In case you missed it — here's a wrap-up of news from the Unidata Program Center for the month of March, 2013.
IDV version 4.0
The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) version 4.0 is available.
Google Earth Outreach Workshops
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."
EGU 2013 Visualization Tools Hands-On
The European Geoscience Union (EGU) conference held in Vienna, Austria from 7-12 April, 2013, will feature several sessions dedicated to scientific visualization. In addition to a regular session within the ESSI program, there will be a "splinter meeting" that will concentrate on a demonstration of visualization tools. Attendance is limited, so interested individuals should sign up for the session soon.
Using the IDV to Study Produce Transport in West Africa
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.
Farewell to Tina Campbell
The Unidata Program Center wishes a fond farewell to budget analyst and multitalented team player Tina Campbell, who is embarking on a new career with an environmental research and consulting firm.
IDV Users Note: UPC is Upgrading its THREDDS Data Server
With the releases of IDV 4.0 and NetCDF-Java library and THREDDS Data Server version 4.3, the IDV and TDS teams have been working to transition the IDV to take full advantage of the improvements in TDS 4.3.
NetCDF operators (NCO) version 4.2.6
Version 4.2.6 of the netCDF Operators (NCO) has been released.
NetCDF-Java library and TDS version 4.3.16
The NetCDF-Java/Common Data Model (CDM) library and THREDDS Data Server (TDS) version 4.3.16 were released on March 19, 2013.
IDV version 4.0u1
The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) version 4.0u1 is available.
