The 2011 NOAA Testbed Workshop, originally set for 24-26 May 2011, is being rescheduled to take place after October 1, 2011.
Due to conflicts with many of the testbed activities, as well as budget considerations this year, the NUEC has decided to postpone the NOAA Testbed Workshop until early in the next fiscal year.
Draft proposals are now due to the NWS by 11 April, and final proposals to COMET on 16 May. COMET is currently still accepting proposals for GOES-R Partners Proposals.
To prepare for new products that will be available starting in 2015 when the first GOES-R satellite is launched, the GOES-R Satellite Proving Ground has joined with the National Weather Service (NWS) forecast and warning community to conduct pre-operational demonstrations of selected capabilities.
In response to a Unidata Users Committee request, Becky Cosgrove, Unidata's NOAA/NCEP contact for CONDUIT, has provided an updated list of NCEP products available through CONDUIT. If you are enjoying the benefits of CONDUIT, please review the additional NCEP products available for distribution.
The National Weather Services' NCEP Central Operations AWIPS II development team has begun Forecaster Integration Testing (FIT), according to Chief of Systems Integration Michelle Mainelli.
"The month of February was spent configuring the NCEP AWIP II Test Bed to begin Forecaster Integration Testing," says Mainelli. "During this past month, forecasters and developers from the National Hurricane Center, Storm Prediction Center, Aviation Weather Center, Climate Prediction Center, Ocean Prediction Center, Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, and NESDIS had an opportunity to spend two to three days testing the functionality, data display, and product generation on the system."
The School of Meteorology, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, University of Oklahoma is seeking a highly-motivated individual to join our research team at the University of Oklahoma. The fellow's research will focus on developing coupled numerical modeling capabilities and applying them to urban-scale weather and air quality simulations and predictions. The model results will be verified against observations.
