Due to the current gap in continued funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program Center has temporarily paused most operations. See NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations for details.
Due to the current gap in continued funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program Center has temporarily paused most operations. See NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations for details.
Hi, We are getting close to the cutoff date for signing up for the Unidata workshops (January 26th). Below is the announcement. If you are planning to attend any of the sessions, please get your enrollment form back to us quickly. Thanks, Mitch _______________________________________________________________________________ Mitchell S. Baltuch Unidata Program Center Software Engineer Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ Unidata Program Center* Announcement Training Workshop for Unidata Software February 29 - March 19, 1996 The Unidata Program Center has scheduled a user training workshop for the three week period of February 29 through March 19, 1996. The workshop will consist of consecutive sessions devoted to Unidata application packages and projects. We are announcing the Spring workshops well in advance of the January 26th sign-up deadline so that you can make your plans early. The session schedules are as follows: February 29 - March 1: LDM (Thursday - Friday) This will be a session for LDM Site Administrators who are already familiar with Unix concepts. Topics covered will include how to install and maintain the Unidata LDM. Unix concepts necessary to the understanding of the LDM will NOT be covered in this session. This workshop will cover the LDM, version 5 package that is due out the beginning of 1996. March 3 - 9: McIDAS (Sunday - Saturday) The seven days being set aside for the McIDAS workshop will be segmented to focus on users with different McIDAS experience. March 3-4: Introduction to basic McIDAS concepts and program use for both OS/2 and Unix users. This session is intended for sites unfamiliar with McIDAS and those sites wishing to review fundamental McIDAS concepts. March 5-7: This second McIDAS training session will cover intermediate topics such as: system installation and setup; use of shared McIDAS facilities like the System Key Table, File Routing Table, and File Redirection table; and installation and configuration of the ldm-mcidas (LDM decoders for the Unidata-Wisconsin channel products) and XCD (decoders for DDS, PPS, IDS, and HRS data streams) packages. The final day of this session is considered to be transitional to the advanced session. Emphasis will focus on development of BATCH and McBASI scripts that tie together concepts covered in the first two days of the session. March 7-9: The final McIDAS training session will cover development of McIDAS scripts; importation of foreign data sets; manipulation of gridded data sets; use of isentropic coordinates; and, possibly, development of new McIDAS applications and/or interfaces (Function Key and GUI menus). Attendees are expected to be proficient in the use of McIDAS applications and be familiar with Unix/OS2 facilities such as editors and compilers. What you should sign up for: Users needing a review of basic McIDAS concepts should sign up for the first session, but are encouraged to sign up for the first two sessions to get a broad understanding of the system. Users intending to setup a McIDAS system for the first time should sign up for the first and second sessions. Users looking for advanced training should sign up for the third session but are encouraged to sign up for the second session as well. Users looking for an immersion in McIDAS should sign up for all three sessions. Each session must be signed up for individually. March 11 - 13: LDM (Monday - Wednesday) LDM Site Administrator training for Unix novices. Besides covering installation and maintenance of the Unidata LDM, the workshop will start with a one-day session on Unix system administration concepts and terminology necessary to the understanding of the LDM. This workshop will cover the LDM, version 5 package that is due out the beginning of 1996. March 14 - 16: GEMPAK (Thursday - Saturday) How to use the GEMPAK package, including new features, interactive and batch scripts, data files, and output drivers. Topics to be covered will include aspects of the next GEMPAK release expected this winter. March 18 - 19: Advanced WXP (Monday - Tuesday) Advanced use of WXP (the Purdue Weather Processor) concentrating on various analysis capabilities of the package. It will be assumed attendees have knowledge of how WXP is set up, how WXP works with the LDM, and can use WXP for basic analysis (surface plots, upper air plots, etc.). It will be expected that the attendee can create a simple C-shell script to run a WXP command. Enrollment in each session will be limited to 16 people. ****NOTE: If fewer than 6 people register for a given workshop, we reserve the right to cancel that workshop session and will notify the regis- trants. The workshops will be held at the Unidata Program Center office, 3300 Mitchell Lane, Suite 170, Boulder, Colorado 80307. Applications must be received no later than 26 January, 1996, and will be considered on a first-come, first- served basis. Attendance at the workshops is free; however attendees are re- sponsible for their own travel, lodging and meals. Information on lodging and, if necessary, on the software licensing agreement will be sent to all attendees upon receipt and acceptance of their application. * Unidata is supported by the National Science Foundation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application for Unidata Training Workshop, February 29 - March 19, 1996 Participant's Name: __________________________ Title: _______________________________________ Institution Name: ____________________________ Department: __________________________________ Electronic Mail Address: _____________________ Mailing Address: _____________________________ _____________________________ Phone: ( )________________________________ FAX: ( )__________________________________ Check the workshop sessions you wish to attend: ____LDM for experienced Unix System Administrators (2/29,3/1) ____McIDAS - Introductory (3/3-4) ____McIDAS - Intermediate (3/5-7) ____McIDAS - Advanced (3/7-9) ____LDM for Unix novices (3/11,12,13) ____GEMPAK (3/14,15,16) ____Advanced WXP (3/18,19) Signed License Agreement with Unidata(Yes/No)_______ NOTE: You may attend any and all of the sessions. We do, however, suggest that you attend no more than 2, as the workshop sessions can be intense. Do you have experience with the application?_______ Which computer configuration do you currently have?(Check all that apply) ____Sun 4 with SunOS ____Sun 4 with Solaris 2.x ____DECstation with Ultrix ____DEC Alpha with OSF/1 ____IBM RS/6000 with AIX ____HP with HP/UX ____SGI with IRIX ____Intel 486 PS/2 or Gateway 2000 Do you have NSFnet connectivity? __________ How much experience do you have with UNIX? (Please Check) ____None ____Some ____Extensive Return to: User Support UCAR/Unidata Program Center P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307 or FAX to: (303) 497-8690 or Email to: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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