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+This project is aimed at prioritizing climate change impact in NSW estuaries using the NARCLIM climate projection data set and python coding. 
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+It has .py routines to:
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+a) extract NARCLIM data for single point locations and variables into a CSV file with 1 column per ensemble member (individual model run)
+This is done directly on the CCRC storm servers where the data is stored and the CSV files are stored in a new folder in the working 
+directory on the server
+b) plot the data and perform the statistical analysis. 
+c)...
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+Requirements: at this stage mainly basic packages such as pandas, netcdf4, basemap, matplotlib...
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