Installation

EarthSHAB is a Python-based simulation framework for high-altitude solar balloon trajectory modeling.

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/tkschuler/EarthSHAB.git
cd EarthSHAB

2. Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended)

It’s reccomended to install cfgrib with conda rather than pip

Using conda:

conda create -n earthshab python=3.11 pip
conda activate earthshab
conda install conda-forge::cfgrib

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .

Platform Notes

• Ubuntu / WSL (Recommended): Fully supported and tested environment.

• Windows: Works best through WSL. Native Windows may require additional setup for some dependencies.

• macOS: Generally supported, but may require manual installation of system libraries for netCDF4.