Schedule of Events

Monday 9 July — Friday 13 July 2012

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7:45 Bus from Hotel Bus from Hotel Bus from Hotel Bus from Hotel Bus from Hotel
8:15 Continental Breakfast

Orientation and Introductions
Continental Breakfast Continental Breakfast Continental Breakfast Continental Breakfast
9:00
Keynote Presentations
Cliff Jacobs:
EarthCube – A transformational concept for the geosciences
Alexander E. MacDonald:
Update on ESRL Global Modeling and Earth Information Systems
Seth McGinnis & Toni Rosati:
NARCCAP and NetCDF: An Overview
Greg Mandt:
Next Generation Geostationary Satellites and Data Distribution
Ben Domenico:
Data Interactive Publications
10:00 Break Break Break Break Break
10:15 Steve Worley:
Supporting Weather and Climate Research with Long-term Data Archiving and Stewardship
Kevin Tyle:
The Collection and Hosting of a Large Atmospheric Sciences Dataset
Bob Hart:
Using GrADS to analyze and manipulate reanalysis data (Software: GrADS)
Brian Etherton:
The use of local data sets in numerical weather prediction: incorporation into model initial conditions through use in verification
Stefan Cecelski:
Use of IDV with Scripting Language for Advanced Image Generation
(Software: IDV)
11:15 Jerry Robaidek:
University of Wisconsin SSEC Datacenter - Accessing Archive and Real-time datasets
Russ Schumacher:
Integrating real-time datasets and existing resources toward the development of a small, cheap ensemble prediction system for use in research and education
Tressa Fowler:
The Model Evaluation Tools - Community Code for Verification
Matt Mayernik:
(Un)ambiguous citations to web-based research products: data, software, and services
Panel Discussion:
Workforce development, training, and education
12:15 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch and feedback
Adjourn
1:30 Johnny Lin:
Python in the Atmospheric Sciences: Overview and OOP
Don Murray:
Managing and accessing climate data using RAMADDA/IDV
(Software: IDV)
Olga Wilhelmi:
Usable climate information: Integrating GIS and climate science
Mohan Ramamurthy:
Opportunities and Challenges in Data Management
Bus to Hotel
2:30 Break Break Break Break
3:00 Roland Viger:
Just Give Me the Climate Data: 5 Different Ways
Michael Morgan:
The potential of a university-based national ensemble
Daryl Herzmann:
Web Services & Python use for Meteorology
(Software: Enthought Python)
Michelle Mainelli:
AWIPS II - A Demonstration of the Latest Migrated Forecaster Tools
4:00 Brent Gordon:
Space Weather and its Merging with the Terrestrial Weather Institutions and their Capabilities
Jennifer Collins & Justin Hartnett:
An Introduction to IDV Through an Examination of Recent Atlantic Hurricanes
(Software: IDV)
Glenn Rutledge:
The NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System (NOMADS) at NCDC
4:15 Posters & Reception
5:00   Meet the Speaker / Meet the Developers Meet the Speaker / Meet the Developers  
5:15 Early bus to Hotel Early bus to Hotel  
5:30   Hike or other activity Hike or other activity Dinner
6:30 Bus to Hotel
7:00   Final bus to Hotel Final bus to Hotel
8:00 Bus to Hotel

Software Resources for Presentations

In some cases, you may be able to follow along with presentations more easily if you have specific software installed on your laptop. Look for (Software: xxx) at the end of a session description for a link to Unidata or third-party software that you may want to install before the session.

Workshop Location and Hours

Workshop sessions will take place in Boulder, Colorado at NCAR's Mesa Lab. Sessions are scheduled from 9:00am until 5:00pm each day (sessions end at noon on Friday). Breakfast, lunch, dinner on Thursday evening, and shuttle bus transportation between the workshop hotels and meeting site will be provided.