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 # 2016 Narrabeen Storm EWS Performance
-This repository investigates whether the storm impacts (i.e. Sallenger, 2000) of the June 2016 Narrabeen Storm could 
+This repository investigates whether the storm impacts (i.e. Sallenger, 2000) of the June 2016 Narrabeen Storm could have been forecasted in advance.
- have been forecasted in advance.
 
 ## Repository and analysis format
 This repository follows the [Cookiecutter Data Science](https://drivendata.github.io/cookiecutter-data-science/) 
 structure where possible. The analysis is done in python (look at the `/src/` folder) with some interactive, exploratory notebooks located at `/notebooks`.
 
 ## Where to start?
-Check out jupyter notebook `./notebooks/01_exploration.ipynb` which has an example of how to import the data and some interactive widgets.
+1. Clone this repository.
+2. Pull data from WRL coastal J drive with `make pull-data`
+3. Check out jupyter notebook `./notebooks/01_exploration.ipynb` which has an example of how to import the data and some interactive widgets.
+
+## Requirements
+The following requirements are needed to run various bits:
+- [Python 3.6+](https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/install/windows.html): Used for processing and analysing data. Jupyter notebooks are used for exploratory analyis and communication.
+- [QGIS](https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download): Used for looking at raw LIDAR pre/post storm surveys and extracting dune crests/toes
+- [rclone](https://rclone.org/downloads/): Data is not tracked by this repository, but is backed up to a remote Chris Leaman working directory located on the WRL coastal drive. Rclone is used to sync local and remote copies. Ensure rclone.exe is located on your `PATH` environment.
+- [gnuMake](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm): A list of commands for processing data is provided in the `./Makefile`. Use gnuMake to launch these commands. Ensure make.exe is located on your `PATH` environment.
 
 ## Available data
-Raw, interim and processed data used in this analysis is kept in the `/data/` folder.
+Raw, interim and processed data used in this analysis is kept in the `/data/` folder. Data is not tracked in the repository due to size constraints, but stored locally. A mirror is kept of the coastal folder J drive which you can use to push/pull to, using rclone. In order to get the data, run `make pull-data`.
 
+List of data:
 - `/data/raw/processed_shorelines`: This data was recieved from Tom Beuzen in October 2018. It consists of pre/post storm profiles at every 100 m sections along beaches ranging from Dee Why to Nambucca . Profiles are based on raw aerial LIDAR and were processed by Mitch Harley. Tides and waves (10 m contour and reverse shoaled deepwater) for each individual 100 m section is also provided.
 - `/data/raw/raw_lidar`: This is the raw pre/post storm aerial LIDAR which was taken for the June 2016 storm. `.las` files are the raw files which have been processed into `.tiff` files using `PDAL`. Note that these files have not been corrected for systematic errors, so actual elevations should be taken from the `processed_shorelines` folder. Obtained November 2018 from Mitch Harley from the black external HDD labeled "UNSW LIDAR".
 - `/data/raw/profile_features`: Dune toe and crest locations based on prestorm LIDAR. Refer to `/notebooks/qgis.qgz` as this shows how they were manually extracted. Note that the shapefiles only show the location (lat/lon) of the dune crest and toe. For actual elevations, these locations need to related to the processed shorelines.