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98.1: The Policy Committee
recommends that Unidata work with UNAVCO to submit a proposal to NSF for
MRI funding to start, operate, and distribute data from a SuomiNet for a
fixed period of time. Passed with one opposed at the 5-6 February meeting
in Boulder, CO.
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98.2: The Policy Committee
recommends that it be given time to review the revised SuomiNet proposal
prior to submittal. Passed with one opposed and one abstaining at the 5-6
February meeting in Boulder, CO.
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98.3: The Policy Committee
accepts the purpose and procedures drafted by its subcommittee to create
a Russell L. DeSouza Outstanding Participation Award. Passed unanimously
at the 5-6 February meeting in Boulder, CO.
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98.4: The Policy Committee
expresses its support for UPC participation leading to a UCAR-wide KDI proposal,
along the lines summarized in the white paper presented by Fulker.
The Policy Committee wishes to stress the importance of including community
participation.Passed with one opposed at the 5-6 February meeting in Boulder,
CO.
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Other discussions at the February
meeting: the committee also heard an update on PAGE and on Unidata's Java
transition, and reports on Unidata's evolving plans for receving NOAAport
and experiments on distributing NEXRAD Level II data via IDD.
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98.5: The Policy Committee
tasks the UPC to investigate methods to improve access to historical data
as specified in Recommendation 3 and Level II radar data as specified in
Recommendation 6 and report back to the Policy Committee at its next meeting.Passed
unanimously at the 18-19 May meeting in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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98.6: The Policy Committee
thanks the NSF review panel for the efforts, diligence, and insight shown
in its Unidata Program review. The Policy Committee gratefully accepts the
recommendations of the review committee and will consider each and every
one of these in establishing and managing Unidata priorities for the next
five years. The Policy Committee will treat the recommendations to be prioritized
by the review committee in the order given. Passed unanimously at the 18-19
May meeting in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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98.7: The Policy Committee
recognizes that the facts of life are a modest increase from the FY 1998
NSF Unidata budget of $2.3M for FY 99, with similar annual growth through
2003. This differs significantly from the $3.643M requested for FY99 in
the Unidata 2003 proposal. This modest increase in the FY99 budget over
FY98 and NSF's forecast for annual growth will require drastic reductions
in the UPC budget. The Policy Committee will work to these numbers until
there is a reason to change. Passed unanimously at the 18-19 May meeting
in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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98.8: The Policy Committee
recommends that, in making the necessary cuts to its program, the UPC be
cognizant of the vital role that data flows and user support activities
play in research and education in the atmospheric sciences. Passed unanimously
at the 18-19 May meeting in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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98.9: The Policy Committee
endorses the establishment of the Russell DeSouza Award for Outstanding
Participation as recommended by the Unidata Users Committee. Passed unanimously
at the 18-19 May meeting in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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98.10: The Policy Committee
expresses its appreciation to Doug Sargeant (NOAA) for his long and highly
constructive service to the Unidata Program and the community of Unidata
users through his participation on the Policy Committee. Passed unanimously
at the 15-16 October meeting in Arlington, Virginia
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98.11: The Policy Committee
recognizes the Users Committee's concerns regarding the future of GEMPAK/N-AWIPS
and will make every effort to ensure that the functionality of this software
is not lost to the community. The Policy Committee further recognizes the
Users Committee's interest in maintaining some level of software commonality
between the university and forecasting communities. Passed with one abstention
at the 15-16 October meeting in Arlington, Virginia
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98.12: In agreement with the
recommendation by the NSF review panel, the Users Committee recommends that
the Unidata Policy Committee explore Unidata collaboration with other agencies
and organizations (e.g., NCAR SCD) to facilitate access to archived meteorological
data in forms compatible with Unidata-supported software. Passed unanimously
at the 15-16 October meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
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98.13: The Policy Committee
adopts the following changes in Unidata's platform support as recommended
by the Users Committee:
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Immediately sunset support
for ULTRIX and SunOS 4.x.
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Add support for Red Hat
Linux and Solaris for Intel (x86).
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Sunset support for OS/2
on July 31, 1999.
- Passed unanimously at the 15-16
October meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
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98.14: The Policy Committee
gives full authority to the Users Committee for making the Russell DeSouza
Award. Passed unanimously at the 15-16 October meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
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97.1: The Policy Committee
recommends that the UPC develop an exit plan for OS/2 that results in the
sunset of OS/2 by June 1998. This plan will be considered by the Policy
Committee at its next meeting. Passed unanimously at the 23-24 January meeting
in Miami, FL.
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97.2: The Policy Committee
recommends that the UPC develop recommendations concerning operating systems
(or substitutes for operating systems) for support by the Unidata Program
and present them at the next Policy Committee meeting. Passed with one dissent
at the 23-24 January meeting in Miami, FL.
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Other discussions at the January
meeting: UOP director Pennell's report on the formation of the PAGE program;
a possible Unidata proposal for Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) funds;
draft Unidata's proposal to NSF for continuation funds.
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97.3: Passed unanimously
at the 29-30 May meeting in Boulder, CO. In view of
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Policy Committee Resolutions
97.1 and 97.2,
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the Users Committee Resolution
to the UPC from its March 1997 meeting, and
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the UPC conclusion that
developing an effective plan responding to the Policy Committee resolution
97.1 is not feasible,
The Policy Committee endorses
the principles expressed in Dave Fulker's presentation, "Toward Java
and Platform Independence," namely:
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The Unidata Program's
long-term goal is platform independence
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Target architecture
is the Java virtual machine
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The language of choice
for new implementation is Java
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The Unidata Program
Center's roles are three:
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Providing data management
software
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Entraining outside
developers of user-level applications
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Providing software
development infrastructure
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97.4: The Policy Committee
requests the UPC develop a transition plan from OS/2 and UNIX to a system
involving a Java-based client-server implementation. The transition should
include the following steps:
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Development of a Java-based
"image viewer" client that would serve as the GUI;
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Adaptation of OS/2 and UNIX
applications to function as servers to the image-viewer client.
- Functions should be added to
the client-side Java application as quickly as practical, eventually allowing
it to replace platform-dependent systems. The transition plan will be developed
by the UPC and discussed by the Users Committee, ATAC, and the Policy Committee;
it will include a time line and a resource allocation table. The plan should
include support for OS/2 and UNIX users until the capability of the Java application
addresses most user needs. Passed unanimously at the 29-30 May meeting in
Boulder, CO.
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Other discussions at the May
meeting: UOP's reorganization and the appointment of Jack Fellows as UOP
director; Users Committee plans for the summer workshop; operating system
issues; SuomiNet as a planned MRI proposal; university access to NEXRAD
data; Unidata strategies for distributing NOAAport; the PAGE proposal to
NSF; the NASA Cooperative Agreement Notices concerning their Distributed
Active Archive Centers.
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97.5: The Policy Committee
expresses its appreciation to NCEP for providing the opportunity to distribute
data to the Unidata community. Passed unanimously at the 30 September -
1 October meeting in Arlington, VA.
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97.6: A. The Unidata Program
Center will coordinate with one or two IDD sites to have them obtain NCEP
grids from the OSO servers and distribute the grids to the community via
the IDD. Unidata participants will be informed when the grids are available
via the IDD. Assessment of the impact of IDD distribution on the OSO server
would be useful.
B. The Unidata Program Center should continue to work with NCEP and the
USWRP to develop, maintain, and evolve a mechanism for distributing data
via the IDD. Passed unanimously at the 30 September - 1 October meeting
in Arlington, VA.
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97.7: (Statement of the sense
of the Committee): The committee agreed that UPC efforts toward Java need
to include:
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a role for visionaries
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a role for "big thinking"
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vertical applications development
on a rapid-prototyping cycle horizontal module development on software
that will be applicable across a suite of tools dentifying other key
dimensions
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Other discussions at the fall meeting:
UPC's transition to Java and the formation of a beta-test group; report on
AWIPS and NOAAport from NWS; Unidata's participation in the Rhode Island proposal
to NASA for the Distributed Ocean Data System (DODS); distributing NCEP model
data to universities via IDD; development of the SuomiNet proposal; potential
Unidata response to NSF's new KDI (Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence)
initiative.
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96.1: The Unidata Policy Committee
resolves that the definition of those eligible to participate in Unidata
include institutions of higher education within the United States and Canada.
Other criteria currently in use for qualification of institutions to be
participants remains unchanged.
Passed unanimously via email 6 March 1996.
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96.2: The Unidata Policy Committee
encourages the UPC to stay actively informed on COMET activities and plans
and to coordinate and work with COMET where synergy exists. Specifically,
the Committee asks the Unidata Director to report on such activities in
his status reports.
Passed at the May 30-June 1 1996 meeting in Boulder, CO
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96.3: The Policy Committee
resolves that Policy Committee Resolution 96.1 be amended to read: The Unidata
Policy Committee resolves that the definition of those eligible to participate
in Unidata include institutions of higher education within the United States
and the World Meteorological Organization's Region 4. Other criteria currently
in use for qualification of institutions to be participants remains unchanged.
Passed at the October 3-4 meeting by a vote of 4:1.
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96.4: The Policy Committee
acknowledges the need expressed by the Users Committee resolution on education
as a statement of need by the community and passes the concerns expressed
therein to Unidata Office of Programs director Bill Pennell for consideration
by the ad hoc steering committee on education that Pennell convened in September
1996.
Passed at the October 3-4 meeting by a vote of 3:2.
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96.5: The Policy Committee
endorses the Users Committee proposal for a summer 1997 workshop entitled:
"Using Instructional Technologies and Satellite Data for College-level
Education in the Atmospheric and Earth Sciences."
Passed unanimously at the October 3-4 meeting.
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96.6: The Policy Committee
notes and agrees with Users Committee Action 4, which states "Unidata
needs to keep the community apprised through e-mail and Unidata Newsletter
articles about the future directions being planned." Passed unanimously
at the October 3-4 meeting.
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Discussions: At the May 30
- June 1 meeting, the committee discussed how to cope with budget stringencies
and the need for access to historical data. The committee held a joint meeting
with the COMET Advisory Board to examine possible synergies between the
two programs. The committee devoted one full day to strategic planning,
identifying areas of consensus and areas needing futher discussion.
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At the October 3 - 4 meeting,
in addition to the discussions that led to resolutions 96.3-6, the committee
discussed a matrix of activities proposed for the next funding cycle (1998-2003).
There was considerable agreement on the broad categories.
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9509.1: The Policy Committee
reaffirms its commitment to a fully netCDF-compliant suite of applications.
In light of ATAC resolution 9502, the Policy Committee advises the UPC to
develop decoders for conventional data that produce netCDF files.
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9509.2: The Policy Committee,
after considering the current state of netCDF development, recommends that
netCDF operator implementation be terminated and that program effort be
applied to enhancing the netCDF data model, library, language interfaces,
and application interfaces.
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9509.3: The Policy Committee
adopts in principle the policy on sponsored participation drafted by the
UPC on 15 September 1995.
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9509.4: The Policy Committee
adopts the policy on platform support drafted by the UPC on 15 September
1995.
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Discussions: The committee
was joined by R. Greenfield and A. Gaines (both of NSF); a major topic of
discussion was what Unidata's role might be within the broader geosciences
community. Other topics included what strategy Unidata should employ in
the face of possible budget stringencies (due to Congressional budget-balancing
initiatives), how Java will alter Unidata's approach to applications support,
and the proposed sponsored participation policy. They also responded to
a series of ATAC resolutions on the on-going problem of coping with data-stream
changes, the need for decoders, and the need for software building blocks.
The committee engaged in strategic planning; some issues were evolving technologies,
the breadth of the Unidata community, and the potential effects of new observing
platforms/environmental data streams.
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9505.1: The Unidata Policy
Committee supports the User Committee's recommendation that WXP be moved
to community support. [did not pass unanimously]
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Discussions: In addition to
the discussion on WXP support, the committee discussed the high costs of
NIDS data, problems associated with changes by NWS to its data streams,
problems associated with supporting multiple operating systems in general
(and the consequences of supporting OS/2 in particular), and the UPC problems
with the associate participation policy--a new policy called "sponsored
participation" was proposed. The committee heard reports from NSF on
its 1996 budget request; from NOAA on GOES and an update on the modernization
effort; and from the UPC on IDD implementation. The committee discussed
and selected new members for the Users Committee, and decided to alot time
at each meeting for strategic planning.
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9502.1: The Policy Committee
recommends that the UPC, in partnership with the Unidata Community, continue
to apply a pragmatic approach to decisions about which platforms to support
and which to sunset.
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9502.2: The Policy Committee
supports the direction taken by the UPC in regard to the UPC's proposal
to the National Weather Service to provide support for SOOs, and asks the
UPC to consult with the Committee if conditions (as outlined in the proposal)
change.
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9502.3: The Policy Committee
recommends that the Users Committee be expanded to nine members on a three-year
rotation plan.
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Discussions: The committee
also discussed the possibility of a Unidata display/booth at the American
Geophysical Union annual fall meeting, mechanisms for recognizing outstanding
participation by a user, associate participation, and IDD implementation.
COLUMN
| LABELS
|
|
A
| s
| Derived local (point value)
scalars (e.g., RH)
|
B
| s
| Stability indices
|
C
| d
| Kinematic parameters
|
D
| s
| Scalar/vector math functions
(e.g., +, x)
|
E
| s
| Vertical coordinate transformations
(e.g., press. to isentropic)
|
F
| s
| Horizontal remapping (e.g.,
new map projection)
|
G
| s
| Vertical differencing/averaging
|
H
| g
| Horizontal differencing/averaging
|
I
| s
| Time differencing
|
J
| g
| Advection ( V*del(scalar) )
|
K
| s
| Image processing (e.g., looping,
overlay)
|
L
| g
| Contour map
|
M
| g
| Streamline analysis
|
N
| s
| Thermodynamic diagram
|
O
| x
| Cross sectional analysis
|
P
| x
| Time series (e.g. a variable
vs. time, x-time plots, where x is a spatial coordinate)
|
Q
| g
| Image display (basic "show an
image" work)
|
R
| gt*
| Parcel trajectories (2 or 3
dimensional wind field, constant or varying in time)
|
S
| s
| Data plot at stations or gridpoints
|
T
| s
| Hodogram
|