News@UnidataUnidata newshttps://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/feed/entries/atom2024-03-06T11:18:50-07:00Apache Rollerhttps://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/exploring-indigenous-data-sovereigntyExploring Indigenous Data SovereigntyUnidata News2024-03-06T10:45:00-07:002024-03-06T11:18:50-07:00<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;">
<img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop10a.png" alt="view through met tower" />
</div>
<p>
The concept of Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) asserts that data generated by
Indigenous peoples, including data generated from their land and resources, should
be governed by the people themselves. Environmental observations collected on
native lands are one small part of the IDS context, and they were the subject
of a recent workshop hosted by the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
(SIPI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
</p>
<p class="byline">
By Jeff Weber, NSF Unidata Community Services
</p>
<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="Looking up through an environmental monitoring tower at SIPI." href="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop10a.png">
<img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop10a.png" alt="view through met tower" />
</a>
<div class="caption">
Data monitoring tower at SIPI (click to enlarge)
</div>
<p></div></p>
<p>
The concept of Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) asserts that data generated by
Indigenous peoples, including data generated from their land and resources, should
be governed by the people themselves. Environmental observations collected on
native lands are one small part of the IDS context, and they were the subject
of a recent workshop hosted by the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
(SIPI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
</p>
<p>
The workshop, titled <a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/exploring-data-sovereignty-workshop">Exploring Data
Sovereignty and the Sovereign Data Network</a> was held February 13-15, 2024. More
than 40 individuals from Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), R1 universities,
and other agencies and groups associated with IDS and Earth System Science (ESS)
attended, including several participants affiliated with NSF Unidata.
</p>
<p>
The workshop was supported by an NSF NCAR <a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion/core-awards/indigenous-data-sovereignty">
Collaborative Opportunities for Research Engagement (CORE) award</a>, which aims
to “...develop a set of
considerations for how Earth system science programs can implement data
sovereignty principles in any efforts that involve collaborations with Indigenous
communities or data collected on Indigenous lands or related to Indigenous
resources.”
</p>
<div class="img_r" style="width: 200px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="Patrick Freeland discussing Project Red Bus and RVCC." href="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop05a.png">
<img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop05a.png" alt="Patrick Freeland"/>
</a>
<div class="caption">
Patrick Freeland discussing Project Red Bus and RVCC
</div>
<p></div>
<a class="lightbox" title="Jim Sanovia discussing ESIIL." href="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop06a.png"></a></p>
<p>
Day one of the workshop focused on the topic of Indigenous Data Sovereignty and
Governance, exploring the background and motivations for Data Sovereignty and
Indigenous Data Management. There were also reports from organizations working in
the IDS field, including the <a href="https://esiil.org/">Environmental Data Science Innovation & Inclusion Lab</a>
(ESIIL), <a href="https://github.com/patrickfreeland83/ProjectRedBus/blob/main/ProjectRedBus_OnePager.pdf">ProjectRedBus</a>,
and the <a href="https://www.rvcchub.org/">Rising Voices, Changing Coasts</a> hub.
</p>
<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="NSF Unidata's Stonie Cooper discussing Mesonets on Tribal lands." href="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop07a.png">
<img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop07a.png" alt="Stonie Cooper"/>
</a>
<div class="caption">
NSF Unidata's Stonie Cooper discussing Mesonets on Tribal lands.
</div>
<p></div>
<a class="lightbox" title="Jeff McWhirter discussing RAMADDA for use the in the SDN." href="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop08a.png"></a></p>
<p>
Day two discussions and activities centered around the <em>Sovereign Data Network</em>
(SDN) project, a collaboration begun by SIPI, Navajo Technical University (NTU), and
NSF Unidata and supported by a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) pilot grant.
There were descriptions of the pilot project, discussions about how other groups
can become part of the network as it expands. There was also a data workshop with
demonstrations and training on the use of repository storage systems including
<a href="https://ramadda.org/about">RAMADDA</a>, which was initially created at NSF Unidata and is now supported by
<a href="https://geodesystems.com/">Geode Systems</a>.
</p>
<div class="img_r" style="width: 200px;">
<a class="lightbox" title="Observing tower at SIPI." href="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop09a.png">
<img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/2024/20240306_SDNworkshop09a.png" alt="Observing tower at SIPI."/>
</a>
<div class="caption">
Observing tower at SIPI.
</div>
<p></div></p>
<p>
Day three was focused on “hands on data wrangling” and systems (servers and
dataloggers) support, and included a visit to the environmental monitoring station
on the SIPI campus, which includes a data collection tower constructed as part of
the SDN pilot project.
</p>
<p>
As a result of the workshop, several TCUs and other organizations including
</p>
<ul>
<li>Oglala Community College</li>
<li>Aaniiih Nakoda College</li>
<li>Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa College</li>
<li>The Haskell Foundation</li>
<li>The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)</li>
<li>Rising Voices, Changing Coasts (RVCC)</li>
</ul>
<p>
expressed interest in joining the SDN and participating in future organizing and
funding efforts.
</p>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-2024-community-equipmentNSF Unidata 2024 Community Equipment Awards: Deadline ExtendedUnidata News2024-03-04T08:31:00-07:002024-03-04T08:31:00-07:00<div class="img_l" style="width: 150px;">
<img width="150" src="/community/img/equipaward_circuitboard.png" alt="Equipment Awards" />
</div>
<p>
As a result of changes in the spring 2024 meeting schedule for the NSF Unidata Users
Committee, we are able to extend the submission deadline for this year's Community
Equipment Awards solicitation until <span class="highlight_muted">March 29, 2024</span>. All other aspects
of the 2024 program remain as described in the original announcement.
</p>
<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;">
<img width="200" src="/community/img/equipaward_circuitboard.png" alt="Equipment Awards" />
<div class="caption">
Unidata offers computer equipment grants to support a variety of projects
</div>
<p></div></p>
<p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">
As a result of changes in the spring 2024 meeting schedule for the NSF Unidata Users
Committee, we are able to extend the submission deadline for this year's Community
Equipment Awards solicitation until <span class="highlight_muted">March 29, 2024</span>. All other aspects
of the 2024 program remain as described in the original announcement, the text of
which follows:
</p>
<p>
The NSF Unidata Program Center is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024 NSF Unidata
Community Equipment Awards solicitation. Created under the sponsorship of
the National Science Foundation, Unidata equipment awards are intended to
encourage new members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the Earth Systems Sciences
to join the NSF Unidata community, and to encourage existing members to continue
their active participation, enhancing the community process. For 2024, a
total of $100,000 is available for awards; proposals for amounts up to $20,000
will be considered.
</p>
<p>
Past recipients of NSF Unidata equipment awards have used the grants to procure equipment
for data sharing, to create interactive data visualization laboratories,
and to encourage the use of NSF Unidata software packages in research and education.
The proposal process is designed to be as low-impact as possible, with just a few
required elements. You can view previously accepted proposals, and take advantage
of a short proposal template if you choose. Staff at the NSF Unidata Program Center are
happy to help you define the hardware requirements for your project or answer any
other questions you may have while preparing a proposal.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Note:</strong><br />
In keeping with NSF Unidata's <a href="/publications/directorspage/proposals/2024_proposal_narrative_final.pdf">most
recent proposal</a> to the National Science Foundation for
continued program funding, additional emphasis will be placed on providing support for
institutions serving populations that are underrepresented in the broad geoscience
community. NSF Unidata is dedicated to broadening participation by minority serving
institutions, and we particularly encourage small institutions, academic departments that
have not previously submitted proposals to this program, and programs outside NSF Unidata's
traditional atmospheric sciences community to apply.
</p>
<p>
The deadline for submitting proposals is
<span class="highlight_muted"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">March 15</span> March 29, 2024</span>. The Unidata Program Center expects to
notify submitters
of award status by May 2024. For a complete description of the Unidata Community
Equipment Awards program, the proposal format, and the proposal review criteria,
see the
<a href="/community/equipaward/RFP2024.html">Call for Proposals</a>.
</p>
<p>
For more on the Community Equipment Awards, along with previous years' accepted proposals,
see the
<a href="/community/equipaward">Equipment Awards</a> page.
</p>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-update-february-2024NSF Unidata Update: February 2024Unidata News2024-03-01T08:00:00-07:002024-03-01T08:00:00-07:00<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for
the month of February, 2024.
</p>
<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for
the month of <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/date/202402">February, 2024</a>.
</p>
<div>
<p>
Upcoming deadlines to be aware of:
</p>
<table class="simple">
<tr>
<td class="highlight_muted">15 March</td>
<td>Proposals for <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/call-for-proposals-unidata-2024">2024 NSF Unidata Community Equipment Award grants</a> are due.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="highlight_muted">15 March</td>
<td>Applications for the <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/esip-raskin-scholarship4">ESIP Raskin Scholarship</a> are due.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="highlight_muted">3 May</td>
<td>Nominations for the <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/2024-desouza-award-nominations">2024 Russell L. DeSouza Award</a> are due.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>
Highlights from last month:
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/2024-desouza-award-nominations">2024 DeSouza Award Nominations</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/desouza_students.jpg" alt="Russell DeSouza with students" />
</div>
<p>
The Unidata Users Committee invites you to submit nominations for the Russell L.
DeSouza Award for Outstanding Community Service. This Community Service Award honors
individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata
Program to better serve the geosciences.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-new-raws-data">AWIPS Tips: New RAWS Data</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/awips-tips.png" alt="AWIPS Tips" />
</div>
<p>
This installment of AWIPS-Tips describes on a relatively new dataset that was added
following a request by a community member.<br>
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/quick-tips-for-ess-machine">Quick Tips for ESS Machine Learning Projects</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2024/20240212_ml_generated.png" alt="ne AI’s view of what a geologist does when running ML models (courtesy of Bing)." />
</div>
<p>
There are many little decisions ML practitioners make along the way when starting an
Earth Systems Science (ESS) ML project. This article provides some tips and ideas to
consider as you're getting started.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/esip-raskin-scholarship4">ESIP: Raskin Scholarship</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/ESIP.png" alt="ESIP logo" />
</div>
<p>
The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is an open networked
community that brings together science, data and information technology
practitioners around Earth science issues. The ESIP Raskin Scholarship
(application deadline March 15) is open to
current graduate students in Earth or computer sciences who has an interest in
community evolution of Earth Science data systems. Preference is given to
applicants who can demonstrate a connection to ESIP-related activities.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/ams-2024-conference-highlights-from">AMS 2024 Conference Highlights from the NSF Unidata Staff</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/ams_2024_logo_small.png" alt="AMS 2024 Annual Meeting logo" />
</div>
<p>
This year's annual American Meteorological Society meeting was held 27 January - 1
February 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Several NSF Unidata staff members were able to
travel to Baltimore to lead workshops, visit with students, present papers and
posters, and otherwise take part in the conference. As always, staff members spent
some time meeting with community members at UCAR's exhibit hall booth. This article
presents some conference highlights from the perspective of NSF Unidata staff.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-awips-20-3">AWIPS 20.3.2-2 Software Release</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/awips-75x75.png" alt="AWIPS logo" />
</div>
<p>
NSF Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-2 has been released, incorporating many updates
and fixes from the 20.3.2-1 release. This release includes installers for CAVE
(CentOS7, Windows, VMware Player, and MacOS), and for EDEX (CentOS7).
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/netcdf-operators-nco-version-517">NetCDF operators (NCO) version 5.2.1</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/netcdf-75x75.png" alt="netCDF logo" />
</div>
<p>
Version 5.2.1 of the netCDF Operators (NCO) has been released. NCO is an Open Source
package that consists of a dozen standalone, command-line programs that take netCDF
files as input, then operate (e.g., derive new data, average, print, hyperslab,
manipulate metadata) and output the results to screen or files in text, binary, or
netCDF formats.
</p>
<div id="developers">
<h2>On the Developer's Blog</h2>
<p>
NSF Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/">Unidata Developer's
Blog</a>. The ongoing
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/en/tags/metpymonday">MetPy
Mondays</a> series looks at dealing with missing data.
</p>
</div>
<div id="committees">
<h2>Governing Committee News</h2>
<p>
NSF Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/">Users Committee</a>
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.
</p>
<p>
NSF Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/stratcom/">Strategic Advisory Committee</a>
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.
</p>
</div>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/2024-desouza-award-nominations2024 DeSouza Award NominationsUnidata News2024-02-05T08:25:00-07:002024-02-05T08:25:00-07:00<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;margin: 5px 10px 0px 0;">
<a class="lightbox" title="Russ DeSouza with students." href="/blog_content/images/desouza_students.jpg">
<img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/desouza_students.jpg" alt="Russell DeSouza" />
</a>
<div class="caption">
Russ DeSouza with students
</div>
<p></div></p>
<p>
Do you know someone in the Unidata community who has been actively involved and helpful to
you and other Unidata members? Perhaps this is someone who volunteers to assist others,
contributes software, or makes suggestions that are generally useful for the community.
</p>
<p>
The Unidata Users Committee invites you to submit nominations for the Russell L. DeSouza
Award
for Outstanding Community Service. This Community Service Award honors individuals
whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata Program to better
serve the geosciences. Honorees personify Unidata's ideal of a community that shares
ideas, data, and software through computing and networking technologies.
</p>
<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;margin: 5px 10px 0px 0;">
<a class="lightbox" title="Russ DeSouza with students." href="/blog_content/images/desouza_students.jpg">
<img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/desouza_students.jpg" alt="Russell DeSouza" />
</a>
<div class="caption">
Russ DeSouza with students
</div>
<p></div></p>
<p>
Do you know someone in the Unidata community who has been actively involved and helpful to
you and other Unidata members? Perhaps this is someone who volunteers to assist others,
contributes software, or makes suggestions that are generally useful for the community.
</p>
<p>
The Unidata Users Committee invites you to submit nominations for the Russell L. DeSouza
Award
for Outstanding Community Service. This Community Service Award honors individuals
whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata Program to better
serve the geosciences. Honorees personify Unidata's ideal of a community that shares
ideas, data, and software through computing and networking technologies.
</p>
<p>
The Unidata Users Committee will review the nominations and select the awardee, who will be
invited to receive the award at the Fall 2024
<a href="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/">Users Committee</a> meeting in
Boulder, Colorado. The recipient will be invited to
give a presentation on their experiences with and use of Unidata data and tools.
</p>
<p>
To nominate someone for the DeSouza award, use the
<a href="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/community/committees/nominate.jsp">nomination form</a>.
Nominations must be received no later than
<strong class="highlight">3 May 2024</strong> to be considered for this year's honor.
</p>
<p>
For more on the DeSouza award, including a list of previous awardees and links to
their recorded presentations, see the
<a href="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/community/desouza">Russell L. DeSouza Award</a> page.
</p>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-update-january-2024NSF Unidata Update: January 2024Unidata News2024-02-01T08:00:00-07:002024-02-01T08:00:00-07:00<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for
the month of January, 2024.
</p>
<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for
the
month of <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/date/202401">January, 2024</a>.
</p>
<div>
<p>
Upcoming deadlines to be aware of:
</p>
<table class="simple">
<tr>
<td class="highlight_muted">9 February</td>
<td>Applications for <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/unidata-summer-student-internships-available5">2024 Unidata Summer Internships</a> are due.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="highlight_muted">15 March</td>
<td>Proposals for <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/call-for-proposals-unidata-2024">2024 Unidata Community Equipment Award grants</a> are due.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>
Highlights from last month:
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/unidata-staff-at-ams-2024">NSF Unidata Staff at AMS 2024 Meeting</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/ams_2024_logo_small.png" alt="AMS 2024 Logo" />
</div>
<p>
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.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-changes-related-to">AWIPS Tips: Changes Related to v20.3.2 AWIPS Release</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/awips-tips.png" alt="AWIPS Tips" />
</div>
<p>
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.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/manager-marine-meteorologist-royal-caribbean">Manager, Marine Meteorologist, Royal Caribbean Group</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/unidata_community_jobs-75x75.png" alt="Community Jobs" />
</div>
<p>
The Royal Caribbean Group is looking for a Marine Meteorologist to join the company in the
Miami, FL area.<br>
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-ams-2024-highlight">AWIPS Tips: AMS 2024 Highlight</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/awips-tips.png" alt="AWIPS Tips" />
</div>
<p>
This installment highlights our upcoming presence at the 2024 American Meteorological
Society (AMS) Annual Meeting.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-where-did-that">NSF Unidata: Where Did That Name Come From?</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/NSF-Unidata_lockup_vertical_2023.png" alt="NSF Unidata Logos" />
</div>
<p>
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?
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/metpy-1-6-1-released">MetPy 1.6.1 Released</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/metpy-400x400.png" alt="MetPy logo" />
</div>
<p>
MetPy 1.6.1 has been released with a few bug fixes for 1.6.0.<br><br>
</p>
<div id="developers">
<h2>On the Developer's Blog</h2>
<p>
NSF Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/">Unidata Developer's
Blog</a>. The ongoing
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/en/tags/metpymonday">MetPy
Mondays</a> series looks at MetPy 1.6 and calculating DCAPE.
</p>
</div>
<div id="committees">
<h2>Governing Committee News</h2>
<p>
NSF Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/">Users Committee</a>
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.
</p>
<p>
NSF Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/stratcom/">Strategic Advisory Committee</a>
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.
</p>
</div>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-update-december-2023NSF Unidata Update: December 2023Unidata News2024-01-01T08:20:00-07:002024-01-01T08:20:00-07:00<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for
the month of December, 2023.
</p>
<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for
the month of <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/date/202312">December, 2023</a>.
</p>
<p>
We at the NSF Unidata Program Center wish you a Happy New Year, and we're hoping to see
you at the AMS Annual meeting in Baltimore! We'll have details about sessions, posters,
and other chances to meet coming out in early January — stay tuned!
</p>
<p>
Highlights from last month:
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/two-earth-systems-science-professor">Two Earth Systems Science Professor positions, University of California Irvine</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/UCI_primarylogo_printblue.png" alt="UCI Logo" />
</div>
<p>
The Department of Earth System Science (ESS) within the School of Physical Sciences
at The University of California, Irvine (UCI), is seeking candidates for two
positions.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/self-organizing-maps-for-earth">Self Organizing Maps for Earth Systems Science</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2023/20231208_ml_som_01.png" alt="Self Organizing Maps" />
</div>
<p>
A self-organizing map (SOM), is an unsupervised machine learning technique
used to produce a low-dimensional representation of a higher dimensional data set.
SOMs are a specific type of artificial neural network; they can be
used for clustering, dimensionality reduction, feature extraction, and
classification. NSF Unidata AI/ML developer Thomas Martin talks about why
they can be important tools for understanding large Earth Systems Science (ESS) datasets.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/unidata-summer-student-internships-available5">NSF Unidata Summer Student Internships Available!</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2012/20120313_usoc_boulder1.jpg" alt="View of Boulder, Colorado" />
</div>
<p>
The NSF Unidata Summer Internship offers undergraduate and graduate students an
opportunity to work with NSF Unidata Program Center staff on projects drawn from a
wide variety of areas in the atmospheric and computational sciences. As an NSF Unidata
intern, you'll pursue the goal of adding innovative enhancements to data access,
analysis, and visualization tools developed within NSF Unidata.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-unidata-awips-203">Unidata AWIPS 20.3.2-1 Production CAVE Software Release</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/awips-75x75.png" alt="AWIPS" />
</div>
<p>
AWIPS 20.3.2-0.2 is a beta release of CAVE. Great news, we've added installers for MacOS and Windows as well as made updates to the Linux and virtual machine option.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/r-sup-2-sup-downsides">R<sup>2</sup>: Downsides and Potential Pitfalls for ESS ML Prediction</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2023/20231220_ml_Dino_static.gif" alt="Datasaurus image" />
</div>
<p>
R<sup>2</sup> is often one of the initial metrics introduced in predictive regression analysis,
and while it is commonly reported, NSF Unidata AI/ML developer Thomas Martin has found it to be less suitable
for some machine learning applications in Earth Systems Science.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/offer-nsf-unidata-science-gateway">Offer: NSF Unidata Science Gateway JupyterHub Resources Available for Spring 2024 Courses</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2019/20190211_jupyter_01.png" alt="Jupyterhub logo" />
</div>
<p>
NSF Unidata offers JupyterHub resources tailored to the instructional requirements
of university atmospheric science classes through the Science Gateway project. For
the Spring 2024 term, NSF Unidata is once again offering universities (or individual
instructors) access to cloud-based JupyterHub servers tailored to their
requirements.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href=" https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/happy-holidays-2023-from-awips">Happy Holidays 2023 from AWIPS Tips!</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2021/20211215awips-tips-snow-cropped.gif" alt="AWIPS Tips logo with snow" />
</div>
<p>
In this week's AWIPS Tips, we're reflecting on a great year of sharing tips,
resources, and announcements with you, our AWIPS community.
</p>
<div id="developers">
<h2>On the Developer's Blog</h2>
<p>
NSF Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/">Unidata Developer's
Blog</a>.
</p>
</div>
<div id="committees">
<h2>Governing Committee News</h2>
<p>
NSF Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/">Users Committee</a>
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.
</p>
<p>
NSF Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/stratcom/">Strategic Advisory Committee</a>
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.
</p>
</div>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/offer-nsf-unidata-science-gatewayOffer: NSF Unidata Science Gateway JupyterHub Resources Available for Spring 2024 CoursesUnidata News2023-12-21T10:55:26-07:002023-12-21T10:55:26-07:00<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;margin-bottom:0;"> <img width="200" src="/blog_content/images/2019/20190211_jupyter_01.png" alt="Jupyterhub" />
</div>
<p>
NSF Unidata offers JupyterHub resources tailored to the
instructional requirements of university atmospheric science classes through the
Science Gateway project. For the Spring 2024 term, NSF Unidata is once again offering universities (or individual
instructors) access to cloud-based JupyterHub servers tailored to their requirements.
</p>
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<p>
Since 2018, NSF Unidata has been offering JupyterHub resources tailored to the
instructional requirements of university atmospheric science classes through the
<a href="https://science-gateway.unidata.ucar.edu/">Science Gateway</a> project. In
that time, educators at 22 different universities have been able to take advantage
of cloud-based resources to access pre-configured computational notebooks for
learning and teaching objectives. NSF Unidata has provided these services through
semester-long classes at universities and at <a href="https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/9/bamsD200069.xml">Python
workshops at venues such as AMS</a>.
</p>
<p>
For the Spring 2024 term, NSF Unidata is once again offering universities (or individual
instructors) access to cloud-based JupyterHub servers tailored to the requirements
of university atmospheric science courses and workshops. NSF Unidata will work with you
to customize the technologies and data requirements for your class. By using the
NSF Unidata Science Gateway, instructors can add Jupyter notebooks used in their
coursework to a dedicated JupyterHub hosted using NSF Unidata's resources in the NSF
Jetstream cloud. Once logged in to the JupyterHub, individual students access
pre-configured computing environments that allow them to work with the notebooks
interactively, making and saving their own alterations to existing notebooks or
creating their own new notebooks.
</p>
<p>
(For more information about using JupyterHub resources in the NSF Unidata Science
Gateway, see the original article: <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/offer-unidata-science-gateway-jupyterhub">Offer: Unidata Science Gateway JupyterHub
Resources Available for Remote-Learning Situations</a>.)
</p>
<p>
With the NSF Unidata Science Gateway's recent transition to the NSF Jetstream 2
cloud, we can now offer experimental Dask- and GPU-enabled JupyterHub systems, which
can better support machine learning or HPC-like scenarios. Note while these
capabilities are still experimental, we have gained significant experience in their
use during 2023 and feel confident in offering them. If you are willing to
collaborate, we would be happy to explore these new offerings for your class.
</p>
<p>
NSF Unidata has the resources to support a limited number of university courses for the
Spring 2024 term on a first-come, first-served basis. If you teach a course in
atmospheric science or a related discipline and you or your department are interested
in having NSF Unidata set up a JupyterHub for your use during that time, please
use our Jupyterhub Request Form to start a conversation with the Science Gateway support team.
</p>
<h3 class="button shadow"> Open a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6wxnQFYZpUzUQRMHbVC6yyCLKfiuYky4OdtAYLp6p6mJ_lg/viewform?usp=sf_link">Jupyterhub Request</a></h3>
<p>
Also, please note the following caveats:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Logins to the JupyterHub server will be based on a GitHub mechanism (OAuth). As a
result, each user must have a GitHub account. (GitHub registration is free.)</li>
<li>
The JupyterHub servers created as part of this program will only be available
through the semester, and will be removed afterwards. NSF Unidata hopes to be able to
provide additional resources in future semesters as well; just ask us and we'll do
our best to make arrangements.
</li>
<li>NSF Unidata's resources in the Jetstream cloud are limited. We will do our best to
accommodate all requests, but depending on the volume we may have to establish limits.</li>
</ul>
<p>
There is no cost to universities, departments, instructors, or students to take advantage
of NSF Unidata's Science Gateway resources.
If you have questions about any of these details, please feel free to contact
<a href="mailto:support-gateway@unidata.ucar.edu">support-gateway@unidata.ucar.edu</a> for
clarification.
</p>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/unidata-update-november-2023Unidata Update: November 2023Unidata News2023-12-01T08:00:00-07:002023-12-01T08:00:00-07:00<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the Unidata Program Center for
the month of November, 2023.
</p>
<p>
In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the Unidata Program Center for
the month of <a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/date/202311">November, 2023</a>.
</p>
<div>
<p>
Upcoming deadlines to be aware of:
</p>
<table class="simple">
<tr>
<td class="highlight_muted">1 December</td>
<td><em>Early</em> registration for the <a href="https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2024/registration/">AMS 2024 Annual Meeting</a><br>
Note that early registration discounts for the <a href="https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2024/registration/special-conference-registration/">Student Conference</a>
and <a href="https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2024/registration/short-course-registration/">Short Courses</a> have the same deadlines as the main conference.</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>
Highlights from last month:
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-measuring-up-distance">AWIPS Tips: Measuring Up - Distance Tools in CAVE</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/awips-tips.png" alt="AWIPS Tips" />
</div>
<p>
This installment of AWIPS Tips focuses on a few specific tools found in the Tools menu in CAVE, all
three of which are related to distance.<br>
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/netcdf-operators-nco-version-516">NetCDF operators (NCO) version 5.1.9</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/netcdf-75x75.png" alt="NetCDF logo" />
</div>
<p>
Version 5.1.9 of the netCDF Operators (NCO) has been released. NCO is an Open Source
package that consists of a dozen standalone, command-line programs that take netCDF
files as input, then operate (e.g., derive new data, average, print, hyperslab,
manipulate metadata) and output the results to screen or files in text, binary, or
netCDF formats.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/andrea-zonca-and-jeremy-fischer">Andrea Zonca and Jeremy Fischer Receive 2023 DeSouza Award</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2023/20231110_desouza_fischer_zonca.png" alt="Jeremy Fischer and Andrea Zonca" />
</div>
<p>
Andrea Zonca from the San Diego Supercomputing Center and Jeremy Fischer from
Indiana University have been awarded the 2023 Russell L. DeSouza Award by the
Unidata Users committee.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-creating-new-products">AWIPS Tips: Creating New Products with Python-AWIPS</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/awips-tips.png" alt="AWIPS Tips" />
</div>
<p>
This installment of AWIPS Tips looks at another python-awips example notebook.<br><br>
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/new-data-focused-microlearning-modules">New data-focused microlearning modules on Unidata eLearning</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://elearning.unidata.ucar.edu/pluginfile.php/694/course/overviewfiles/titlebg_NOPROCESS_.png" alt="Unidata microlearning image" />
</div>
<p>
Announcing two new microlearning resources available now on Unidata eLearning.
Microlearning is a modular approach to online learning that focuses on a single
objective. These resources can be appended to existing activities for just-in-time
foundational scaffolding in a quick five to ten minutes.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/assistant-professor-of-atmospheric-sciences">Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/unc-charlotte.png" alt="UNC Charlotte logo" />
</div>
<p>
The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of North Carolina,
Charlotte is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of
Atmospheric Sciences.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/assistant-professor-of-meteorology-valparaiso">Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Valparaiso University</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/valpo_logo.png" alt="Valparaiso University logo" />
</div>
<p>
The Department of Geography and Meteorology at Valparaiso University is searching
for a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of Meteorology.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-seeks-input-on-public">NSF Seeks Input on Public Access Plan</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/images/logos/nsf_logo_transparent.png" alt="NSF logo" />
</div>
<p>
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking public input from the science and
engineering research and education community on implementing the NSF Public Access
Plan 2.0.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/call-for-proposals-unidata-2024">Call for Proposals: Unidata 2024 Community Equipment Awards</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/community/img/equipaward_circuitboard.png" alt="Circuit board" />
</div>
<p>
The Unidata Program Center is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024 Unidata
Community Equipment Awards solicitation. Created under the sponsorship of the U.S.
National Science Foundation, Unidata equipment awards are intended to encourage new
members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the Earth Systems Sciences to join
the Unidata community, and to encourage existing members to continue their active
participation, enhancing the community process. For 2024, a total of $100,000 is
available for awards; proposals for amounts up to $20,000 will be considered.
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-distributed-edex-architecture">AWIPS Tips: Distributed EDEX Architecture</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/logos/awips-tips.png" alt="AWIPS Tips" />
</div>
<p>
This installment of AWIPS Tips looks at the distributed architecture of Unidata’s EDEX.<br>
</p>
<h3 class="wrapup"><a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/unidata-staff-at-agu-fall8">Unidata Staff at AGU Fall 2023 Meeting</a></h3>
<div class="img_l">
<img src="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blog_content/images/2023/AGU23_800x800.png" alt="AGU 2023" />
</div>
<p>
The American Geophysical Union will be conducting a hybrid in-person and virtual
conference for its 2023 Fall meeting, December 11-15 2023, with live events taking
place in San Francisco, CA. Several Unidata staff members will be presenting as part
of the AGU Scientific Program; read on for a schedule of their talks and posters.
</p>
<div id="developers">
<h2>On the Developer's Blog</h2>
<p>
Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/">Unidata Developer's
Blog</a>. The ongoing
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/en/tags/metpymonday">MetPy
Mondays</a> series looks at dictionaries of functions and "%magic" tricks
with Jupyter notebooks.
</p>
</div>
<div id="committees">
<h2>Governing Committee News</h2>
<p>
Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/">Users Committee</a>
met November 1-3, 2023 in a joint meeting with the Strategic Advisory Committee
at the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, CO.
</p>
<p>
Unidata's
<a href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/stratcom/">Strategic Advisory Committee</a>
met November 1-3, 2023 in a joint meeting with the Users Committee
at the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, CO.
</p>
</div>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/call-for-proposals-unidata-2024Call for Proposals: Unidata 2024 Community Equipment AwardsUnidata News2023-11-28T14:44:39-07:002023-11-30T12:10:45-07:00<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;">
<img width="200" src="/community/img/equipaward_circuitboard.png" alt="Equipment Awards" />
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Unidata offers computer equipment grants to support a variety of projects
</div>
<p></div></p>
<p>
The Unidata Program Center is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024 Unidata
Community Equipment Awards solicitation. Created under the sponsorship of
the National Science Foundation, Unidata equipment awards are intended to
encourage new members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the Earth Systems Sciences
to join the Unidata community, and to encourage existing members to continue
their active participation, enhancing the community process. For 2024, a
total of $100,000 is available for awards; proposals for amounts up to $20,000
will be considered.
</p>
<div class="img_l" style="width: 200px;">
<img width="200" src="/community/img/equipaward_circuitboard.png" alt="Equipment Awards" />
<div class="caption">
Unidata offers computer equipment grants to support a variety of projects
</div>
<p></div></p>
<p>
The Unidata Program Center is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024 Unidata
Community Equipment Awards solicitation. Created under the sponsorship of
the National Science Foundation, Unidata equipment awards are intended to
encourage new members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the Earth Systems Sciences
to join the Unidata community, and to encourage existing members to continue
their active participation, enhancing the community process. For 2024, a
total of $100,000 is available for awards; proposals for amounts up to $20,000
will be considered.
</p>
<p>
Past recipients of Unidata equipment awards have used the grants to procure equipment
for data sharing, to create interactive data visualization laboratories,
and to encourage the use of Unidata software packages in research and education.
The proposal process is designed to be as low-impact as possible, with just a few
required elements. You can view previously accepted proposals, and take advantage
of a short proposal template if you choose. Staff at the Unidata Program Center are
happy to help you define the hardware requirements for your project or answer any
other questions you may have while preparing a proposal.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Note:</strong><br />
In keeping with Unidata's <a href="/publications/directorspage/proposals/2024_proposal_narrative_final.pdf">most
recent proposal</a> to the National Science Foundation for
continued program funding, additional emphasis will be placed on providing support for
institutions serving populations that are underrepresented in the broad geoscience
community. Unidata is dedicated to broadening participation by minority serving
institutions, and we particularly encourage small institutions, academic departments that
have not previously submitted proposals to this program, and programs outside Unidata's
traditional atmospheric sciences community to apply.
</p>
<p>
The deadline for submitting proposals is
<span class="highlight_muted">March 15, 2024</span>. The Unidata Program Center expects to
notify submitters
of award status by May 2024. For a complete description of the Unidata Community
Equipment Awards program, the proposal format, and the proposal review criteria,
see the
<a href="/community/equipaward/RFP2024.html">Call for Proposals</a>.
</p>
<p>
For more on the Community Equipment Awards, along with previous years' accepted proposals,
see the
<a href="/community/equipaward">Equipment Awards</a> page.
</p>
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/new-data-focused-microlearning-modulesNew data-focused microlearning modules on Unidata eLearningNicole Corbin2023-11-20T13:52:48-07:002023-11-28T14:45:09-07:00<div class="img_l" style="width: 150px;">
<img width="200" src="https://elearning.unidata.ucar.edu/pluginfile.php/694/course/overviewfiles/titlebg_NOPROCESS_.png" alt="microlearning" />
</div>
<p>
Announcing two new microlearning resources available now on Unidata eLearning. Microlearning is a modular approach to online learning that focuses on a single objective. These resources can be appended to existing activities for just-in-time foundational scaffolding in a quick five to ten minutes. The duo of modules releasing today focus on foundational data literacy within the Earth Systems Sciences.
</p>
<div class="img_l" style="width: 150px;">
<img width="200" src="https://elearning.unidata.ucar.edu/pluginfile.php/694/course/overviewfiles/titlebg_NOPROCESS_.png" alt="microlearning" />
</div>
<p>
Announcing two new microlearning resources available now on Unidata eLearning.
</p>
<p>
Microlearning is a modular approach to online learning that focuses on a single objective. These resources can be appended to existing activities for just-in-time foundational scaffolding in a quick five to ten minutes. The duo of modules releasing today focus on foundational data literacy within the Earth Systems Sciences.
</p>
<h2>Multidimensional Data Structures</h2>
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In this module, learners explore the concept of multidimensional data structures. Learners are introduced to necessary context to differentiate these datasets from tabular data, define components of the netCDF data model, visually explore the hierarchical nature of a netCDF file, and locate critical metadata in a multidimensional dataset.
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<h2>Getting Started with Siphon and THREDDS</h2>
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This module introduces the mechanics of remote data access in Python via the THREDDS Data Server. Learners are introduced to the THREDDS ecosystem and replicate a demonstration using Python in a Jupyter Notebook. This critical understanding of remote data access unlocks the ability to use a vast library of data across the internet, and encourages a systems-thinking mindset in both data literacy and Python programming.
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These modules and other offerings are available on <a href="https://elearning.unidata.ucar.edu/" target="blank">Unidata eLearning</a>.
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