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HPC Resources Scheduled Outage: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 12-13 2006

May 1, 2026

All HPC resources, including Derecho, Casper, and JupyterHub, will be unavailable from 6:00 AM Tuesday, May 12 through 6:00 PM Wednesday May 13 MDT. This work is required primarily to perform disruptive upgrades on the Derecho Scratch filesystem 'Destor' and to apply necessary PBS Server updates. Systems teams will work diligently to restore services as soon as practical within the planning ...

Join a seminar about solar corona diagnostics

April 27, 2026

On Friday, May 15 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm MT, join the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at NSF NCAR for a technical presentation on solar physics. The talk is entitled “Probing The Solar Corona With The Solar Orbiter/Metis Coronagraph: From Instrumentation To CME Diagnostics.” Yara De Leo will discuss the dual-channel imaging capabilities of the Solar Orbiter Metis coronagraph, focusing on its ...

Join a seminar about the collapse of the solar dynamo

April 20, 2026

On Wednesday, May 6 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm MT, join the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at NSF NCAR for a colloquium. The talk is entitled “Stellar Evidence Of A Collapsing Solar Dynamo.” Travis Metcalfe will present a reanalysis of stellar rotation using direct magnetic field measurements and X-ray mass-loss rates. Dr. Metcalfe will demonstrate how wind braking torque decreases abruptly as s...

Watch the video—“GDEX Unlocked: From Weeks to Minutes,” with Mya Sears

April 17, 2026

Are computational bottlenecks and massive data downloads slowing down your research? In the premiere of the new video series, “GDEX Unlocked,” Mya Sears of the Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) shares how transitioning to the Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX) completely streamlined her workflow. By utilizing GDEX's direct integration with Casper, Mya took a data collection and analysis process...

US CLIVAR Workshop: Submit abstracts and travel requests by May 11

April 13, 2026

The US CLIVAR Workshop on Quantum Computing and Sensing for Weather and Climate Applications will take place from Monday, August 3 to Wednesday, August 5, in Boulder, CO, and online. Join climate scientists and quantum computing specialists in bridging conceptual gaps and exploring pathways for integrating quantum computing and sensing into existing climate research frameworks. Interested in ...

Apply by May 15 for a student travel grant to the UIFCW26 summer workshop!

April 13, 2026

NOAA's Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) is offering a limited number of travel grants for students and early-career scientists to attend the Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop 2026 (UIFCW26). The workshop takes place from Monday, July 20 to Friday, July 24 in College Park, MD. The theme for this year's event is “A New Frontier: Optimizing New Technology in a Ch...