In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of April, 2015.
IDV 5.1u1
The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) version 5.1 update 1 was released on April 2, 2015. (Note: Update 2 was released later in the month.)
Service Notice: Issues with Unidata's Motherlode Server
Shortly before 8 pm MDT on April 4, Unidata's Motherlode demonstration server experienced a hardware problem and stopped responding. Services were temporarily routed to alternative servers, and the Motherlode machine was brought back online later in the month.
Registration Open for Summer 2015 Unidata Users Workshop
Registration for the 2015 Undiata Users Workshop is now open.
The Unidata Users Committee invites you to join Unidata staff, community members, and distinguished speakers this June in Boulder, Colorado. The goal of this year's workshop is to raise awareness of important new trends in geoscience technology, including cloud computing, data management, and the place of the Python language in geoscience computing infrastructure. The workshop is a chance for the academic community and share hands-on activities, course materials, and ideas for improving research and education.
2015 Software Training Workshop Coming in July
Registration is now open for Unidata's 2015 Software Training Workshop. The workshop features Unidata's display and analysis packages IDV and AWIPS-II (with GEMPAK), as well as data access and management tools including the Local Data Manager (LDM) and the THREDDS Data Server (TDS). This year's workshop will also include a session on using the Python programming language with Unidata technologies.
GEMPAK 7.2.0
GEMPAK version 7.2.0 was released on April 17, 2015.
It is available as source, linux64 RPM, and Solaris binary tarball.
TDS 4.6 Release Candidate
Unidata's demonstration THREDDS Data Server (TDS) is currently running version 4.5 of the TDS server software. On May 18, 2015, this server will be updated to use TDS version 4.6. Read on for details on the new version and transition options.
IDV 5.1u2
The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) version 5.1 update 2 was released on April 21, 2015.
This release is recommended for all users.
Unidata Workshop at the University of South Florida
During the weekend of April 10-12 2015, the University of South Florida (USF) was host to a Unidata Regional Workshop on the use of Unidata's Integrated Data Viewer (IDV), the open source Repository for Archiving, Managing, and Accessing Diverse Data (RAMADDA), and the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS II). The workshop was organized by Dr. Jennifer Collins, with assistance from her students Randall Hergert, Heather Key and Leilani Paxton, in collaboration with Unidata Program Center staff members Tom Yoksas, Yuan Ho, and Michael James. The workshop was sponsored by USF, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and the West Central Florida Chapter of the American Meteorological Society.
Unidata Committee Nominations Open
Unidata is governed by its community. Our governing committees facilitate consensus-building for future directions of the Unidata Program and establish standards of involvement for the community.
The Unidata Program Center is seeking new people to serve on Unidata's Strategic Advisory and Users Committees. This is your chance to make a difference on behalf of the Unidata community.
On the Developer's Blog
Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the Unidata Developer's Blog. Most recently, developer Julien Chastang writes about an iPython notebook he created to help visualize data in a netCDF file.
Governing Committee News
Unidata's Users Committee met March 26-27, 2014, in Boulder, Colorado. The meeting summary will be available here shortly. The next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Strategic Advisory Committee held 30 September - 2 October, 2015 in Boulder, CO.
Unidata's Strategic Advisory Committee (formerly the Policy Committee) met 22-23 April, 2015 at Millersville University. The meeting summary is available here. The next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Users Committee held 30 September - 2 October, 2015 in Boulder, CO.
