diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcabb37..3ac83b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Explicit Pip Packages
+  - nco
+  - cdo
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/install_miniforge.bash b/install_miniforge.bash
index fbc7b06..7c490ac 100755
--- a/install_miniforge.bash
+++ b/install_miniforge.bash
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ fi
 $PIP_INSTALL redis
 $PIP_INSTALL Flask
 $PIP_INSTALL goes2go
+$PIP_INSTALL nco
+$PIP_INSTALL cdo
 
 # some packages require a Fortran compiler. This sometimes isn't available
 # on macs (though usually is)