In case you missed it — here's a wrap-up of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of June, 2013.
Unidata Committee Nominations Open
The Unidata Program Center is seeking new people to serve on Unidata's Policy and Users Committees. This is your chance to make a difference on behalf of the Unidata community. As Steven Businger, the current Chair of the Unidata Policy Committee states, “Over time, these two governing committees have provided important guidance in setting goals, accomplishing objectives, and helping to set future directions for the program.”
NetCDF-Java library and TDS version 4.3.17
The NetCDF-Java/Common Data Model (CDM) library and THREDDS Data Server (TDS) version 4.3.17 were released on June 7, 2013. The development team recommends this upgrade for anyone using the CDM or TDS.
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Serves Weather Data for Students, Community
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (UWM) offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in the atmospheric sciences. Funding from the 2012 Unidata Community Equipment Award program supported the installation of the RAMADDA scientific content management system, the THREDDS Data Server (TDS), and Local Data Manager (LDM) software.
Wanted: Student Representative for Unidata Users Committee
The Unidata Users Committee is seeking nominations for a Graduate Student representative to join the group of nine university faculty members currently serving on this committee. Nominees should be Graduate Students who have completed at least one year of study, use Unidata software, and hold a strong interest in the Unidata program. Nominations may be made by any community member, and self-nominations are acceptable. This position will be for a two-year term.
2013 Community Equipment Awards
Unidata is happy to announce the Community Equipment Award recipients for 2013. Five institutions received funding this year:
- Colorado State University
- Stony Brook University
- Texas A&M International University
- University of Miami
- University of Wisconsin at Madison
2013 Software Training Workshops: Registration Extended
The Unidata Program Center's 2013 Software Training Workshop will be held July 24 - August 2, 2013 in Boulder, Colorado. The workshop features courses covering our display and analysis packages, data access and management tools, the Local Data Manager (LDM), and the THREDDS Data Server (TDS). Individual courses last from one to three days.
Registration extended: Last day to register is July 8th!
LDM 6.11.6 Released
Version 6.11.6 of the LDM has been released. Continuing the trend of version 6.11.5, this version doesn't have the PNG or ZLIB packages bundled-in -- and for the same reasons: bundling is no longer necessary, security is enhanced by removing them, and the size of the LDM package is reduced. You must have the PNG and ZLIB development packages installed in order to build this version of the LDM.
Governing Committee News
We are now seeking nominations for committee members to serve on both the Policy and Users committees. Details are here.
Unidata's Policy Committee met May 14-15, 2013. You can read the meeting summary here.
Unidata's Users Committee met April 18-19, 2013. You can read the meeting summary here.
