4. Investigating pyWaPOR outputs

Once you finish running the pyWaPOR script, you now have a file called et_look_out.nc in the project folder.

This is a so-called netCDF file that contains all the output files. NetCDF files have the advantage of compressing the data and for programmers easy to use. Download the output file to your computer (it will be written over when you run pyWaPOR again. Open the file in QGIS by following the ‘Tutorial 4: NetCDF in QGIS’.

Investigate the results, we will be discussing the outputs in class, think about the following questions:

  • What kind of output layers are included in the output file?
  • Why does the data not cover the entire bounding box? 

Bring any other questions or concerns with you to the class.