Shortly after 0 UTC (18:00 MDT) on Saturday, March 21, 2014,
the contents of the Internet Data Distribution FNEXRAD
(NEXRAD Level III national composites) and UNIWISC (aka
McIDAS Satellite Imagery Sectors) datastreams were updated
with new products. Prior to the update, the FNEXRAD products
were created on motherlode.ucar.edu and the
UNIWISC products were created on
unidata2.ssec.wisc.edu. Both datastreams are
now being created in a 64-bit CentOS 6.5 Virtual Machine in
the Amazon EC2 cloud.
Read on for a brief overview of the contents of each datastream
with special emphasis on new or altered products.
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In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the Unidata Program Center for
the month of March, 2014.
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The UPC will not
be moving to St. Cloud, MN.
After receiving clarification from the National Science Foundation, the Unidata
Program Center has cancelled its plans to move its operations to the town of
St. Cloud, Minnesota.
“We were a bit puzzled when we heard that the NSF wanted Unidata to
focus its energies on moving to St. Cloud,” says Unidata Program Director
Mohan Ramamurthy. “Frankly, we were a bit worried about losing the
high-speed Internet2 connectivity we enjoy at UCAR, but NSF is our primary
sponsor, so we went along with it. And the proximity to St. Cloud
State University would certainly be an asset to us.”
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