Data is the lifeblood of science.
At UCAR, we understand this and work to make sure that faculty and researchers across the country, in classrooms and labs, have access to the data they need and the tools that can help them analyze and visualize that data.
Unidata's Jeff Weber explains how UCAR can help you with your data needs.
Unidata is a community data facility for the Earth system sciences. Unidata’s member community includes more than 700 U.S. universities and colleges. Worldwide, more than 3,000 educational, government, and research institutions rely on Unidata technologies.
Visit UnidataUnidata serves up forecast model output as well as satellite data, radar data, lightning data, and more in near real time.
Unidata offers a number of software packages for analyzing and visualizing data, as well as for management and access. These include Unidata's popular Integrated Data Viewer.
If you need help, Unidata provides software documentation, runs trainings, and coordinates topical mailing lists.
The small satellites that make up the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) use radio occultation to take three-dimensional profiles of temperature, humidity, pressure, and electron density in the atmosphere.
The COSMIC Data Analysis & Archive Center (CDAAC) publishes radio occultation datasets from COSMIC and about a dozen other satellite missions, including CHAMP, GRACE, SAC-C, and GPS/MET, for interactive viewing and download.
Visit NCAR to tap into a vast storehouse of data, including output from our community models, measurements collected during field campaigns, data from our solar observatory in Hawaii, real-time weather data, and much more.