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SEA Seminar and Discussion: Developer Exchange Programs

September 23, 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 ...

Participate in a talk about the economic impact of wind-energy forecast modeling

September 23, 2024

On Wednesday, October 2, at 12:00 pm MT, join NSF NCAR’s Research Applications Laboratory (RAL) for a talk by speaker David D. Turner from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In this seminar, Dr. Turner will discuss the economic impact of improved day-ahead wind-energy forecasts realized by improvements to the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) weather prediction mode...

HPC Systems Scheduled Maintenance - September 16-19

September 19, 2024

All HPC Resources will undergo maintenance the week of September 16th. Derecho, Casper, JupyterHub, GLADE file systems, data access nodes, and Globus transfers will all be unavailable for separate periods throughout the week. The primary maintenance activity will be the upgrade and expansion of the Bifrost high-performance network which interconnects all HPC resources. This maintenance is re...

All NCAR HPC users are invited to join the September NHUG meeting!

September 16, 2024 Updated: September 17, 2024

The next NHUG meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 1-2 pm MDT, and we invite all NCAR HPC users to attend. Agenda Highlights: • Upcoming Relevant Opportunities & Announcements • Updates from Current Outage and Casper Augmentation Updates • Optimizing Casper Memory Requests • Understanding the Role of Mesoscale Atmosphere–Ocean Interactions in Seasonal-to-Decadal Climate Pre...

Join a virtual Spanish-language lecture on decoding the atmosphere with GPS

September 13, 2024

On Thursday, September 26, at 1:00 pm MDT, join a virtual Spanish-language lecture on the vital role of GPS in atmospheric science. This is a free public event for ages 12-plus and will be hosted entirely in Spanish! [Image] In it, UCAR scientist Valentina Petroni will talk about her work with the COSMIC constellation of satellites, and a new process called radio occultation. The lecture, cal...

This Saturday, be dazzled by a free kids’ show: “Science is magic (but better!)”

September 13, 2024

On Saturday, September 21, from 10:00 to 11:30 am MDT at NSF NCAR’s Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO, families can enjoy a live event for kids (recommended for ages 8-plus). Kids will see and hear the world differently after participating in this event! [Image] In the show “Science is magic (but better!)”, host Jo Hecker asks: What is the difference between magic and science? Why does our recorded voice...