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HPC Systems Scheduled Maintenance - November 5, 2024
October 7, 2024

Derecho and Casper resources will undergo maintenance on Tuesday, November 5th from approximately 7am-8pm.  JupyterHub, Derecho, and Casper login and compute nodes will be unavailable for the full duration of this time window, and Quasar will be down for approximately  2 hours. The primary maintenance activity will be to update GLADE file system client software on all Derecho and Casper compon...

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Reminder: SEA Event on Developer Exchange Programs this Thursday
October 7, 2024

Join the UCAR Software Engineering Assembly (SEA) at 2:00 pm MT on October 10th for a short presentation on developer exchange programs, followed by a lightly-moderated discussion. Inspired by the “visiting scientist” concept, NSF NCAR’s Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling (ACOM) department and NSF Unidata piloted a Developer Exchange Program. From January to July of last year, Kyle ...

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Read the article: iCAS 2024 Symposium engages the international community
October 2, 2024

In September, nearly 50 attendees from 10 countries came together in Stresa, Italy, for the 2024 International Computing in the Atmospheric Sciences Symposium (iCAS 2024). Participants discussed interdisciplinary and international collaboration for advancing Earth system science.  iCAS 2024 presentations are being assembled in a Figshare collection. NSF NCAR’s Thomas Hauser, director of the C...

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Free hybrid seminar on convective storms and mid-latitude jet stream—refreshments served in-person
October 2, 2024

On Thursday, October 24, at 2:00 pm MT, join NSF NCAR’s Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) department for a seminar entitled “Upscale Influence of Mesoscale Convection on the Mid-latitude Jet Stream: Dynamics and Predictability of Negative Potential Vorticity.” In this seminar, Alex Lojko of NSF NCAR will introduce a perspective for evaluating upscale interactions between convective st...

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Join the RSE movement! Second annual US Research Software Engineer conference
October 2, 2024

On October 15–17, join the second annual conference of the US Research Software Engineer Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The US-RSE’24 theme is “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.”  The pioneering association—view its history here—inclusively defines a “research software engineer” (RSE) as anyone who regularly uses expertise in programming to advance research. This event will explore the ...

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NSF NCAR Graduate Visitor Program applications now being accepted
September 27, 2024

 [Image]  The NSF NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) is now accepting applications from graduate students for the 2025 Graduate Visitor Program (GVP). Visits can range from two to six months, and are an excellent way for graduate students to connect with NSF NCAR scientists and engineers. Through the visit, grad students can receive guidance on their thesis or final project, develop research co...

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