Members of the Unidata Program Center staff will be attending the 93nd annual American Meteorology Society meeting, January 6-10 2013, in Austin, Texas. Unidata will be in Booth 524 in the exhibit hall (map); feel free to stop by to talk with us. The booth will feature live, hands-on demonstrations of Unidata software and services, including a look at the current state of the AWIPS II environment. Come and talk with the developers about what's coming up and what you'd like to see.
Conference Sessions
The schedule below lists selected sessions at which Unidata staff and community members will be presenting. See the AMS meeting Conference Program for additional information on the sessions.
Monday, January 7, 2013
| Time | Session | Title | Location | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:15 - 1:15 | Town Hall Meeting | Free and Open Sharing of Environmental Data | Convention Center Room 13AB | Mohan Ramamurthy, Unidata (chair) |
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
| Time | Session | Title | Location | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:45 - 4:00 | J2.2 | Interactive, collaborative case studies using the IDV and RAMADDA | Convention Center Room 13AB | Sean Arms, Unidata Jeff Weber, Unidata |
| 11:30-11:45 | 2.3 | Thermodynamic and Wind Observations During the June 2012 Derecho Passage | Convention Center Ballroom E | Jeff Weber, Unidata |
| 4:45 - 5:00 | 5.6 | The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) feature updates | Convention Center Room 12A | Julien Chastang, Unidata |
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
| Time | Session | Title | Location | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 | 6A | AWIPS II System Update Part I | Convention Center Room 11AB | Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP (co-chair) |
| 8:30 - 10:00 | 7A | AWIPS II System Update Part II | Convention Center Room 11AB | Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP (co-chair) |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | 7A.5 | AWIPS II for the University Community: Performance Testing at the Unidata Program Center | Convention Center Room 11AB | Michael James, Unidata |
| 5:00 - 5:15 | J1.5 | Making earth science data more accessible: experience with compression and chunking | Convention Center Room 11B | Russ Rew, Unidata |
Thursday, January 10, 2013
| Time | Session | Title | Location | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:45 | J5 | Data Stewardship: Technological Approaches and Solutions to Collecting, Preserving, Communicating Weather and Climate Data - Part I | Convention Center Room 12A | Mohan Ramamurthy, Unidata (co-chair) |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | J5.5 | On the suitability of BUFR and GRIB for archiving data | Convention Center Room 12A | John Caron, Unidata |
| 1:30 - 3:00 | J12 | Data Stewardship: Technological Approaches and Solutions to Collecting, Preserving, Communicating Weather and Climate Data - Part II | Convention Center Room 12A | Mohan Ramamurthy, Unidata (co-chair) |
| 2:00-2:15 | J12.3 | A Web-based Tool for Translating Unstructured Data from Dataloggers into Standard Formats | Convention Center Room 12A | Sean Arms, Unidata |
For a printable PDF version of the Unidata AMS schedule, see the Unidata AMS schedule.
Student Conference
The AMS student conference is intended for junior and senior undergraduates and all graduate students, and will focus on interdisciplinary topics and wide-ranging opportunities in the atmospheric and related sciences. Sessions include invited speakers from the private, academic, and government sectors. A Career Fair and networking evening is scheduled to provide a forum for students to personally interact with professionals who represent potential employers and graduate institutions.
Unidata will be at table 49 at the AMS Student Conference Career Fair. Program Center staff will be on hand to discuss how Unidata products can help students in their education, forecasting, and research. Come visit us at the table on Saturday and Sunday, January 5-6!
