Add gentle introduction notebook

README.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. raw:: html
 
    <p align="center">
-      <img src="./docs/_static/xcdat_logo.png" alt="xCDAT logo"/>
+      <img src="./docs/_static/xcdat-logo.png" alt="xCDAT logo"/>
    </p>
 
 .. container::
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    +--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
    |                    | Badges                                               |
    +====================+======================================================+
-   | Distribution       | |conda| |conda-forge| |platforms| |conda-downloads|  |
+   | Distribution       | |conda-forge| |platforms| |conda-downloads|          |
    +--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
    | Citation           | |zenodo-doi|                                         |
    +--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
       </h3>
 
-.. |conda| image:: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/xcdat/badges/installer/conda.svg
-   :target: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/xcdat
 .. |conda-forge| image:: https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/xcdat.svg
    :target: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/xcdat
 .. |platforms| image:: https://img.shields.io/conda/pn/conda-forge/xcdat.svg
@@ -54,15 +52,14 @@
    :target: http://mypy-lang.org/
 
 xCDAT is an extension of `xarray`_ for climate data analysis on structured grids. It
-serves as the spiritual successor to the Community Data Analysis Tools (`CDAT`_)
-library.
+serves as a modern successor to the Community Data Analysis Tools (`CDAT`_) library.
 
-The goal of xCDAT is to provide generalizable climate domain features and utilities
-that streamline the developer experience for data analysis code. xCDAT's design
-philosophy is to reduce the complexity and overhead required by the user to accomplish
-specific tasks in xarray. Some xCDAT features are inspired by or ported from core CDAT
-functionalities, while others leverage powerful libraries in the xarray ecosystem
-(e.g., `xESMF`_ and `cf_xarray`_) to deliver robust APIs.
+The goal of xCDAT is to provide generalizable features and utilities for simple and
+robust analysis of climate data. xCDAT's design philosophy is focused on reducing the
+overhead required to accomplish certain tasks in xarray. Some key xCDAT features are
+inspired by or ported from the core CDAT library, while others leverage powerful
+libraries in the xarray ecosystem (e.g., `xESMF`_ and `cf_xarray`_) to deliver
+robust APIs.
 
 The xCDAT core team's mission is to provide a maintainable and extensible package
 that serves the needs of the climate community in the long-term. We are excited
@@ -194,13 +191,14 @@ This software is jointly developed by scientists and developers from the Energy
 Earth System Model (`E3SM`_) Project and Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and
 Intercomparison (`PCMDI`_). The work is performed for the E3SM project, which is
 sponsored by Earth System Model Development (`ESMD`_) program, and the Simplifying ESM
-Analysis Through Standards (SEATS) project, which is sponsored by the Regional and
+Analysis Through Standards (`SEATS`_) project, which is sponsored by the Regional and
 Global Model Analysis (`RGMA`_) program. ESMD and RGMA are programs for the Earth and
 Environmental Systems Sciences Division (`EESSD`_) in the Office of Biological and
 Environmental Research (`BER`_) within the `Department of Energy`_'s `Office of Science`_.
 
 .. _E3SM: https://e3sm.org/
 .. _PCMDI: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/
+.. _SEATS: https://www.seatstandards.org/
 .. _ESMD: https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/program/earth-system-model-development
 .. _RGMA: https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/program/regional-global-model-analysis
 .. _EESSD: https://science.osti.gov/ber/Research/eessd

docs/conf.py

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 #
 # sphinx_book_theme configurations
 # https://sphinx-book-theme.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configure.html
-html_logo = "_static/xcdat_logo.png"
+html_logo = "_static/xcdat-logo.png"
 html_title = "xCDAT Documentation"
 html_theme_options = {
     "repository_url": "https://github.com/xCDAT/xcdat",