NOAA is searching for a Regional Operations Service Meteorologist to work at the National Weather Service (NWS), Pacific Region (PR) Environmental Scientific and Services Division, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Version 4.7.7 of the netCDF Operators (NCO) has been released. NCO is an Open Source package that consists of a dozen standalone, command-line programs that take netCDF files as input, then operate (e.g., derive new data, average, print, hyperslab, manipulate metadata) and output the results to screen or files in text, binary, or netCDF formats.
A Python-focused Unidata Software Training Workshop took place August 30-31, 2018, at Jackson State University. The workshop was sponsored by the Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Atmospheric Sciences (CPAS), and organized by Drs. Remata S. Reddy and the author, in collaboration with Unidata Program Center Staff. Topics covered included the use of Unidata's MetPy and Siphon packages, focusing on atmospheric science applications such as: Upper air data analysis and the Skew-T, making maps with Cartopy, working with surface data analysis, model data, satellite data, time series analysis and more.
Unidata's 2018 Software Training Workshop will be held at the Unidata Program Center in Boulder, CO from October 15-26. Spots are still available for courses covering AWIPS, MetPy, netCDF, LDM, and TDS. Individual courses last from one to three days.
Note: At this date, rooms are no longer available in the Unidata hotel room block. Other hotels listed on the workshop's Travel and Lodging page may have availability.
The abstract submission deadline for the 18th Annual AMS Student Conference (5-6 January 2019) is approaching! The theme is “Weathering Together: Building a Climate of Diverse Community Perspectives.” All current AMS student members are encouraged to submit their abstracts for the conference poster session by 2 October 2018.
Steven Lazarus of the Florida Institute of Technology has been awarded the 2018 Russell L. DeSouza Award by the Unidata Users committee. The DeSouza Award honors “individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata Program to better serve the geosciences.”
