In case you missed it — here's a wrap-up of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of May, 2013.
NetCDF operators (NCO) version 4.3.1
Version 4.3.1 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.
NetCDF 4.3.0
The netCDF development team is happy to announce the availability of the netCDF-C library version 4.3.0.
LDM 6.11.5 Released
Version 6.11.5 of the LDM has been released. This version doesn't have the "libxml2" package bundled-in; consequently, the "libxml2" development package must be installed on the host system before the LDM package can be built. The development package is necessary because the runtime package doesn't have the required header-files (development packages usually have the word "devel" in their name). If you're using version 6.11.4 of the LDM, have not encountered any problems with it, and don't care which "libxml2" package the LDM uses, then there's no need to upgrade to LDM 6.11.5.
IDV Bundle for Moore, OK Tornado
Don Murray of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) has provided an IDV bundle depicting the May 20, 2013 storm in central Oklahoma. The bundle combines satellite and radar imagery centered on Moore, OK, where a massive tornado caused extensive damage.
Please note that this change affects connections to the THREDDS Data Server only. Other services provided by motherlode.ucar.edu will remain in operation until further notice.
IDV Tutorial Videos
Following suggestions from our Users and steering committees, Unidata has begun creating short video tutorials designed to introduce viewers to different aspects of our software. Our plan is to create new videos (and update existing videos) as time and resources allow.
Coming in July: 2013 Software Training Workshop
Remember that the Unidata Program Center will be holding the 2013 Software Training Workshop this July in Boulder, Colorado. The workshop features courses covering our display and analysis packages GEMPAK (with an introduction to AWIPS-II) and the IDV, data access and management tools, the Local Data Manager (LDM), the Network Common Data Form (netCDF), and the THREDDS Data Server (TDS).
Reminder: Unidata TDS Upgrade June 3, 2013
As of June 3, 2013, THREDDS Data Server (TDS) version 4.2 will no longer be in use on Unidata's servers. This is important because many of the variable names in all GRIB files have been changed in TDS 4.3. This affects almost all the model data served at Unidata.
Governing Committee News
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.
