diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:24.04
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "+o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+# Non interactive mode
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Fetch the latest definitions of packages
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime && \
+    apt-get install -y tzdata && \
+    dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        build-essential \
+        curl \
+        libcurl4 \
+        git \
+        vim \
+        gfortran \
+        libopenblas-dev \
+        liblapack-dev \
+        openssh-client \
+        openssh-server \
+        openmpi-bin \
+        libopenmpi-dev \
+        python3 \
+        python3-pip \
+        python3-venv \
+        tcl-dev \
+        tk-dev && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN getent group ubuntu >/dev/null || groupadd -g 1000 ubuntu && \
+    id -u ubuntu >/dev/null 2>&1 || useradd -u 1000 -g ubuntu -m -N -s /bin/bash ubuntu
+
+USER ubuntu
+WORKDIR /home/ubuntu/
+ENV BASE_PATH=/home/ubuntu/
+
+RUN mkdir -p                              \
+    $BASE_PATH/parflow/build               \
+    $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/cmake   \
+    $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/silo-src \
+    $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/hdf5-src  \
+    $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/hypre-src  \
+    $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/netcdf-src
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Setup CMake
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ARG CMAKE_URL=https://cmake.org/files/v3.29/cmake-3.29.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+
+RUN cd $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/cmake && \
+    curl -L $CMAKE_URL | tar --strip-components=1 -xzv
+
+ENV CMAKE=$BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/cmake/bin/cmake
+ENV CTEST=$BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/cmake/bin/ctest
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install HDF5
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ARG HDF5_URL=https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.12/hdf5-1.12.0/src/hdf5-1.12.0.tar.gz
+
+ENV HDF5_DIR=/opt/hdf5
+
+WORKDIR $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/hdf5-src
+RUN curl -L $HDF5_URL | tar --strip-components=1 -xzv && \
+    CC=mpicc ./configure \
+      --prefix=$HDF5_DIR \
+      --enable-parallel && \
+    make
+
+USER root
+RUN make install
+USER ubuntu
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install NetCDF
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ARG NETCDF_URL=https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/v4.7.4.tar.gz
+
+ENV NETCDF_DIR=/opt/netcdf
+
+WORKDIR $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/netcdf-src
+RUN curl -L $NETCDF_URL | tar --strip-components=1 -xzv && \
+    CC=mpicc CPPFLAGS=-I$HDF5_DIR/include LDFLAGS=-L$HDF5_DIR/lib \
+    ./configure --disable-shared --disable-dap --prefix=${NETCDF_DIR} && \
+    make
+
+USER root
+RUN make install
+USER ubuntu
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install Hypre
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ARG HYPRE_VERSION=v2.19.0
+
+ENV HYPRE_DIR=/opt/hypre
+
+WORKDIR $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/hypre-src
+RUN git clone https://github.com/hypre-space/hypre.git --single-branch --branch $HYPRE_VERSION
+
+WORKDIR $BASE_PATH/parflow/dependencies/hypre-src/hypre/src
+RUN ./configure --prefix=$HYPRE_DIR --with-MPI
+
+USER root
+RUN make install
+USER ubuntu
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install Parflow
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+RUN git clone -b master --depth 1 --single-branch \
+    https://github.com/parflow/parflow.git \
+    $BASE_PATH/parflow/src
+
+RUN $CMAKE                     \
+    -S $BASE_PATH/parflow/src   \
+    -B $BASE_PATH/parflow/build  \
+    -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release   \
+    -D HDF5_ROOT=$HDF5_DIR         \
+    -D PARFLOW_ENABLE_HDF5=TRUE     \
+    -D HYPRE_ROOT=$HYPRE_DIR         \
+    -D PARFLOW_ENABLE_HYPRE=TRUE      \
+    -D PARFLOW_HAVE_CLM=TRUE             \
+    -D PARFLOW_ENABLE_TIMING=TRUE          \
+    -D PARFLOW_AMPS_LAYER=mpi1              \
+    -D PARFLOW_AMPS_SEQUENTIAL_IO=TRUE       \
+    -D PARFLOW_ENABLE_NETCDF=TRUE             \
+    -D NETCDF_DIR=$NETCDF_DIR                  \
+    -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-Wl,--no-as-needed -L$HDF5_DIR/lib -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 -ldl -lz -lm -lmvec" \
+    -D CURL_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4
+
+USER root
+ENV HOME=/root
+RUN $CMAKE --build $BASE_PATH/parflow/build
+RUN $CMAKE --install $BASE_PATH/parflow/build --prefix /opt/parflow
+USER ubuntu
+ENV HOME=/home/ubuntu
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Python virtual environment for notebooks/utilities
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/ubuntu/.venv
+RUN python3 -m venv "$VIRTUAL_ENV" && \
+    "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/pip" install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel && \
+    "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/pip" install \
+      "subsettools>=2.0.1" \
+      "hf_hydrodata>=1.4.3" \
+      "matplotlib>=3.7.2" \
+      "bokeh>=3.3.0" \
+      jupyter \
+      ipykernel
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+
+ENV PARFLOW_DIR=/opt/parflow/
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/hdf5/lib:/opt/netcdf/lib:/opt/parflow/lib:/opt/hypre/lib:/usr/include:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+WORKDIR /home/ubuntu/
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+{
+  "name": "Subsetting ShortCourse",
+  "build": {
+    "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+    "context": ".."
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "ms-python.vscode-pylance",
+        "ms-toolsai.jupyter"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "postCreateCommand": "python -m ipykernel install --user --name subsetting-shortcourse --display-name \"Python (Subsetting ShortCourse)\"",
+  "remoteUser": "ubuntu"
+}
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