News from NSF Unidata

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Sep 3, 2025

Welcome to the New NSF Unidata Website

Welcome to NSF Unidata's revamped website. Read on for more about the transition to the new site, which is still in progress.

Jupyterhub
Aug 12, 2025

Offer: NSF Unidata Science Gateway JupyterHub Resources Available for Fall 2025 Courses

IDV
Sep 4, 2025

IDV 7.0u1

NEXRAD Radar Data
Aug 7, 2025

Important: Changes to NOAA NEXRAD AWS Archive

NSF Unidata Users Workshop 2023

NSF Unidata Science Gateway Education Hub

The NSF Unidata Science Gateway Education Hub is a single stop for all NSF Unidata learning resources. Discover self-paced modules, instructor-led training, opportunities for collaboration and support, and more. 

Browse the Education Hub Catalog

Data Services

Data

Data

NSF Unidata helps researchers and educators acquire and use Earth Systems Science data in near real time. We support access to a wide variety of data including output from numerical prediction models, satellite observations, ground-based and airborne observation platforms.

Satellite in space over the earth.

Satellite Data

Data are available from a wide range of satellite-based observing platforms.

Forecast image of a hurricane.

Gridded Data

Gridded data products from a selection of North American and European numerical weather prediction models are available.

A radar photographed at sunset.

Radar Data

Level II and Level III NEXRAD Data and U.S. National radar mosaics are available.

Learn more about NSF Unidata's data services

Open Source Software

Screenshot of a meteorological analysis over Florida

Software Tools

NSF Unidata provides a rich set of Open Source software tools to access and visualize Earth Systems Science data, facilitating accessibility and multidisciplinary integration.

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NetCDF

NetCDF is a set of software libraries, data formats, and tools that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.

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MetPy

MetPy is a collection of tools in Python for reading, visualizing, and performing calculations with weather data.

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AWIPS Forecasting Software

AWIPS is a meteorological display and analysis package used by the National Weather Service.

Learn more about NSF Unidata's software offerings