AWIPS 23.4.1-1 is a full AWIPS release (not in beta anymore!), with both EDEX and CAVE installation options.
This release (building upon previous 23.4.1 versions) includes a major upgrade for the operating system, running on Rocky 8 Linux – which is a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution for EDEX and linux based CAVE.
Version 5.3.4 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.
The 106th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in will be held 25-29 January 2026 in Houston, TX. This year's theme is “Fast and Slow Thinking: The Human Factor in a Rapidly Changing World.” The submission deadline for abstracts is 14 August 2025.
The American Geophysical Union's 2025 Fall Meeting in will be held 15-19 December 2025 in New Orleans, LA. This year's theme is “Where Science Connects Us.” The submission deadline for abstracts is 30 July 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.”
We at NSF Unidata are pleased to announce that we have now received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the next year of the period of performance of our five-year award. This positive development allows us to end the current furlough of our staff and resume our operations. While we are grateful to receive our next increment of funding, we are mindful of the challenges that lie ahead with our continued funding given the administration's proposed FY26 budget that cuts NSF's budget by over fifty percent.
Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available.
The NSF Unidata THREDDS development team released netCDF-Java 5.8.0 on May 8th, 2025. This release contains a number of upgrades to third party libraries, a variety of bug fixes, and several new features and improvements.
