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New GEMPAK Surface Station File for 7.1.0

29 April 2014

The upcoming release of GEMPAK 7.1.0 will include a new global surface METAR table (sfstns.tbl), created by a new Python decoder available at
http://github.com/mjames-upc/gempak-stations
The table is created from the NCAR / RAL master file:
http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt
The new GEMPAK table is available now at
http://raw.githubusercontent. com/mjames-upc/gempak-stations/master/sfstns.tbl

$GEMTBL/stns/geog.tbl will also be updated to be consistent with the NCAR / RAL file. The new GEMPAK geog.tbl is available at:
http://raw.githubusercontent. com/Unidata/gempak/master/gempak/tables/stns/geog.tbl

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Local Data Manager Slices, Dices, Makes Julienne Fries

01 April 2014

A prominent Canadian researcher has discovered that the command line argument -ayfs (pronounced “aye-fuzz”), when added to Unidata's Local Data Manager (ldm) software, creates a whole new era in IT infrastructure capability and a radical paradigm shift for mobile platform deployment.

Canadian scientist Steve Emmerson, currently employed by Unidata, added the option in 1993 to the C code base, but didn't get around to trying it until April 1st, 2014. Once he tried it he found that the option creates unprecedented scalability and on-demand self-service provisioning of computer capabilities. “It seemed like a good idea at the time,” said Dr. Emmerson about the switch that can be enabled at runtime, “but I had no idea that it would transform Geoscience through innovative data services and enable revolutionary ways of wringing knowledge from an ever-expanding pool of Earth System science data.”

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