JHT Frequently Asked Questions (Text)
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2016 JHT Announcement of Grant Opportunity
- What programming language is supported at NHC? We have been using R
-- but the Announcement of Grant Opportunity states that R is discouraged.
What do recommend in its place based on the environment there?
- Python would work well for NHC. We have several NHC staff members that are trained in Python
and that is supported on our Linux servers at NHC and on the NCEP supercomputer. R is not ideal
because NHC does not have anyone trained in that language and it would be one more package
the Technology and Science Branch would need to support, which is already spread too thin. A
stand-alone Fortran or C routine that did not require a license (other than a compiler) or
Python library routine would be acceptable.
- How much data storage is available at NHC for our project? How can we best
provide you large amounts of data? We can easily include in the budget several 3-4
Tb USB disks for transfer of data as required.
- NHC can handle data storage for a project on the order of 10 Tb, but not 100 Tb.
Discussion about the exact transfer mechanism can be accomplished later, after funding
decisions are made. If we used external storage for the transfer, NHC would supply that so you do not
need to budget for it.
- Do you know the history behind JHT-9: (Applications) Develop
tropical cyclone climatology software that provides statistics on
closest point of approach to a station, bearing and distance to a
station, cyclone intensity statistics for a point or location, return
period statistics, etc.? This sounds like a perfect candidate for a GIS
application. Doesn't some of the functionality already exist in various
apps such as the Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool?
- The background about the JHT-9 Applications item is that a replacement is
needed for HURISK, the "National Hurricane Center Risk Analysis Program". This was
developed in the 1980s by Charlie Neumann (Neumann 1987).
With the evolution of HURDAT into HURDAT2 a few years ago, HURISK could not take into account
the asynoptic landfall times nor could it even be run any longer because of the
dramatically changed data format. A replacement is desired that can provide
similar or enhanced output from that originally available in HURISK. The
type of application that could provide this information would be to individual PIs to propose.
2014 JHT Announcement of Grant Opportunity
- Could you be more specific as to the solicitation request for a
"brief budget" in the Letter of Intent? Do you require a detailed line
item budget with exact numbers that the full proposal must adhere to (if
encouraged)? Or is an estimated budget with a few general line items
(salary, travel, etc.) generally acceptable for the Letter of Intent?
- An estimated budget with a few general line items (salary, travel, etc.)
is acceptable for the Letter of Intent. The full proposal does not have to
adhere to the numbers included in the Letter of Intent.
- Is it permissible to have multiple proposals submitted under one
principal investigator?
- Yes
- The full solicitation for the JHT (NOAA-OAR-OWQ-2015-2004200) states
that LOIs are due Friday, September 15, 2014; however, September 15 is a
Monday. Which is the correct date?
- Monday, September 15 is correct