Status Report: International Activities

April 2016 - September 2016

Tom Yoksas, Yuan Ho

Activities Since the Last Status Report

Presentations at Guangdong Ocean University and Beijing China FAA

Yuan gave impromptu talks at Guangdong Ocean University and Beijing China FAA meteorological office in June.  The presentations focused on the IDV and the Common Data Model as it relates to Chinese level2 radar data.

Presentations, Tutorials and meetings at the Chinese Meteorological Administration main office in Beijing and provincial office in Xining

Unidata conducted a multi-day training event at the Chinese Meteorological Agency offices in Beijing, China on August 13-26.

The tutorials focused on the use of the LDM to distribute meteorological data, the IDV to visualize data, and future directions in satellite imagery.

New/Planned Activities

No new activities are currently planned

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.

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.

Prepared  September, 2016