| Service |
Description |
| AccessGrid |
Multi-site video teleconferences in NCAR's VisLab and at Foothills Lab |
| Allocations |
Allocations for NCAR high-end computing resources are granted in General Accounting Units (GAUs) |
| Analysis Servers |
High-end servers available 7x24 for both interactive and batch
data analysis and data-processing |
| Authentication services |
Centralized authentication services which authenticate UCAS accounts and passwords for numerous applications |
| Cisco CallManager |
Web interface to the Cisco IP phones |
| CISL Portal |
Web portal to CISL high-end computing resources |
| Climate Simulation Lab (CSL) |
A dedicated climate model computing facility in support of the multiagency U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) |
| CommuniGate |
Web interface to the SCD Mail Server |
| Community Data Portal (CDP) |
Search geoscience datasets from across NCAR and UOP divisions and programs, as well as other institutions |
| Community Computing |
Provides high-end computing resources for NCAR researchers and UCAR member universities |
| Computational Science Services |
SCD Customer Support can escalate computational science issues to the Computational Science Section (CSS) |
| Computer Desktop Services |
Desktop computers are provided to CISL staff and maintained and supported |
| Computing Center |
CISL operates the Mesa Lab Computing Center which houses NCAR supercomputers and enterprise servers |
| Confluence enterprise wiki |
Build web sites collaboratively with your team using the Confluence enterprise wiki. |
| Consulting Services |
Consulting on a broad range of high-end computing topics |
| CRYPTOCard |
Secure CISL services requiring a one-time password are accessed using a CRYPTOCard |
| Data Analysis Applications |
Numerous data analysis applications are available for use on our high-end analysis servers |
| Data Support Services (DSS) |
Scientific datasets of historical value are curated and catalogued |
| Dialup Internet access |
Dialup access (also known as RAS) to the UCAR Network |
| Domain Name Service (DNS) |
UCAR-wide domain name service returns IP numbers for server names |
| Earth System Grid (ESG) |
Integrates supercomputers with large-scale data and analysis servers located at numerous national labs and research centers |
| Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) |
Software infrastructure for modeling, enabling efficient code sharing and coupling between models |
| Email |
Centralized email relay and related services, including IMAP and POP |
| Enact |
Project management tasks, timelines, milestones and staff |
| Feedback CGI |
Feedback.cgi is a script which enables web developers to email HTML form input |
| File Servers |
Active Directory, NFS and Samba fileservers |
| File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
Provides Internet file sharing between UCAR staff and external collaborators |
| Front Range Gigapop (FRGP) |
CISL's NETS group provides high-bandwidth Internet connectivity in collaboration with institutions along the Denver/Boulder area front range |
| Gatekeepers |
Shield NCAR/UCAR computers from intruders by authenticating
users who need to access systems inside the UCAR security perimeter |
| GRID-BGC |
This project is creating a grid-compute architecture for terrestrial biogeochemical modeling |
| High-end Analysis Servers |
High-end servers available 7x24 for both interactive and batch data analysis and data processing |
| High-end Computing |
CISL is a world leader in supercomputing with several entries in the Top 500 list as well as numerous high performance Linux clusters |
| License Server |
Multi-user software licenses (eg. PGI compiler, Mathematica) are stored and checked out as needed by users |
| Mailguard |
Mailguard prevents spam using content filtering |
| Mailman Mailing Lists |
Mailman provides email-based group discussions and distribution lists |
| Mass Storage System (MSS) |
Over 2 petabytes of tape-based storage in silos with automated retrieval |
| Mathematical Software |
A number of FORTRAN mathematical programs are available for solving a variety of equations useful in computer modeling of geophysical processes |
| MySQL Database |
Make your websites and web applications more dynamic with a database backend |
| NCAR Command Language (NCL) |
A free interpreted language designed for scientific data processing and visualization |
| NCAR Graphics |
Fortran and C based software package for scientific visualization |
| Networking |
CISL's NETS group maintains and develops the UCAR network and provides high-bandwidth Internet connectivity |
| Opinio web surveys |
Create, deliver, and analyze results of your own online surveys via an easy to use web interface |
| People Search |
Search the UCAR phone directory and manage staff information, including account requests and spam blocklist filtering |
| PyNGL |
Python interface to the NCL Graphics Library |
| Remote Access Server (Dialup) |
Dialup access to the UCAR Network |
| Remote Visualization |
Access high-end visual computing platforms from your office using TCP/IP-based remote image delivery services |
| Room Reservation System |
Reserve meeting rooms on any UCAR campus and optionally request multimedia or food services |
| SCD Help Desk |
The SCD Help Desk is the first point of contact for all support requests |
| Search Engines |
UCAR-specific Google search and Verity Ultraseek internal document search |
| Security |
The Security Team monitors the UCAR network and servers for intrusions and provides the UCAR Central Authentication Services |
| Spam Filtering |
CISL provides blocklist filtering and Mailguard content filtering to prevent spam from reaching the email inboxes of UCAR staff |
| Streaming Video Server |
Video streaming in QuickTime, Real and Windows Media Player formats |
| Subversion |
Software version control using Subversion, the popular CVS replacement |
| Supercomputing |
CISL is a world leader in supercomputing with several entries in the Top 500 list as well as numerous high performance Linux clusters |
| Surveys |
Create, deliver, and analyze results of your own online surveys via an easy to use web application called Opinio |
| Swiki |
The WEG hosts over 70 Swikis which will be translated to Confluence wikis in the coming months |
| Tape Readers: 7-track and 9-track |
One 7-track and two 9-track tape drives are available for accessing historical data |
| Telephones |
UCAR phones use the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and Cisco IP phones which are configurable via a web interface |
UCAR Central Authentication Services
(UCAS) |
Centralized authentication service which authenticates UCAS accounts and passwords for numerous applications and enables users to change a password |
| VAPOR |
The Visualization and Analysis Platform for Ocean, Atmosphere, and Solar Researchers is a visual data discovery environment capable of handling terascale size data sets |
| VAVOOM Metadata Management |
Build online catalogs of items from your Web site such as news, projects, site spotlights, and publications |
| Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
Remote and wireless network users can utilize the VPN to access internal UCAR servers |
| Virus blocking |
The UCAR email relay scans incoming and outgoing email attachments and quarantines messages with viruses for 10 days in Maia Mailguard, then deletes them |
| Vis5d+ |
NCAR Extensions have been incorporated into Vis5d+ which is now a SourceForge project |
| Visualization Applications |
Numerous visualization applications are available for use on our high-end analysis servers |
| Visualization Gallery |
The Visualization Gallery showcases scientific animations created by NCAR and UOP scientists and their collaborators |
| Visualization Lab (VisLab) |
The NCAR Visualization Lab is located on the Mesa campus and provides high-end stereo visualization of scientific animations as well as Access Grid video teleconferencing |
| Voicemail |
Voicemail is accessible from UCAR-standard Cisco IP telephones |
| Web Authentication |
Protects internal UCAR Web pages by requiring a UCAS password |
| Web hosting |
Centralized web hosting and related services for all UCAR, NCAR and UOP divisions and programs |
| Web proxy |
The WEG can proxy external users to internal web servers to provide greater security than making a web server an exposed host |
| WebMail |
Remotely access your email account on supported UCAR divisional mail servers using a web browser |
| Web Traffic Statistics |
View web traffic statistics for any WEG-hosted site using Webalizer or prepare drill-down reports for requested sites with Sawmill |
| Wiki |
Build web sites collaboratively with your team using the Confluence enterprise wiki or Swiki. |
| Wireless Network |
Wireless networking is available in conference rooms at all UCAR campuses as well as many office areas |