The Unidata Program Center's two summer student interns — Linfeng Li from the University of Michigan and Jaye Norman from North Carolina State University, Raleigh — have come to the end of their summer appointments. After a summer of dedicated work they presented the results of their projects to the UPC staff on July 23, 2025.
The NSF Unidata 2025 Community Survey is closing on Friday, June 2025. If you have not yet had a chance to let us know how we can help you achieve your Earth Systems Science research and teaching goals, please do take some time to do so now. As a community-focused program, NSF Unidata relies on input from educators, researchers, students, and professionals working across the Earth Systems Sciences. Whether you're a longtime user or new to our offerings, your voice plays a critical role in shaping the future of NSF Unidata.
Jaye Norman joined the NSF Unidata Program Center as a student summer intern on May 19, 2025. This fall, Jaye will be a Senior at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. After finishing their Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Jaye plans to attend graduate school for a Master's degree in Meteorology with a focus on numerical modeling.
Linfeng Li joined the NSF Unidata Program Center as a student summer intern on May 19, 2025. Linfeng is a PhD student in Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan, where his research focus is in Planetary Sciences. “I am modeling the atmospheric dynamics of ice giants and lava planets, studying the potential intrinsic asymmetry of planetary atmosphere,” he says. “I've always been excited to learn how diverse and distinct the planetary environments are.”
As a community-focused program, NSF Unidata relies on input from educators, researchers, students, and professionals working across the Earth system sciences. Whether you're a longtime user or new to our offerings, your voice plays a critical role in shaping the future of NSF Unidata.
One of the things NSF Unidata Program Center staff members do is participate in scientific, technical, and community meetings. The insights we gain by interacting with others at meetings of groups like the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Scientific Python community (SciPy), Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) or the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) keep us informed about issues and new developments and help us choose how to spend our efforts for the benefit of the Unidata community.
Here, Ethan Davis highlights some of the things that caught his attention at the 2025 Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) meeting in January.
In a bold move to embrace the ever-evolving digital landscape, the Unidata Program Center (UPC) announces the creation of the UniCoin meme token ($UNI$).
This year's annual American Meteorological Society meeting was held 12-16 January 2025 in New Orleans, LA. Several NSF Unidata staff members were able to travel to New Orleans to visit with students, present papers and posters, and otherwise take part in the conference. As always, staff members spent some time meeting with community members at UCAR's exhibit hall booth. Read on for some of the conference highlights from the perspective of NSF Unidata staff.
