MetPy Mondays #6 - Making a Basic Map with Cartopy

One of the most common tasks we do as geoscientists is make maps. Maps are a great way to look at massive amounts of data and synthesize it. In Python, Cartopy is the most current mapping package available and is what we use in all of our MetPy Gallery and Python Gallery examples. In this week's MetPy Monday, we'll look at the fundamentals of mapping with Cartopy and create a couple of simple base maps that data can be plotted on.