (i.e. variable in wrong section) Set-up times when staff are online for screen-sharing

Best Practices

  • To remove username and hostname from your prompt (for Linux): In your PS1 env var of .bashrc, remove any instances of: \u@\h\

Example command to remove username:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\w\$ '

now "bad actors" won't know your hostname or username

  • On my Mac, I cleaned up the window titles of the xterm tabs so they don't display username and hostname

  • Keep both your xterm window and browser in "show" mode, rather than showing/hiding them during your recording session. You can position them to show up in the same 'canvas', in different portions of the screen. I originally recorded with just the browser displayed, or just the xterm window displayed and I forgot to toggle the xterm window when I was discussing some entries in the config file. So you can hear me talking about the config file, but you don't know what I'm highlighting.

  • Use the YouTube Editor to blur out portions of your video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7AlJDGJ6HQ

  • It was difficult to find how to get to the place to blur since things have changed since this video was released. The instructions below worked for me (Julie) on 20200914. Note that I had to use Chrome and that using Firefox did not work for me.

  1. Go into YouTube Studio
  2. Click on "Subtitles" in the left menu
  3. Click on the video you'd like to edit
  4. Click on "Editor" in the left menu
  5. Click on "Add Blur" in the main section toward the bottom
  6. Click on "Edit" next to "Custom Blurring"
  7. Follow the instructions in the video above to blur

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