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 # janplan2023
 Files for Jan Plan 2023 Ocean Forecasting
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+## Notes 
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+R 
+ - version 4.1+
+ - packages installed site-wide tidyverse, tidymodels, ncdf4, sf and stars packages
+    + https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=tidyverse
+    + https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=tidymodels
+    + https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ncdf4
+    + https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=sf
+    + https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=stars
+    + https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=keras
+Python?
+   - Do you plan to have them do ML/AI stuff?  I see it is in the course title, but what does that mean?