Unidata Users Committee Meeting

Members

Agenda

6-7 April 2009

Boulder, Colorado

Monday, 6 April

8:00-8:30 - Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 - Administrative Items

• Date for Fall meeting (combined with Policy Committee)
• Review of Meeting Summary 9-10 October 2008
• Review of Actions 9-10 October 2008 meeting

9:00-9:15 - Policy Committee Report - Lackmann, Ramamurthy

9:15-10:15 - Director's Report - Ramamurthy

10:15 - Break

10:30-11:45 - Status Reports - (Users Committee should review status reports prior to the meeting) - staff will be available for questions

• CADIS - Weber, Ramamurthy
• Community Services - Miller, Weber, Hansen
• Decoders - Kambic
• Equipment Awards - Mitchell, Ramamurthy
• GALEON and related outreach - Domenico
• GEMPAK - James
• IDV Development - Murray
• International Activities - Yoksas
• LDM/IDD - Emmerson, Schmidt, Weber, Yoksas
  • Next Generation LDM Discussion
• LEAD - Ramamurthy
• McIDAS - Yoksas
• NetCDF - Rew, Hartnett, Heimbigner
• Case Studies - Weber, Ramamurthy
• NEXRAD-Hydrology ITR Project - Weber, Ramamurthy
• RAMADDA - McWhirter
• Support - Yoksas
  • Support by topic
• THREDDS - Caron, Davis
• Unidata Training Workshop - Campbell
• Web Development-Oxelson

11:45-12:45 - Lunch

12:45-2:45 - 2009 Triennial Summer Users Workshop Discussion

• Workshop dates and title: June 8-12, 2009-Using Operational and Experimental Observations in Geoscience Education
  • The date precedes the 2009 NSF Observational Facilities Users' Workshop scheduled 15-17 June 2009, which we have included in announcements, etc
• Co-chairs are Sean Arms, Brian Etherton and Larry Oolman
• Selection of sub-committee
• Proposal submitted to NSF-planning underway
• Panels, break out sessions, labs (need to know to reserve meeting rooms)
• Web site set up and registration
• Assignments

2:45-3:15 - Presentation of GEMPAK migration to AWIPS-II - Brent Gordon, NCEP

3:15-3:30 - Break

3:30-4:00 - Site Contact Reports - Users Committee

4:00-5:00 - Wrap up items (workshop, others?)

5:00 - Adjourn

6:00 - Dinner - Casa Alvarez

Tuesday, 7 April

8:00-8:15 - Continental Breakfast

8:15-9:00 - NAWIPS user stories - Users Committee

• Discussion

9:00-9:30- Executive Session

9:15-10:00 - CONDUIT discussion

10:00-10:20 - Break

10:20-11:00 - Metrics information - Oxelson, Miller, Ramamurthy

11:00 - Wrap up - committee input

12:00 - Adjourn

Acronyms list and glossary of terms

Planning Calendars

Linda Miller, Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690