The Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (DAES) of the University at Albany, State University of New York, seeks applicants at the Assistant (tenure track) Professor level for one position, effective Fall 2012. This is a 10-month appointment that allows supplementary summer salary from research funding. Candidates with experience in the following two possible areas are encouraged to apply: Ocean – Atmosphere Interactions or Climate-Cryosphere Dynamics and Feedbacks.
Scott Jacobs, acting chief of the NCEP Systems Integration Branch, NCEP Central Operations (NCO), made a remote presentation on the status of AWIPS II development during Unidata's joint Users and Policy committee meeting in October. Jacobs' presentation highlighted several details of the migration status...
Ed Hartnett pleading for help from the netCDF community
The Unidata Program Center wishes a fond farewell to Ed Hartnett, who has left Unidata for a position at the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). He will be joining two other Unidata alumni — developers Anne Wilson and Doug Lindholm — at the lab, and will be working on the ground data system for the Total Solar Irradiance Sensor instrument package, which will measure spectral and total solar irradiance.
Joint meeting of Unidata Users and Policy committees
Members of Unidata's two governing committees gathered in Boulder in late October 2011 for a joint meeting to share information and ideas between the committees and with Unidata Program Center staff.
In partnership with OPeNDAP Inc., Unidata has received a three-year award grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in order to better align, link and eventually integrate software that the two organizations independently offer as extensible, open-source infrastructure for scientific data exchange.
The OPeNDAP-Unidata Linked Servers project (OPULS) aims to adapt OPeNDAP and Unidata server systems for greater conformance, linkage, and eventual integration, along the way demonstrating how one group can capitalize on advances achieved by the other.
Dr. Peter Griffith is a scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the coordinator of the North American Carbon Program, and NASA's representative to Unidata's Policy committee. He created the educational video The Carbon Crisis in 90 Seconds, and shared it with Unidata committee members and staff at this week's joint User's and Policy committee meeting.
Participation in the AMS Career Fair is the perfect way for your organization to attract the attention of the more than 3,000 students, recent graduates, and professionals expected to attend the AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The AMS Career Fair provides an environment to showcase full-time and part-time job opportunities, graduate programs, and professional development opportunities. Whether you have jobs to fill or career advice to share, our attendees want to talk to you!
