In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of October, 2021.
UCAR continues to follow physical distancing guidelines, and Unidata Program Center staff are continuing to work from home at this time. We're all still available by e-mail and other electronic means to help with your data and software needs. Please don't hesitate to write to us if there is something we can do to help keep your science up and running.
Upcoming deadlines to be aware of:
| 30 November | Unidata Community Survey |
Highlights from last month:
AWIPS Tips: Using CAVE Displays and Procedures
This Tip helps you be productive and save time. Displays and Procedures allow you to save resources that you can reload into CAVE or share with others.
NetCDF operators (NCO) version 5.0.3
Version 5.0.3 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.
IDV Users: Please Update to IDV 6.0+
Users of the Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) are encouraged to update their installations to version 6.0 or later as soon as possible. Changes in the UCAR/Unidata web infrastructure may cause earlier versions of the IDV to perform sluggishly.
TDS Users: Update Your Configuration Now
Users of the THREDDS Data Server (TDS) are strongly encouraged to update the configuration files on their servers as soon as possible, and before they next restart their servers. Changes in the UCAR/Unidata web infrastructure will cause Web Map Service (WMS) features provided by the TDS to behave incorrectly.
Announcing a new eLearning course: Learn AWIPS CAVE
We are announcing a new eLearning course covering the fundamentals of CAVE called Learn AWIPS CAVE. This is an asynchronous web course that can be accessed on demand.
Unidata is looking for a Software Developer
The Unidata Program Center is looking for a software developer to help support Unidata's use of the National Science Foundation's Jetstream OpenStack cloud computing platform.
Unidata is looking for a Software Developer
The Unidata Program Center is looking for a software developer to join our open source efforts related to the suite of Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services (THREDDS) projects.
Time Extended
Community Survey: Tell Unidata What You Think!
The 2021 Unidata Users Committee Community Survey seeks your feedback both on existing Unidata services and possible future directions for the program. Your ideas will help inform Unidata's path forward; your participation is much appreciated.
On the Developer's Blog
Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the Unidata Developer's Blog. In October, there was a Hacktoberfest call to contribute filters to the netCDF-Java Zarr project, along with MetPy Mondays episodes on the "rule of thumb" for atmospheric lapse rates, working with GeoJSON files, making better plots, and parsing incomplete datetime values.
Governing Committee News
Unidata's Users Committee spring 2021 session consisted of two virtual meetings February and one in May. The committee is holding a series of virtual meetings in September, October, and November, together comprising the Fall 2021 meeting.
Unidata's Strategic Advisory Committee spring 2021 session consisted of two virtual meetings in February and one in late April. The committee is holding a series of virtual meetings in September, October, and November, together comprising the Fall 2021 meeting.
