#16: Karelle Rheault joins Arfon and Abby to discuss the development of goFlux, a user-friendly software designed to calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes. The conversation covers Karelle's programming journey, challenges faced, and the role of open-source practices in advancing research.

Karelle is a PhD student and the creator of goFlux.

You can follow Karelle on X/Twitter @KarelleRheault and on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/karelle-rheault-063842105/

Episode highlights:

• [02:03 ] - Karelle's Journey to Creating goFlux


• [02:56 ] - Understanding Greenhouse Gas Fluxes


• [05:19 ] - Measurement Techniques and Tools


• [09:30 ] - Challenges and Advantages of goFlux


• [20:20 ] - Open Source Contributions and Community Support


• [23:57 ] - Karelle's Experience with JOSS


• [27:00 ] - Future Plans and Contributions


• [28:59 ] - Organizing the Community and Setting Standards


• [31:27 ] - Conclusion and Farewell

Links:

• JOSS paper: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.06393


• goFlux repository: https://github.com/Qepanna/goFlux


• goFlux webpage: https://qepanna.quarto.pub/goflux/


• Karelle on X/Twitter https://x.com/KarelleRheault, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karelle-rheault-063842105/, email: karh [at] ign.ku.dk


• The Journal of Open Source Software (Twitter/X, blog)


• @arfon on (fosstodon, Linkedin, GitHub, website)


• @abbycabs on (Twitter/X, hachyderm, bsky, Linkedin, GitHub, website)


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