NSF Unidata Update: January 2024

In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for the month of January, 2024.

Upcoming deadlines to be aware of:

9 FebruaryApplications for 2024 Unidata Summer Internships are due.
15 MarchProposals for 2024 Unidata Community Equipment Award grants are due.

Highlights from last month:

NSF Unidata Staff at AMS 2024 Meeting

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Members of the NSF Unidata Program Center staff attended the 104th annual American Meteorology Society meeting, held 28 January - 1 February 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Staff members presented sessions and posters, and also spent time in the UCAR booth in the main Exhibit hall.

AWIPS Tips: Changes Related to v20.3.2 AWIPS Release

AWIPS Tips

At the end of last year, we announced a new major release of AWIPS (version 20.3.2-1). This post is a bit of a follow-up to that, with some important notes about impacts related to our EDEX URLs, python-awips, and our eLearning courses.

Manager, Marine Meteorologist, Royal Caribbean Group

Community Jobs

The Royal Caribbean Group is looking for a Marine Meteorologist to join the company in the Miami, FL area.

AWIPS Tips: AMS 2024 Highlight

AWIPS Tips

This installment highlights our upcoming presence at the 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting.

NSF Unidata: Where Did That Name Come From?

NSF Unidata Logos

You may have noticed a change on this web site recently: where you might expect to see the name "Unidata" you are now beginning to see "NSF Unidata" in its place. Just what's going on?

MetPy 1.6.1 Released

MetPy logo

MetPy 1.6.1 has been released with a few bug fixes for 1.6.0.

On the Developer's Blog

NSF Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the Unidata Developer's Blog. The ongoing MetPy Mondays series looks at MetPy 1.6 and calculating DCAPE.

Governing Committee News

NSF Unidata's Users Committee met November 1-3, 2023 in a joint meeting with the Strategic Advisory Committee at the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, CO. The Users Committee will meet next May 13-14, 2024 in Boulder, CO.

NSF Unidata's Strategic Advisory Committee met November 1-3, 2023 in a joint meeting with the Users Committee at the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, CO. The Strategic Advisory Committee will meet next May 2-3, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Feb 1, 2024

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