morgancdj/malawi_weather_visualization

Visualizing weather conditions in Malawi using RShiny and data from Era5-Land # TITLE Work in progress by Morgan Jackson & Robbie Parks, 2025 ## Project description This dataset and code is for running the R Shiny Leaflet map of Malawi climate visualizations. ## 1. Data Folder containing data used in analysis ## 2. Code note: please run create_folder_structure.R first to create folders which may not be there when first loaded ### Data preparation (data_prep) list: __a_01_download_era5_land_data.py__ - Download Era5-Land data __a_02_convert_era5_to_csv.py__ - Convert downloaded netCDF files to plain csvs __a_03_summarize_era5_by_adm3.py__ - Generate area-weighted averages for each day ### Visualizations list: __b_01_palette_demos.R__ - Generate palette demos for the four different palettes used in the interactive visualization ## Instructions This repository is designed for deployment through Posit's cloud hosting service. Data is hosted on dropbox and at present must be re-uplodaed manually for each update. App is hosted in __app.R__. ## Data Availability All data is available from the Climate Data Network