An AMS Short Course on Open Source Radar Software will be held on the 13th of September 2015 in Norman, Oklahoma preceding the 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information on the conference are available on the AMS conference web site.

Update: The deadline for submissions has been extended to 10 August 2015.

The American Meteorological Society's Board on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (EIPT) wants to remind you that the submission deadline for EIPT papers and posters is 3 August 2015. From the AMS announcement:

The 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (EIPT) is soliciting papers and posters that demonstrate successes and advances in interactive computing tools; technologies and observing systems; data management and communication related to advances in observations, modeling, new technologies and media; cyberinfrastructure; and applications that address the ability to provide information to a wide audience at any time, for any purpose.

Workshop poster session

The 2015 Unidata Users Workshop took place June 22-25 at UCAR's Center Green facility in Boulder, Colorado. The workshop's theme — Data-Driven Geoscience: Applications, Opportunities, Trends, and Challenges — drew participants from across the atmospheric and other geosciences communities. Attendees took part in a series of presentations and hands-on exercises that explored how trends in cloud computing and Python-based workflows affect how scientists interact with and manage ever-growing data volumes.

Eighteen presenters from the Unidata community shared their insights on incorporating new technologies into scientific workflows across the geosciences. Sessions investigated topics ranging from using python tools to access remote datasets and adding cloud computing resources to data-intensive processes to building literacy in scientific computing and preserving data resources and citations. In many cases, presenters encouraged other participants to follow along with hands-on examples and exercises.

The Open Journal of Cloud Computing (OJCC) is preparing a special issue on Sustainable High Performance Computing, and is soliciting papers for submission before September 10, 2015. Dr. Sen Chiao, Associate Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University (and a member of the Unidata Users Committee) is one of the guest editors producing the issue.

In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of June, 2015.