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Valparaiso University prepares for AWIPS II

29 July 2013

Students at Valparaiso University

The Valparaiso University Meteorology program strives to keep current with meteorological technologies so students can maximize their educational opportunities. Valparaiso University's Meteorology program was awarded a 2012 Community Equipment Award grant to allow it to serve as a test school for the deployment of AWIPS II. Because our program has limited resources and infrastructure support, we provide an ideal “small school” test case for the deployment of AWIPS II.

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NetCDF operators (NCO) version 4.3.3

25 July 2013

Version 4.3.3 of the netCDF Operators (NCO) has been released. NCO is an Open Source package that consists of a dozen standalone, command-line programs that take netCDF files as input, then operate (e.g., derive new data, average, print, hyperslab, manipulate metadata) and output the results to screen or files in text, binary, or netCDF formats.

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GOES-12 to be Decommissioned in August 2013

16 July 2013

GOES-South image
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The Unidata Program Center has received notification that NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-12 (currently in the GOES-South position, formerly covering the GOES-East position) will be decommissioned on August 16, 2013.

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Postdoctoral Position - PARABLE Balloon Project

15 July 2013

A post-doctoral position (PDF) is available from Fall 2013 (potentially from 1 October 2013) in the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto. This two-year position is in the field of infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy for atmospheric remote sounding. The PDF will be part of a team developing a new payload for solar occultation measurements from a high-altitude balloon platform to measure profiles of trace gases and aerosols. The PDF will be responsible for the operation of a high-resolution infrared Fourier transform spectrometer. The position is based in Toronto, Canada and will be jointly supervised by Prof. Kaley Walker and Dr. Pierre Fogal. This position will involve travel and extended field work. Salary is commensurate with experience.

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Postdoctoral Position - ACE-FTS Climatology Project

15 July 2013

A post-doctoral position (PDF) is available beginning in Fall 2013 (potentially from October 2013) in the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto. This position is associated with the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite mission and is funded by the Canadian Space Agency/Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for two years.

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