Status Report: International Activities

April - September 2015

Tom Yoksas

Strategic Focus Areas

We support the following goals described in Unidata Strategic Plan:

1. Develop and provide open-source tools for effective use of geoscience data
   The majority of tools downloadable from Unidata are available free-of-charge to everyone (the exception being McIDAS-X).
   
2. Provide cyberinfrastructure leadership in data discovery, access, and use
   Activities of the Unidata Program Center are routinely provided to the worldwide atmospheric science community. Strategic partnerships with leading organizations in other countries minimize the impact on UPC staff.
   
3. Build, support, and advocate for the diverse geoscience community
   By informing the international atmospheric science community of the products, data and services available in the Unidata Program, an extended community has been enabled.

Non-U.S. users of products available from Unidata reflect, in a number of cases, minority constituencies in the U.S. atmospheric science community.

Activities Since the Last Status Report

Regional Training Workshop

Unidata conducted a training workshop focused on using the IDV, McIDAS-V (for Hydra) and RAMADDA in San Jose, Costa Rica in May, 2015.

The training focused on integrating WRF output with GOES satellite imagery in support of generation of timely weather warnings. Unidata's participation in this workshop was funded by USAID.

Ongoing Activities

• Data from UCAR GOES East/West ingest systems continue to be routinely accessed by international users in North, Central and South America using McIDAS-X, IDV, and McIDAS-V.

• Use of Unidata tools, especially netCDF, the IDV and GEMPAK, continues to grow internationally.        
• IDD-Brazil continues to deliver data via the LDM in Africa.

Prepared  September, 2015