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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · 2d

New GRASS + Landlab example notebook just dropped. Check it out!

grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tuto...

Using GRASS, NumPy, and Landlab for Scientific Modeling

Learn how to integrate NumPy arrays with GRASS tools on an example using Landlab modeling framework.

grass-tutorials.osgeo.org

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · 19d

Building Landlab from source on Windows can be tricky. Here's a step-by-step guide, based on recent experience, that should help.

forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-de...

Landlab developer install on Windows

Building Landlab from source on Windows is trickier than on Linux or macOS. Below are some steps, based on recent experience, that should work. Install Visual Studio Landlab has many parts that are w...

forum.csdms.io

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Aug 5

CUAHSI is offering a series or professional development webinars for early career hydrologists.

www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...

Cyberseminars | 2025 Navigating (beyond) Academic Waters | Cuahsi.org

www.cuahsi.org

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · May 14

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Apple TV's New Sci-Fi Action Comedy With Alexander Skarsgård Debuts To Rare Rotten Tomatoes Score

The reviews are finally in for Apple TV's latest sci-fi series.

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CSDMS @csdms.bsky.social · Feb 17

CSDMS 2025 Student Modeler Awardee is Marie-Christin Wimmler, TU, Dresden for her submission "pyMANGA: A Modular, Open and Extendable Software Platform for Modelling Forest and Vegetation Dynamics". Full Citation: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Syvitsk...

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Feb 13

Software!!1! *shakes fist*

Starting in about an hour, at 10 am MST.

See you soon!

Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm looking forward to this upcoming (Thu Feb 13) CSDMS webinar by Daniel Shapero, "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You".

Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.

Abstract and registration ->

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Presented by: Dan Shapero, University of Washington Have you ever needed to use a software package and it won't build on your machine? Have you ever needed to distribute a set of software packages b...

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CSDMS @csdms.bsky.social · Feb 4

Registration is now open for the CSDMS 2025 Annual Meeting: "Exploring Earth’s Surface with Models, Data & AI". This year’s meeting is held at the University of Colorado Boulder from May 13–15. Registration and additional details, please visit: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Form:An...

Hope you can join!

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Jan 31

That's right! Recordings are typically posted a couple days after the webinar date. You can view webinar recordings at csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Webinars.

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm looking forward to this upcoming (Thu Feb 13) CSDMS webinar by Daniel Shapero, "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You".

Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.

Abstract and registration ->

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Presented by: Dan Shapero, University of Washington Have you ever needed to use a software package and it won't build on your machine? Have you ever needed to distribute a set of software packages b...

cuboulder.zoom.us

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Jan 28

I’ve called my members of congress and asked them to fight the administration’s federal spending freeze.

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AGU EPSP @aguepsp.bsky.social · Jan 21

🌎 ESPIn 2025: Where Earth science meets code! Learn Python modeling, work on team projects, enjoy a Boulder field trip & boost your career. Topics: Git, Landlab, HPC & more. May 5-12 at CU Boulder. Early career scientists apply by Jan 28! @csdms.bsky.social
APPLY HERE docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Jan 21

When I left home at 8a, it was 26 F and windy on Shanahan Ridge, but -1.5 F and nearly calm at the Foothills Lab, which is about 5 mi away and 400 ft lower in elevation.

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Jan 21

The inversion trapping a puddle of cold air in Boulder Valley finally broke up, allowing winds just above to reach the surface.

Temperature and dewpoint time series from the NCAR Foothills Lab, showing a jump in temperature around 10:30a.

Wind speed and peak gust time series from the NCAR Foothills Lab, showing a jump around 10:30a.

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Rachel Glade @rachelglade.bsky.social · Jan 18

A thoughtful scientist, luminescence wizard, ultrasupportive colleague, and someone who's made me laugh till I cry on numerous occasions—Harrison is so deserving of the prestigious PECASE award!

JGR: Earth Surface @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social · Jan 16

We are thrilled to share that Associate Editor Harrison Gray was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers!🎉

This is the highest honor bestowed by the US government on outstanding early career scientists.

Congratulations, Dr. Gray!🥳

@agu.org #PECASE #AGUPubs

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Jan 17

Everyone in Boulder is out running before the cold snap.

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Jan 6

Back to work after a really good holiday break, and lots of exciting things happening already! It reminded me we currently have an open #ResearchSoftwareEngineer #RSE position in our #AdvancedResearchComputing group at the #RosalindFranklinInstitute. #Job
opportunities.rfi.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

About The Rosalind Franklin Institute - Rosalind Franklin Institute

The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a new national institute, announced in 2017 by the UK government, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary resear...

opportunities.rfi.ac.uk

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Dec 20

After a month of wrangling, I finally got an example model (written in Fortran, wrapped in Python through Cython, built with CMake and Meson, componentized in the CSDMS Python Modeling Tool, pymt) to build and run on Windows. I am so relieved!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Dec 18

i'm moving away from a two column/week pace in favor of a single extended argument. here is this week's.

Opinion | What Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party. (Gift Article)

Now is not the time for surrender.

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Dec 18

EarthscapeHub is undergoing semiannual maintenance Dec 18-20. There may be occasional outages. If you're using a Hub, please save your work often.

csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jupyter...

Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Dec 5

We gratefully acknowledge the Institute of Computing for Climate Science at the University of Cambridge (iccs.cam.ac.uk) for their support of the CSDMS Forum. (Thanks, @dorchard.bsky.social!)

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hi, CSDMS-ers! We've started a brand new forum at forum.csdms.io. If you're into earth surface processes, geoscientific software development, or anything between, please consider signing up. It would be awesome if we made this a place to easily discuss research, ask questions, and share ideas.

The CSDMS Forum

A place for researchers to connect, share information, and discuss all things CSDMS.

forum.csdms.io

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Dec 2

The application window for ESPIn 2025 opens today!

INSTAAR 🏳️‍🌈 @instaar.bsky.social · Nov 22

🌎 Are you an early career researcher keen on Earth surface processes? Want to learn about numerical modeling & software development?

Apply for the *free* @csdms.bsky.social ESPIn immersive training experience May 5-12, 2025 in Boulder Colorado. Apply starting 02 Dec buff.ly/40Uefwu

Participants for the 6-day immersive Earth Surface Processes Institute (ESPIn) in Boulder Colorado, 2024

Participants and instructors for the 6-day immersive Earth Surface Processes Institute (ESPIn) in Boulder Colorado, 2024

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Nov 27

Bear Peak after today’s snow. #boulder

A view of Bear Peak in Boulder with snow.

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Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Nov 25

Note that the old URL, bmi.readthedocs.io, still works—it automatically redirects to bmi.csdms.io.

Mark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · Nov 25

The CSDMS RSEs (>99% Eric, <1% me) overhauled the documentation for the Basic Model Interface (BMI), improving navigation and modifying internals to make it easier to maintain over time.

We've also given the docs a new home: bmi.csdms.io.

Please visit and check out the changes!

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