Atmos-sci-skills

Generate animations from a time sequence of PNG files using Python (for frame generation) and ffmpeg (for video encoding to .mp4/.ogg).

Use when the user asks for a map, especially a Cartopy-based geospatial plot or multi-panel map. Apply the established map style: include coastlines, country borders, land, and ocean on every panel; use selective outer-panel grid labels to reduce clutter; and preserve shared colorbar and subplot layout conventions.

Calculate derived atmospheric quantities using metpy.calc — thermodynamics, soundings, kinematics, boundary layer, smoothing, and more.

Regrid NetCDF/climate data using CDO (default), NCO (ncremap), or ncatted.