Feedback and contributing
If you have suggestions for improving the workshop, or run into a bug, we’d love to hear from you. We’ve outlined the steps for contributing and reporting bugs in the README.md associated with the workshop’s Github repository.
Below are examples of feedback we’ve received from previous iterations of the workshop.
“The workshop was very well run, and the website notes were super helpful - the organizers did a great job!”
“Learning the theory and limitations of the models themselves was especially helpful when thinking about how to apply these methods to my own work.”
“Thank you for having this workshop at BML! It is hard for residents at BML to access these kinds of workshops, so I really appreciate it.”
“[The instructors] did a great job explaining all the complicated concepts and answered any questions we had!”
“Exceeded my expectations. I wasn’t expecting to learn all that we learned and I feel well-prepared to work with model outputs and build on the code/materials we received.
“I didn’t know where to look for resources, and so being provided resources, code, and a walk-through was super helpful and has made me feel more confident on where to start.”
“I think it was the perfect blend of theory and practice! I am grateful to have so many new resources to explore! I think the various different scripts will help me learn the steps. Thank you so much for sharing these resources and for explaining everything so well! I had a blast!”
“I now have great code that I can use for other projects (and that I actually understand). We went through so many important steps. Thank you!!! Most beautiful workshop website ever.”
“I especially liked when we walked through each of the functions so I knew what was happening there, and then having plots to show intermediate steps.”
“I learned a lot of foundational skills in downloading and plotting ESM data. As someone with no experience with this kind of data before, it was really helpful.”
“I enjoyed both the theoretical and technical aspects of the workshop. I think it provided a good foundation and toolset overview. The review of accessing CMIP6 data was incredibly useful and can be applied in many contexts and projects.”
Above: Participants at Bodega Bay Marine Lab, June 2025.