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What Can NSF Unidata Do for Me?

By working with NSF Unidata Program and the broad Unidata community, university researchers, educators, and students can gain access to a wide variety of Earth Systems Science datasets. We can help you get access to observations from GOES satellites, terrestrial radar, and other sources, along with output from a range of numerical weather prediction models. The NSF Unidata Program Center, alongside participating academic institutions, provides both "push" style data delivery and remote-access "pull" data servers that help you get access to the data you need to do your science. Technical staff at the NSF Unidata Program Center develop and support a variety of Open Source software packages for managing, analyzing, and visualizing Earth data -- among them netCDF, MetPy, and a version of the National Weather Service's AWIPS package. NSF Unidata's Science Gateway project brings data, tools, and cloud-based computing resources together into a unified package tailored for educational settings. Additionally, we provide in-person technical training and virtual, self-paced learning experiences geared toward helping community members make effective use of NSF Unidata resources. All of NSF Unidata's software and services are provided to our partners in the academic community at no cost.

How to Get Started with NSF Unidata

To learn more about NSF Unidata, visit our website at https://unidata.ucar.edu, where you can browse datasets available through our systems and investigate Open Source software to manage, analyze, and visualize those datasets. If you're part of an Earth Systems Science department at a U.S. academic institution, chances are good that you're already connected to NSF Unidata's data infrastructure. Ask your local system administrator, or write to us at support@unidata.ucar.edu for answers and help from our technical staff.