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Read the article: Mya Sears demonstrates how GDEX streamlines ESS research

May 8, 2026

For Earth system science (ESS) researchers, data acquisition is often a massive bottleneck. In a new CISL News article, learn how Mya Sears of the Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) used the Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX) to solve this problem and overhaul her research workflow. The article demonstrates how Sears used GDEX to reduce a multi-day process to under a minute, allowing her to priorit...

HPC Resources Scheduled Outage: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 12-13 2026

May 6, 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 ...

Sign up for a May 22 new user training on HPC resources

May 5, 2026

On Friday, May 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. MT, join NSF NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) for the tutorial, “New User Training—HPC Resources.” Daniel Howard of the CISL Consulting Services Group will introduce participants to the Derecho high-performance computing system and the Casper cluster, which are used for data analysis, visualization, and machine learni...

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...