Sean Freeman
wxsean.bsky.social
Sean Freeman
@wxsean.bsky.social
Atmospheric Science Professor. Interested in all things clouds and storms using data science, modeling, and observations. tobac core team. Views mine, not my employer’s.
Of course, Unidata has many more projects. This selection are just some of the lesser-known ones. I’m privileged to serve on the Unidata Users Committee, and I cherish getting to interact with the staff and am heartbroken.
May 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This funding gap hurts the full weather enterprise, hurting our ability to forecast weather, improve models, and hurts AI competitiveness.
May 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Unidata Science Gateway is critical for education, providing resources for faculty and students.

science-gateway.unidata.ucar.edu
Unidata Science Gateway
science-gateway.unidata.ucar.edu
May 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
THREDDS and the LDM are a critically important part of our weather data distribution pipeline. These data are critical for forecasting.

www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/tds/
Unidata | THREDDS Data Server (TDS)Search
Unidata's THREDDS Data Server (TDS) is a web server that provides metadata and data access for scientific datasets, using OPeNDAP, OGC WMS and WCS, HTTP, and other remote data access protocols.
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
UDUNITS makes up the backbone of so much software that touches science and engineering

www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/udu...
Unidata | UDUNITSSearch
Unidata, UDUNITS, unit conversion, arithmetic manipulation, conversion of numeric values
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Unidata builds AWIPS/CAVE for education, enabling universities to train future forecasters on the software NWS uses.

www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awi...
Unidata | AWIPSSearch
AWIPS is a weather forecasting, display and analysis package currently being developed by the National Weather Service.
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The AWS Radar Level II repository? That is Unidata. Millions of $$ rely on this feed, including many in the AI space.

registry.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad/
NEXRAD on AWS - Registry of Open Data on AWS
registry.opendata.aws
May 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You were right, SatPy has gotten really easy to use! Thanks for sharing this.
April 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM