In case you missed it — here's a wrap-up of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of March, 2012.
Reminder: Unidata 2012 Community Equipment Awards
The Unidata Program Center would like to remind members of our community that the deadline for the 2012 Unidata Community Equipment Awards is March 9, 2012.
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data Users Workshop
UCAR's COSMIC Program Office invites you to attend the Sixth FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data Users Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, USA from 30 October to 1 November 2012.
Unidata Program Center Welcomes Marcos Hermida
Marcos Hermida joined the Unidata Program Center software development staff on January 30th, 2012. Marcos comes to Unidata from MeteoGalicia, the regional meteorology agency for Galicia, Spain.
AWIPS II Testing at the Boulder, Colorado WFO
On March 6, 2012 several members of the Unidata Program Center staff traveled to the National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Boulder, Colorado for an update on AWIPS II system testing.
Unidata Summer of Code Internship Available!
The Unidata Summer of Code internship program will be hosting a graduate student intern from late May through August 2012. The USoC intern will be on-site at the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, Colorado, and will have 12 weeks to radically improve one of Unidata's software packages.
Please Take the CONDUIT User Survey
NCEP and Unidata are in the process of evaluating the contents of the CONDUIT data feed. We would like your help in determining which of the model output currently included in the feed are in use, which are candidates for removal from the feed, and which new model runs (if any) should be added to the feed.
Unidata is looking for a System Administrator
The Unidata Program Center is hiring! We are looking for a system administrator to join our team in creating and maintaining software and data services to support the geosciences.
NetCDF 4.2 Release
The Unidata netCDF group is pleased to announce the 4.2 release of the netCDF C library.
David Knight Receives 2012 DeSouza Award
David Knight of the University at Albany – SUNY's Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences has been awarded the 2012 Russell L. DeSouza Award by the Unidata Users committee. The DeSouza Award honors "individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata Program to better serve the geosciences."
