Small improvements

Author: MarkMelotto

book/content/generate_forcing.md

@@ -14,27 +14,28 @@ Every model needs forcing data, there are several possible ways to get this forc
 
 eWaterCycle supports different types of forcings, currently it supports:
 
-<table>
+<table style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;">
   <tr>
-    <td>CaravanForcing</td>
-    <td>DistributedMakkinkForcing</td>
-    <td>DistributedUserForcing</td>
-    <td>GenericDistributedForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">CaravanForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">DistributedMakkinkForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">DistributedUserForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">GenericDistributedForcing</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td>GenericLumpedForcing</td>
-    <td>HypeForcing</td>
-    <td>LisfloodForcing</td>
-    <td>LumpedMakkinkForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">GenericLumpedForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">HypeForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">LisfloodForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">LumpedMakkinkForcing</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td>LumpedUserForcing</td>
-    <td>MarrmotForcing</td>
-    <td>PCRGlobWBForcing</td>
-    <td>WflowForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">LumpedUserForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">MarrmotForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">PCRGlobWBForcing</td>
+    <td style="border:1px solid black;">WflowForcing</td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+
 The type of forcing needed is model dependent!
 
 The forcing object in eWaterCycle has some properties:

book/intro.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Getting Started With eWaterCycle
 
-Welcome to eWaterCycle!
-The [why](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/why.html), [what](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/why/what.html) and [so what](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/why/sowhat.html) explain what the platform is in more detail.
+##### Welcome to eWaterCycle!
+A more detailed introduction can be found in the [why](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/why.html), [what](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/why/what.html) and [so what](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/why/sowhat.html) explaining what the platform is in more detail.
 The quick version; eWaterCycle is a platform for hydrological modelling developed by hydrologists and research software engineers.
-This is done to take away interoperability/compatibility issues from the hydrologists, so they can perform their research more easily.
+This is done to take away interoperability/compatibility issues hydrologists face, so they can perform their research more easily.
 We also offer an easy way to generate the forcing data for your model, we standardized the workflow for generating forcing and host ERA5 data ourselves.
 
 The workflow of eWaterCycle, usually, goes as follows:
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ $
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 First in designing your experiment you need to think about the model(s) you want use.
-This defines the 2 essential steps in eWaterCycle: getting the forcing data & running the models.
+Also of course the region or regions you want to do research in are important.
+This then leads to the 2 essential steps in eWaterCycle: getting the forcing data for your region & running the model(s).
 The input for different models differ, a quick example of using eWaterCycle can be found [here](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/first_model_run.html), and it is recommended that you start here.
-It explains the default workflow quickly and from there you can make alterations.
+It explains the default workflow quickly and from there you can make alterations to learn to work with the platform.
 
-Once you understand the basics you can change the region ([using Caravan](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/forcing/era5_forcing_caravan_shapefile.html), or [your own shapefile](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/forcing/era5_forcing_own_shapefile.html)) and change the model you use.
+Once you understand the basics you can change the region ([using Caravan](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/forcing/era5_forcing_caravan_shapefile.html), or [your own shapefile](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/forcing/era5_forcing_own_shapefile.html) for example) and change the model you use.
 Analyzing your results will depend on your workflow, but some examples can be found in the [workflows](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/workflows.html).
 For advanced workflows one can also couple models.
+This GitHub repository will host some basic workflows and it will link to external, more complicated, workflows.
 
 More info on the different models that we support and what they need can be found [here](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/different_models.html).
 Generating the forcing data is done shown [here](https://www.ewatercycle.org/getting-started/main/some_content/generate_forcing.html). 
@@ -32,16 +34,16 @@ This video showcases the thought train behind eWaterCycle!
 
 ### How To Get On eWaterCycle
 
-Click the *Launch eWaterCycle JupyterHub* button at the top of your screen.
+1. Click the *Launch eWaterCycle JupyterHub* button at the top of your screen.
 It will then ask you to provide a link to your server (it defaults to a server for students).
 Enter your username and password, it will then pull the *getting-started* GitHub page to your account and start at the **first run** notebook.
 
 **OR**
 
-Follow the rocket in the top right: ![launch button](figures/jupyterHub_launch.png) and click on JupyterHub. 
-(Note: this has to be inside a jupyter notebook page on teachbooks **NOTE** this cannot be used in external pages yet)
-This will take you to ![eWC startup page](figures/startup.png) where you need to click Jupyter.
-From here you need to use your login.
+2. Follow the rocket in the top right: ![launch button](figures/jupyterHub_launch.png) and click on JupyterHub. 
+  (Note: this has to be inside a jupyter notebook page on teachbooks **NOTE** this cannot be used in external pages yet)
+  This will take you to ![eWC startup page](figures/startup.png) where you need to click Jupyter.
+  From here you need to use your login.
 
 ## Contents
 [TO DO]