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Using the IDV to Study Produce Transport in West Africa

13 March 2013

Fresh tomatoes are transported between Burkina Faso and Ghana.

No one enjoys a mushy tomato. But beyond aesthetics lies a serious problem for some West African nations, where significant portions of the fresh tomato harvest may be lost during transport from farm to market.

Spatial agro-ecologists from the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente in The Netherlands and elsewhere have used the IDV to analyze the relationship between observed weather conditions andthe microclimate inside truck trailers transporting tomatoes.

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Google Earth Outreach Workshops

08 March 2013

Google Earth Outreach is offering two workshops geared toward higher education institutions, focusing on tools that are useful for undergrad and grad-level teaching, coursework, and research in GIS and remote sensing. The workshops are intended for mapping and technology specialists looking to "collect, host, analyze, visualize, and publish map data using the power of the cloud."

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European Space Agency Big Data from Space Conference

19 February 2013

The European Space Agency is organising a "Big data from Space" event to address the barriers that hamper an effective use of large volumes of Earth observation data. The event will focus on issues associated with the organisation and delivery of large volumes of contemporary and historical Earth observations, either space-based or from ground (including ubiquitous information-sensing mobile devices, aerial sensory technologies, wireless sensor networks).

The event will be held June 5-7, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Information is available from the event web site.

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Unidata Survey: Tell us about IT at your University

04 February 2013

For many years, the Unidata program has been active in helping university departments deploy and use Unidata technologies. Through our governing committees (which are composed of faculty and staff from member universities), we've learned a lot about the current state of information technology support in geoscience departments today. In hopes of learning more about the evolving university IT landscape in today's budget-constrained environment, we are hoping other members of Unidata's university community will spend a few minutes to give us some insight into how information technology support works in your departments.

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AMS 2013 Conference Highlights from the Unidata Staff

17 January 2013

This year's annual American Meteorological Society meeting in Austin, Texas hosted more than 3400 attendees — more than the 2012 meeting — despite the fact that many government employees were unable to attend due to uncertainties about the federal budget. We were happy to see many of the Unidata community members participating in the meeting at our booth in the exhibit hall, and to meet so many prospective community members at the AMS Student Conference.

With so much going on at the conference, we can't cover everything here. Instead, we present some highlights as recalled by UPC staff members who attended.

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