MetPy 0.12.1 has been released with fixes for several bugs in 0.12.0, most importantly compatibility with XArray v0.15.1.
[Read More]20 April 2020
MetPy 0.12.1 has been released with fixes for several bugs in 0.12.0, most importantly compatibility with XArray v0.15.1.
[Read More]24 February 2020
The Raskin Scholarship is open to graduate students, post-docs, and early career (less than five years post graduation) scientists in Earth science, computer science, or a closely related discipline. Preference is given to applicants who can demonstrate a connection to ESIP-related activities. The scholarship seeks to promote collaboration, research support, and exposure for talented students and early career researchers in the Earth or computer sciences. The Scholarship, which is awarded annually, provides a $5000 award and travel support to the ESIP Summer Meeting, where the recipient will have an invited talk covering their field of interest.
[Read More]Unidata Science Gateway JupyterHubs are Helping U.S. Naval Academy Faculty Learn Python
13 February 2020
Faculty members in the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Oceanography Department are embarking upon a new voyage: to learn Python. The USNA Oceanography Department has traditionally used Matlab as the primary tool to analyze and visualize geosciences data. To build on that coding success and align with the efforts of the geosciences community, at the start of the spring 2020 semester, Associate Professor Bradford Barrett and Instructor Alexander Davies organized a “Python Book Club” in which faculty members meet once or twice a month to collaboratively learn Python. Because USNA is a small undergraduate-only institution with resource limitations and complex federal networking restrictions, Barrett (USNA's UCAR Representative) and Davies (currently serving on the Unidata Users Committee) reached out to Unidata for help.
[Read More]08 January 2020
MetPy 0.12.0 has been released with several features and fixes, including METAR decoding and mixed-layer CAPE calculation. This is the first release that only supports Python 3.
[Read More]Unidata is looking for an AWIPS Software Developer
05 December 2019
The Unidata Program Center is hiring! We are looking for a software developer to help us help our community of scientists access the Earth system science data that fuels their research. You'll collaborate with other Unidata developers to test, support, maintain, and develop Unidata software products and real-time data streams. You will work closely with end-users and other Unidata developers to identify community needs for software and data, and participate in Unidata's efforts to meet those needs. This position will focus on development of and support for the AWIPS package.
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