In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of June, 2022.
Upcoming deadlines to be aware of:
| 1 August | Unidata Committee Nominations |
| 3 August | Abstracts due for AGU 2022 Fall Meeting |
| 24 August | Abstracts due for AMS 2023 Annual Meeting |
| 16 September | Abstracts due for AMS 2023 Student Conference |
Highlights from last month:
AWIPS Tips: Use Warngen to Draw Convective Warnings
This week's tip deals with how to draw convective warnings in WarnGen.
Unidata is looking for a Data Engineer
Unidata is looking for an atmospheric science data expert to help us help our community of scientists access the Earth system science data that fuels their research. Specifically, we are looking for a person who is familiar with geoscience data in a variety of forms, who can help Unidata and its community effectively access those data.
Meet Unidata's 2022 Summer Interns
We at the Unidata Program Center are delighted to have three student interns with us for the 2022 Summer Internship Program. Click through to read their introductions.
AWIPS Tips: Creating METAR Station Plots
This week's tip talks about python-awips functionality, focusing on
our notebook for creating METAR station plots.
Unidata is looking for a Software Engineer!
Unidata is looking for a software engineer to join our open source efforts related to Unidata's Local Data Manager (LDM) package and community use of the LDM via the Internet Data Distributions (IDD) system.
Abstract Deadlines for AMS, AGU Meetings
The 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in will be held 8-12 January 2023 in Denver, CO. The submission deadline for abstracts is 24 August 2022. The American Geophysical Union's 2021 Fall Meeting in will be held 12-16 December 2022 in Chicago, IL. The submission deadline for abstracts is 3 August 2022.
AWIPS Tips: GLM Data IDD/LDM Feed Updates
This week's tip gives you an update about
changes to the IDD feed type for gridded GLM products.
Unidata Committee Nomination Period Extended
The deadline for nominations to serve on Unidata's governing committees has been extended until August 1, 2022. We are especially in need of individuals from diverse institutions in the geosciences who can help set Unidata's course for the coming decade as part of our Strategic Advisory Committee.
GEARS Workshop: Register by July 6!
Sometime Unidata Program Center software developer and MetPy Mondays host John Leeman is holding a week-long Generalist Electromechanics for Applied Researchers (GEARS) workshop August 1-5, 2022; registration is open through July 6.
On the Developer's Blog
Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the Unidata Developer's Blog. In June, the MetPy Mondays series works through making a wet bulb calculator app and a 500hPa height climatology visualization.
Governing Committee News
Unidata's Users Committee will met June 2-3, 2022 in Boulder, CO. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for November 2022.
Unidata's Strategic Advisory Committee will meet next on July 7-8, 2022 in Boulder, CO.
