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Welcome to the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Welcome to the National Center for Atmospheric Research. CELL PHONE #’s. Tim Barnes: 720.470.0730 Moira Kennedy: 303-652-7346 Eileen Carpenter (RMNP) Put these numbers in your phone right now…. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).

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Welcome to the National Center for Atmospheric Research

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  1. Welcome to the National Center for Atmospheric Research

  2. CELL PHONE #’s • Tim Barnes: 720.470.0730 • Moira Kennedy: 303-652-7346 • Eileen Carpenter (RMNP) • Put these numbers in your phone right now…

  3. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Founded in 1960 by the university community to create, operate, and manage NCAR on behalf of NSF and the universities Represents one of the most active and broad community partnerships anywhere in science Universities NSF NCAR

  4. UCAR at a Glance • A consortium of 77 North American universities (started with 14 universities) • 52 years; ~1500 Staff ~240 PhD Scientists • Research, computational and observational facilities, huge data sets, high-end numerical models of the sun, atmosphere, oceans, coupled climate system.

  5. The UCAR mission To serve and provide leadership to the atmospheric science and related communities through research, computing and observational facilities, and education programs that contribute to the betterment of life on Earth.

  6. UCAR Tom Bogdan, President(Monday) Cooperative Program forOperational MeteorologyEducation & Training(COMET) NCAR Director Roger Wakimoto, Director (Monday) High Altitude ObservatoryMark Miesch (Tuesday) Mesoscale and Microscale Met.Rich Rotunno (Tuesday) Atmospheric Chemistry DivisionTiffany Duhl (Wed) Climate and Global DynamicsDave Lawrence (Monday) Bruce Muller(Thursday) Technology Development DivisionVisualization Lab (Monday) Computational & Information Systems Laboratory Research Applications Lab Societal Impacts ProgramJulie Demuth (Wednesday) Research Aviation Facility (Friday) National Security Applications ProgramJason Knievel (Tuesday)

  7. NCAR Mesa Laboratory

  8. Foothills Campus

  9. Research Aviation Facility

  10. Center Green

  11. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) • National Science Foundation funded Center, ~1000 staff, 52 year history • Earth System Sciences:Computational and Observational Science and facilities for Weather, Climate, Chemistry, Space Weather, Society-Environment Interactions NCAR serves the international community by providing major observing and modeling facilities, which have been developed in collaboration with community members

  12. NCAR’s Research Topics • atmospheric chemistry—such as the chemical structure of healthy and polluted air • climate—including temperature, rainfall, winds, and extreme events over decades or centuries, from prehistoric times to the present and into the future • weather ingredients—such as cloud physics, storm structure, and other keys to improved weather forecasting • weather hazards to transportation—including detection and warning systems for turbulence and icing in the air and on the ground • interactions between the Sun and Earth—including solar weather • computer science innovation—for understanding and visualizing the whole Earth system • the role of humanity in both creating change and responding to weather and climate

  13. Earth Observing System Facilities

  14. Hurricanes Advanced Community Models: CCSM, CAM, NRCM, WRF Greenhouse Gases 1970 Chemistry Regional Climate “Natural” Forcing Global Warming Boundary Layer

  15. 2007 Nobel Peace Prize More than three dozen scientists and support staff at the NCAR served as authors or reviewers for U.N. IPCC (and share in the award)

  16. Supercomputing

  17. NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Cheyenne, WY

  18. NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center GROUND BREAKING WAS JUNE 15, 2010

  19. Syllabus Review

  20. Questions?

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