UniLoon is the cloud-based platform for geoscience.
Unidata's Internet Data Distribution (IDD) system has been instrumental in moving geoscience data to U.S. universities for nearly 20 years, and hard-wired networks have played an important role in the growth of data-driven scientific discovery. But moving beyond the wired world is the next important step for cyberinfrastructure, which is why Unidata is proud to announce a new partnership between Unidata, Google, and select U.S. universities to bring truly cloud-based services to the geoscience community.
Building on Google's "Project Loon," Unidata is introducing the UniLoon Cloud Platform.
The Unidata Program Center is pleased to welcome Inken Purvis to our staff. Inken joined us as an Administrative Assistant on March 2, 2015; she'll be the Program Center's new Travel Coordinator, among other administrative duties.
Prior to coming to the UPC, Inken has worked in a variety of marketing and administrative roles in the financial services, publishing, and (most recently) pharmaceutical sectors. Her experience doing meeting support, event planning, and travel arrangement fills an obvious need here at the Program Center, but that's just a beginning.
The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) version 5.1 is available now. This release is recommended for all users. Read on for a list of new features and problems resolved in this release.
The NetCDF-Java/Common Data Model (CDM) library version 4.5.5 was released on March 6, 2015. The development team recommends this upgrade for anyone using the CDM. (THREDDS Data Server (TDS) version 4.5.5 is also available as a beta-test release.)
Version 4.5.5 includes serveral bug fixes and improvements. Read on for details.