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Hello All,

I am happy to announce a new version of python-awips (v23.1) is available! This version is available via source code (with all example notebooks) or via mamba (conda) and pip. Please see our main documentation page for installation instructions. This version is compatible with with our public EDEX server and includes: - Runs with latest Python version 3.13 - Latest package updates (ex. Shapely 2.0+ and numpy 2.0+) - Solved old deprecation errors - Removes import pwd so notebooks will run on Windows without issues

Version 5.3.2 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.

The NCO project is coordinated by Professor Charlie Zender of the Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine. More information about the project, along with binary and source downloads, are available on the SourceForge project page.

If you provide Earth Systems Science learning opportunities at the post-secondary levels or within the workforce, UCAR needs your input! UCAR would love to hear about any learning opportunities that you offer on emerging ESS capabilities — ranging from AI/ML and data management to relationship building, creativity, and more — that are needed in the workplace now and in the future. Help UCAR understand your priorities and any obstacles to providing education, training, and support for these capabilities.

Do you know someone in the NSF Unidata community who has been actively involved and helpful to you and other NSF Unidata members? Perhaps this is someone who volunteers to assist others, contributes software, or makes suggestions that are generally useful for the community.

The NSF Unidata Users Committee invites you to submit nominations for the Russell L. DeSouza Award for Outstanding Community Service. This Community Service Award honors individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the NSF Unidata Program to better serve the Earth Systems Sciences community. Honorees personify NSF Unidata's ideal of a community that shares ideas, data, and software through computing and networking technologies.

The NSF Unidata THREDDS development team announced the THREDDS Data Server (TDS) version 5.6 on January 22nd, 2024. This release contains a number of security upgrades to third party libraries, a variety of bug fixes, and several new features and improvements. It is recommended that all TDS users upgrade to this version. For more information about the release, including important upgrade instructions, please see the GitHub release page. Artifacts can be obtained from the downloads section of the NSF Unidata website.