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by Nicole Corbin -

Welcome to Unidata's eLearning hub! Here you will find learning materials for Unidata's software and services. Currently, we have made available the premiere Unidata AWIPS course, Learn AWIPS CAVE

Stay tuned for future announcements about additional learning resources! Until then, you can address any comments, questions, or suggestions for Unidata eLearning by sending a message to support-elearning@unidata.ucar.edu. 

Enjoy!


Available courses

Microlearning

In this module, learners will review the multidimensional nature of Earth Systems Science data, explore the hierarchical nature of multidimensional data structures, and search for critical metadata within these structures. 

This module is recommended for new users of netCDF data. 

eLearning Course

The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is a meteorological software package used for decoding, displaying, and analyzing data. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of working with the desktop client, AWIPS CAVE, through demonstrations, tutorials, activities, assessments, and challenges. Sections should be completed in sequence but may be completed over multiple sessions. 


eLearning Module

The python-awips package provides a data access framework for requesting meteorological and geographic datasets from a EDEX server. Python-AWIPS expands the visualization and analysis options of AWIPS CAVE by bringing resources into Python, enabling the use of popular scientific tools such as SciPy, MetPy, and Cartopy. This course will introduce you to the basic concepts of working with this package to access, manipulate, and plot resources. 

Digital Brochure

Learn more about the types of learning experiences offered by Unidata in this digital brochure.