Talks and Posters
featuring NSF Unidata Staff
Several NSF Unidata staff members will be presenting as part of the AGU Scientific Program.
Staff members who plan to be present virtually are marked here in italics.
Staff members whose names are not otherwise emphasized are co-authors, but they may or may not be present at the event.
All times listed here are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
All in-person venues are at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Monday, December 9, 2024
| Time | Session | Title | Location | UPC Staff |
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| 13:40 - 17:30 | U13A | Sharing recipes for cloud computing: the Project Pythia Cookbook Initiative | Hall B-C | Drew Camron, Ryan May |
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
| Time | Session | Title | Location | UPC Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 - 18:00 | UCAR Booth | Ethan Davis will be at the Science Showcase area of the UCAR booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk about NSF Unidata | Exhibit hall, booth 605 | Ethan Davis |
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
| Time | Session | Title | Location | UPC Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 10:00 | U31C | Open Science Recognition Prize | 143 A-C | Ethan Davis, Russ Rew (awardees) |
| 08:35 - 09:00 | U31C-01 | Supporting Open Science with the CF Metadata Conventions for NetCDF | 143 A-C | Ethan Davis |
| 08:30 - 12:20 | IN31C | Coping with the Data Deluge Poster Session | Hall B-C | Ward Fisher (co-convener) |
| 08:30 - 12:20 | IN31C | Updates from the 2024 CF Workshop | Hall B-C | Ethan Davis |
| 08:30 - 12:20 | IN31C | Extensible NcML for AI/ML Ready Data on the THREDDS Data Server | Hall B-C | Leo Matak (2024 Summer Intern), Thomas Martin |
| 08:30 - 12:20 | ED31G | Breaking down the barriers to Open Science with Project Pythia | Hall B-C | Drew Camron, Ryan May |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Honors | Honors Ceremony (including Open Science Recognition Prize) | Hall E | Ethan Davis, Russ Rew (awardees) |
Thursday, December 12, 2024
| Time | Session | Title | Location | UPC Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 12:20 | IN41C | Integrating Zarr with netCDF: Advancing Cloud-Native Scientific Data Interoperability with ncZarr | Hall B-C | Ward Fisher, Dennis Heimbigner |
Software and
Services
NSF Unidata makes a wide variety of software and services available to the education and research community at no cost. We create and support free, open source software to access, manage, and analyze all sorts of Earth Systems Science data.
AWIPS
Operational-Grade ForecastingThe Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System is a meteorological display and analysis package used by the National Weather Service, modified and repackaged by NSF Unidata to support non-operational use in research and education.
IDV
3D VisualizationThe Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) is a 3D Earth Systems Science tool for visualizing and analyzing diverse datasets, including satellite, radar, models, and reference datasets, with real-time data integration and collaboration features.
MetPy
Python Tools for Atmospheric ScienceMetPy is a collection of Python tools for reading, visualizing, and performing calculations with weather data. These tools add meteorology-specific functionality to the scientific Python ecosystem.
Science Gateway
Cloud-Based ResourcesThe NSF Unidata Science Gateway lets researchers, educators, and students experiment with using cloud-based resources in the classroom or to create end-to-end scientific workflows.
netCDF
Scientific Data FormatNetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a community standard set of software libraries and machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
THREDDS Data Server
Remote Data AccessThe THREDDS Data Server (TDS) is a web server that provides metadata and data access for scientific datasets, using a variety of remote data access protocols.
LDM
Local Data ManagerThe Local Data Manager (LDM) system includes network client and server programs designed for event-driven data distribution.
UDUNITS
Unit ManipulationThe UDUNITS package provides support for units of physical quantities, including conversion and arithmetic manipulation of units.
Other NSF Unidata Software
See all projectsIn an era of increasing data complexity, accessibility, and multidisciplinary integration, NSF Unidata provides a rich set of software tools to access and visualize data.
NSF Unidata
Programs
NSF Unidata organizes a variety of programs aimed at bringing together and supporting the geosciences education and research community.
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NSF Unidata Summer Internships
19 May to 1 August, 2025The NSF Unidata Summer Internship program offers graduate students and upper-level undergrads an opportunity to work with NSF Unidata software engineers and scientists on projects drawn from a wide variety of areas that overlap atmospheric and computational sciences. NSF Unidata's mission is to support the Earth Systems Science research and education community with innovative data access, analysis, and visualization tools. Interns use, design, and/or modify existing NSF Unidata software in innovative ways to better support the NSF Unidata Community.
Applications due by January 24, 2025
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Equipment Award Grants
Need gear?The NSF Unidata Community Equipment Award grants program provides resources for educational institutions to purchase computing equipment that will let them take advantage of NSF Unidata technologies for education and research. The goal is to encourage new members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the geosciences to join the NSF Unidata community, and for existing members to continue their active participation so as to enhance the community process.
Several grants of up to $20,000 are awarded each year.
Proposals are due by March 28, 2025
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Learning Experiences
Learn to use software and dataNSF Unidata offers technical support for all of the software it makes available to the education and research community. In addition, we offer a variety of learning experiences including software training in partnership with academic institutions and scientific conferences.
NSF Unidata hosts a selection of freely available asynchronous learning materials on NSF Unidata eLearning and YouTube.
Contact
NSF Unidata
Write to us any time at support@unidata.ucar.edu for support with NSF Unidata software and services, access to data, internships, and community programs.
Information about NSF Unidata is also available at the UCAR's booth (#605) in the Exhibit Hall.