CISL Tools & Services

AccessGrid Multi-site video teleconferences in NCAR's VisLab and at Foothills Lab
Analysis servers High-end servers available 24x7 for both interactive and batch data analysis and data-processing
Applications and analysis software Numerous data analysis applications are available for use on our high-end analysis servers
Authentication services Centralized authentication services that authenticate UCAS accounts and passwords for numerous applications
Cisco CallManager Web interface to the Cisco IP phones
CISL Help Desk The CISL Help Desk is the first point of contact for all support requests
CommuniGate Web interface to the CISL Mail Server
Community Data Portal (CDP) Search geoscience datasets from across NCAR and UOP divisions and programs, as well as other institutions
Computational Science Services CISL 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 centers CISL operates the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center and the Mesa Lab Computing Center.
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 and YubiKey Secure CISL services requiring a one-time password are accessed using a CRYPTOCard keypad or YubiKey token.
Domain Name Service (DNS) UCAR-wide domain name service returns IP numbers for server names
Drupal Content Management System Drupal is an open source CMS for building highly dynamic websites. It is extensible through a vast array of available modules, making most web development tasks a matter of pointing and clicking rather than coding.
Earth System Grid (ESG) Integrates supercomputers with large-scale data and analysis servers located at numerous national labs and research centers
Email Centralized email relay and related services, including IMAP and POP
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 computing CISL is a world leader in supercomputing with several entries in the Top 500 list as well as numerous high performance Linux clusters
High Performance Storage System (HPSS) More than 100 petabytes of tape-based storage capacity with automated retrieval
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
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
Visualization programs Access high-end visual computing platforms from your office using TCP/IP-based remote image delivery services
Research Data Archive (RDA) Access a large and diverse collection of meteorological and oceanographic observations, operational and reanalysis model outputs, and remote sensing datasets to support atmospheric and geosciences research, along with ancillary datasets, such as topography/bathymetry, vegetation, and land use.
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
Systems Accounting Manager SAM enables supercomputer users to manage key system preferences and provides reports on charges for use of computing and storage resources.
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
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
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 Provides an API for web developers to integrate UCAS and OTP authentication into their web applications
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 the CISL email server
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.
Wireless network Wireless networking is available in conference rooms at all UCAR campuses as well as many office areas