Unidata Visualization in University Research

I recently had the honor of speaking at Unidata’s commemorative 25th anniversary event, held in Boulder, CO on 15-16 October 2009.  The presentations served to inspire tremendous respect for the foresighted individuals who founded Unidata, and they illustrated the remarkably broad and transformative reach of Unidata across the geoscience community.  The historical focus of the Unidata program has been the university classroom; from the use of archived case-study data in student term-paper projects, to the utilization of realtime data for instructional analysis and forecasting exercises, the value of Unidata software and data in the classroom is widely recognized. more>

Posted: November 5, 2009

Unidata 25th Anniversary Participants

"Celebrate the Past, Focus on the Present, and Dream about the Future"

Fill in the blanks: Unidata's 25th anniversary event was __? Well, it was many things. It was a stroll down memory lane with reminiscences from founding fathers and early program center employees; it was light hearted and fun. Some speakers flattered while others challenged. Most of all the event was collegial and warm hearted with old friends greeting one another, newcomers meeting, greeting, and becoming acquainted, staff overseeing it all while participating in all of the activity. It was a delightful event.

Information about the event is available and active. It has been updated with links to all presentations. In addition, we webcast the event from start to finish, and we invite you to browse them as interest and time permit.

We thank each of you who took time from retirement activities or busy professional duties and commitments to celebrate this milestone with us, and we hope that many of you will be sticking around for the spirit and adventure of the next twenty-five.

To view the archived web cast of this event please see: Webcasts.

Posted: October 21, 2009

NAWIPS to AWIPS-II Migration Update

Unidata continues to monitor the NAWIPS migration to AWIPS-II schedules and information from NWS and NCEP related to this important project. We
have requested NWS to provide periodic updates in order to keep the Unidata community apprised of these ongoing efforts.

During the October joint Unidata Policy Committee/Users Committee, a white paper that is currently under development by Unidata will be presented and discussed. This paper will be posted in the UnidataNews section on Unidata's home page and added to the NAWIPS migration page. Other resources such as email, GEMPAK/NAWIPS FAQs, etc., will also be used to keep the community informed of updates.

For the latest information from J.C. Duh, Chief, Programs and Plans Division, Office of Science and Technology, NOAA/NWS pertaining to AWIPS II software release, please see this link: AWIPS II Software Release

Posted: August 19, 2009