If you're interested in the AWIPS II project and attending the American Meteorological Society meeting in New Orleans, make some time in your schedule to stop by Unidata's booth in the exhibit hall. Unidata developer Michael James will be providing demonstrations throughout the day, and we'll also be hosting additional demonstrations by project leaders from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
Members of the Unidata Program Center staff will be attending the 92nd annual American Meteorology Society meeting, January 22-26 2012, in New Orleans. Unidata will be in Booth 322 in the exhibit hall (map); feel free to stop by to talk with us. The booth will feature live, hands-on demonstrations of Unidata software and services, including a look at the current state of the AWIPS II environment. Come and talk with the developers about what's coming up and what you'd like to see.
On January 10, 2012 the Unidata Policy Committee unanimously approved the following resolution:
Be it resolved that the Polcomm adopts the final version of the Strategic Plan, "Unidata 2020: Geoscience at the Speed of Thought" December 28, 2011.
Unidata's latest strategic plan outlines some of the broad issues faced by community members in their conduct of data-centered Earth System science, and lays out a flexible blueprint for action for the Unidata Program Center staff.
Unidata developer John Caron spends a big portion of his time thinking about how to make the formats in which scientific data are stored more useful and robust. If you're a user of the GRIB or BUFR formats, or just have an interest in the long-term viability of data formats in general, read on.
Unidata offers equipment grants to support a variety of projects
The Unidata Program Center is pleased to announce the opening of the 2012 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 geosciences to join the Unidata community, and to encourage existing members to continue their active participation, enhancing the community process. For 2012, a total of $100,000 is available for awards; proposals for amounts up to $20,000 will be considered.
The Unidata Program Center's Yuan Ho reprised the Visualization of Geoscience at the Speed of Thought demonstration he presented at the December 2011 American Geophysical Union meeting to a local NCAR audience on December 20, 2011.
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly will take place in Vienna, 22-27 April 2012. Authors are invited to submit abstracts by Tuesday 17 January 2012.
The American Geophysical Union's 2011 Fall Meeting in San Francisco has come to a close, but Unidata Program Center staff enjoyed meeting and talking with community members over the course of the weeklong event. More than 20,000 people attended the meeting, presenting some 12,000 posters and giving 6,000 oral presentations, not to mention the countless impromptu discussions taking place in every corner of the Moscone convention center.
