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Institution-wide Summary report

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Report date:	Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9:28 AM

Start date:	May 3, 2005
Stop date:	June 20, 2005
Stored responses:	1353
Completed responses:	651
Number of invitees:	3572
Invitees that responded:	1353
Response rate:	38%

1.Discipline (indicate primary, secondary, tertiary if applicable by selecting one item in each row)

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3
2	Astronomy/solar physics	13 1.24%	6 0.72%	14 2.18%
3	Atmospheric chemistry	57 5.42%	57 6.86%	48 7.48%
4	Atmospheric science/meteorology	589 56.04%	175 21.06%	66 10.28%
5	Biological sciences	17 1.62%	24 2.89%	7 1.09%
6	Climate	143 13.61%	215 25.87%	116 18.07%
7	Computer science	26 2.47%	68 8.18%	64 9.97%
8	Engineering	24 2.28%	30 3.61%	27 4.21%
9	Geology/geophysics	18 1.71%	12 1.44%	16 2.49%
10	Hydrology	20 1.9%	33 3.97%	53 8.26%
11	Oceanography	49 4.66%	52 6.26%	66 10.28%
12	Physics	13 1.24%	29 3.49%	35 5.45%
13	Remote sensing	38 3.62%	92 11.07%	75 11.68%
14	Social sciences	10 0.95%	6 0.72%	14 2.18%
15	Solar-terrestrial	1 0.1%	6 0.72%	8 1.25%
16	Other	33 3.14%	26 3.13%	33 5.14%	Please specify here:	TXT


Total responses:	1053

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2.Principal Employer (please select one)

Option	Count	Percent
1. College or university	664	63.0%
2. Federal government	225	21.35%
3. Private sector, non profit	43	4.08%
4. Private sector, for profit	79	7.5%
5. Other	43	4.08%
Total	1054	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	1054	Maximum value:	5

3.Is your institution a (please check all that apply)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Member of UCAR	309	26.52%
2. UCAR Academic Affiliate	57	4.89%
3. UCAR International Affiliate	17	1.46%
4. Unidata participant	79	6.78%
5. SuomiNet participant	40	3.43%
6. A sponsor of a UCAR activity or program	35	3.0%
7. None of above	384	32.96%
8. Don't know	244	20.94%
Total	1165	100%

Median:	7.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	1054	Maximum value:	8

4.Position level (please select the most appropriate answer)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Student	148	14.04%
2. Entry level (e.g. Assistant professor, Instructor, Scientist I, Intern)	212	20.11%
3. Midlevel (e.g. Associate professor, Scientist II)	272	25.81%
4. Senior level (e.g. full professor, Scientist III or Senior Scientist, Meteorologist in charge, Scientific Operations Officer, Associate Director, Associate Vice President)	298	28.27%
5. Executive level (e.g. Director, President, Vice President, Chair of Department, Dean)	77	7.31%
6. Not applicable (e.g. not employed or retired)	8	0.76%
7. Other	39	3.7%
Total	1054	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	1054	Maximum value:	7

5.Please identify your relationship with UCAR. Include all relevant categories for the past ten years. (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Collaborator	320	9.87%
2. Visitor to UCAR/NCAR/UOP	369	11.38%
3. User of community model (e.g. MM5, WRF, WACCM, MOZART or the Community Climate System Model)	660	20.36%
4. User of a data set (e.g. from NCAR/SCD, UOP/JOSS) or data stream (e.g. from Unidata)	566	17.46%
5. User of an observational facility (e.g. NCAR aircraft or radars)	103	3.18%
6. User of a computational facility	235	7.25%
7. User of UCAR software (e.g. NCAR Graphics)	521	16.07%
8. User of an educational facility or product (e.g. COMET modules)	204	6.29%
9. Participation as a member of an advisory committee of program	117	3.61%
10. Participation in UCAR government or advocacy activities (such as writing a letter to Congress)	52	1.6%
11. Participation in SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Sciences)	23	0.71%
12. Sponsor of a UCAR program	20	0.62%
13. Other	52	1.6%
Total	3242	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	1054	Maximum value:	13

6.Please indicate all UCAR-related positions in the list below that you have held in the past ten years:

Option	Count	Percent
1. UCAR Member Representative	77	6.09%
2. UCAR Trustee	17	1.34%
3. Member of UCAR University Relations Committee	20	1.58%
4. Member of UCAR Nominating Committee	12	0.95%
5. Member of UCAR Membership Committee	18	1.42%
6. Member of UCAR Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee	7	0.55%
7. NCAR Post Doctorate appointment	14	1.11%
8. NCAR Affiliate Scientist	12	0.95%
9. Visitor to NCAR	284	22.45%
10. Visitor to UCAR Office of Programs	31	2.45%
11. Visitor to another institution under the UCAR Visiting Scientist Program	13	1.03%
12. Member of at least one NCAR or UOP Advisory Committee	70	5.53%
13. Member of an NSF-appointed review panel of NCAR or UOP	20	1.58%
14. SOARS prot�g�	4	0.32%
15. Teacher, mentor, or advisor of a SOARS prot�g�	18	1.42%
16. None of the above	648	51.23%
Total	1265	100%

Median:	16.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	1054	Maximum value:	16

Have you had any interaction with UCAR, NCAR or any UCAR programs over the past decade (since 1995)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	718	70.67%
2. No	298	29.33%
Total	1016	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	1013	Maximum value:	2

COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORY (CISL)

Scientific Computing Division (SCD)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	281	43.03%
2. No	372	56.97%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

Institute for Mathematical Applications in the Geosciences (IMAGe)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	24	3.68%
2. No	629	96.32%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

EARTH OBSERVING LABORATORY (EOL)

• Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD)
• HIAPER (High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	104	15.93%
2. No	549	84.07%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

RESEARCH APPLICATIONS LABORATORY (RAL)

• Research Applications Program
• Development Testbed Center

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	75	11.49%
2. No	578	88.51%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

EARTH AND SUN SYSTEMS LABORATORY (ESSL)

Atmospheric Chemistry Division (ACD)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	84	12.86%
2. No	569	87.14%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

Climate and Global Dynamics Division (CGD)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	243	37.21%
2. No	410	62.79%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

High Altitude Observatory (HAO)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	12	1.84%
2. No	641	98.16%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	333	51.0%
2. No	320	49.0%
Total	653	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

The Institute for Multidisciplinary Earth Studies (TIMES)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	22	3.37%
2. No	631	96.63%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

SOCIETAL-ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY (SERE)

The Advanced Study Program (ASP)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	72	11.03%
2. No	581	88.97%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

The Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment (ISSE-formerly ESIG)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	80	12.25%
2. No	573	87.75%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

COMET (Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	192	29.4%
2. No	461	70.6%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	53	8.12%
2. No	600	91.88%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education) Program Center

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	66	10.11%
2. No	587	89.89%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	48	7.35%
2. No	605	92.65%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	148	22.66%
2. No	505	77.34%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

Unidata

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	275	42.11%
2. No	378	57.89%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

VSP (Visiting Scientist Programs)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	81	12.4%
2. No	572	87.6%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

UCAR Office of Government Affairs

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	46	7.04%
2. No	607	92.96%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

Education and Outreach (including SOARS)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	71	10.87%
2. No	582	89.13%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

Communications (includes web and print publications, news releases etc.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	168	25.73%
2. No	485	74.27%
Total	653	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	653	Maximum value:	2

1.Please check which of the following ATD or university systems you or your project have used in gathering observational data (please check all that apply):

Option	Count	Percent
1. NSF/NCAR C-130	24	11.48%
2. NSF-supported university aircraft (e.g. U. Wyoming)	28	13.4%
3. EOL Lidars (SABL, REAL)	11	5.26%
4. EOL Radars (SPOL, ELDORA)	21	10.05%
5. NSF-supported university radars (e.g. Colorado State University)	11	5.26%
6. Sounding systems	36	17.22%
7. Wind profilers	22	10.53%
8. Surface systems	28	13.4%
9. None of the above	23	11.0%
10. Other:	5	2.39%
Total	209	100%

Median:	6.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	88	Maximum value:	10

2.If you did not have personal involvement in a field program gathering data, but still used observational data, did those data come from (please check all that apply):

Option	Count	Percent
1. NSF/NCAR C-130	18	14.52%
2. Other NSF-supported aircraft	12	9.68%
3. EOL Lidars (SABL, REAL)	5	4.03%
4. EOL Radars (SPOL, ELDORA)	10	8.06%
5. Other NSF-supported university radars	6	4.84%
6. Sounding systems	21	16.94%
7. Wind profilers	16	12.9%
8. Surface systems	18	14.52%
9. Don't know	6	4.84%
10. I have not used observational data from ATD (please skip the next question)	11	8.87%
11. Other:	1	0.81%
Total	124	100%

Median:	6.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	63	Maximum value:	11

3.Did the data from the ATD observational systems (please select one):

Option	Count	Percent
1. Play an essential role in your research	44	56.41%
2. Play a supplemental role in your research	34	43.59%
Total	78	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	78	Maximum value:	2

4.Do you use or intend to use EOL/ATD systems or data from EOL/ATD systems (please check all that apply):

Option	Count	Percent
1. As part of research leading to a graduate thesis	30	20.83%
2. As part of training in observations or instrumentation for graduate students	23	15.97%
3. As part of undergraduate or graduate teaching	22	15.28%
4. As part of your research	65	45.14%
5. Other:	4	2.78%
Total	144	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	76	Maximum value:	5

2.Please indicate, on a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being the highest), how important you think the following goals of the ASP selection process for postdoctoral fellows should be:

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Seek applicants who show originality, creativity, and overall high scientific potential	9 16.67%	0	2 1.72%	4 3.31%	43 44.33%
3	Strive for a match between the applicant’s interests and current research at NCAR	6 11.11%	10 17.54%	18 15.52%	15 12.4%	6 6.19%
4	Select applicants whose interests lie in research areas that are growing in prominence	5 9.26%	5 8.77%	20 17.24%	19 15.7%	6 6.19%
5	Strive to match applicants to scientists with whom the applicants might work	3 5.56%	8 14.04%	21 18.1%	17 14.05%	7 7.22%
6	Maintain an equitable distribution among various universities	10 18.52%	11 19.3%	16 13.79%	9 7.44%	8 8.25%
7	Maintain an equitable distribution among various research areas	6 11.11%	7 12.28%	20 17.24%	11 9.09%	11 11.34%
8	Select some applicants outside areas emphasized by NCAR, to promote broadening of the NCAR scientific program	7 12.96%	9 15.79%	10 8.62%	23 19.01%	6 6.19%
9	Select some applicants with degrees outside atmospheric science or solar physics, to bring new talent to the field from areas like physics, chemistry and engineering	8 14.81%	7 12.28%	9 7.76%	23 19.01%	10 10.31%
10	Other


Total responses:	56

3.In the ASP postdoctoral fellowship program, how much emphasis should we place on the following objectives (1-5, with 5 being the highest)?

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Provide opportunities for fellows to develop independence and creativity (and avoid close supervision in order to accomplish this)	5 17.24%	1 2.78%	9 13.24%	13 18.84%	29 37.66%
3	Foster close collaborative relationships with scientists who can serve as mentors and role models	7 24.14%	4 11.11%	10 14.71%	13 18.84%	22 28.57%
4	Ensure that the fellows contribute to research programs at NCAR and in the community, even if this requires close supervision and direction	8 27.59%	12 33.33%	23 33.82%	7 10.14%	6 7.79%
5	Broaden perspectives among the fellows through programs designed for this purpose (like obligatory introductory-level seminars)	5 17.24%	9 25.0%	12 17.65%	21 30.43%	8 10.39%
6	Provide training programs designed to help prepare fellows for academic careers (like proposal-writing workshops, teaching opportunities, and training in communication skills)	4 13.79%	10 27.78%	14 20.59%	15 21.74%	12 15.58%


Total responses:	55

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4.NCAR scientists now do most of the work of organizing the ASP summer colloquia (designed to cover an emerging area of research at the graduate-student level). How should these colloquia be developed and hosted?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Internally, by NCAR, with community coordination and partnership	11	21.15%
2. With more early input from the community, and/or UCAR members, perhaps through an annual invitation to universities to submit topics through the appropriate NCAR science division(s)	41	78.85%
Total	52	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	52	Maximum value:	2

5.How should ASP prioritize the following activities? (Which ones should receive priority when there are budget conflicts?) Please rate on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest)

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Postdoctoral fellowship program	5 11.11%	1 2.17%	7 8.33%	11 12.64%	33 47.14%
3	Summer colloquium for graduate students	4 8.89%	6 13.04%	7 8.33%	25 28.74%	13 18.57%
4	Junior Faculty Forum	3 6.67%	9 19.57%	19 22.62%	15 17.24%	8 11.43%
5	Very limited graduate fellowship program (4 positions or fewer)	19 42.22%	13 28.26%	15 17.86%	8 9.2%	1 1.43%
6	More extensive graduate fellowship program	11 24.44%	7 15.22%	15 17.86%	15 17.24%	7 10.0%
7	Faculty exchange program	3 6.67%	10 21.74%	21 25.0%	13 14.94%	8 11.43%


Total responses:	56

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2.Are you aware of the ISSE/ESIG website?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	46	69.7%
2. No	20	30.3%
Total	66	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	66	Maximum value:	2

If you are aware of it (the ISSE/ESIG website), approximately how often have you visited it?

Option	Count	Percent
1. A few times	40	86.96%
2. More than 30 times	5	10.87%
3. More than 100 times	1	2.17%
Total	46	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	46	Maximum value:	3

What were you looking for when you visited the ESIG site? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Climate-related impacts Network Newsletter	20	17.54%
2. ENSO Signal	15	13.16%
3. Information on the ISSE program (e.g., Annual Scientific Report, Strategic Plan)	22	19.3%
4. Workshop information or reports	26	22.81%
5. Publications	29	25.44%
6. Other (please specify here):	2	1.75%
Total	114	100%

Median:	3.5	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	47	Maximum value:	6

1.Have you used any ACD numerical models, such as WACCM, TUV, MOZART, SOCRATES, ROSE, GENLN, MEGAN, CCSM-Chem, WRF-Chem?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	30	43.48%
2. No	39	56.52%
Total	69	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	69	Maximum value:	2

2.Do you plan to use space-based data from ACD-led experiments such as MOPITT, HIRDLS?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	16	22.86%
2. No	36	51.43%
3. Maybe	18	25.71%
Total	70	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	70	Maximum value:	3

3.Have you participated, or do you plan to participate, in any ACD-led field campaigns (MLOPEX, EXPRESSO, STERAO, TOPSE, CELTIC, MIRAGE-Mex)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	16	22.86%
2. No	54	77.14%
Total	70	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	70	Maximum value:	2

4.Have you participated in any model/data/instrument intercomparison studies conducted by ACD?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	16	22.86%
2. No	54	77.14%
Total	70	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	70	Maximum value:	2

5.Have you used data from any field campaign provided by an ACD experiment or instrument including the C130 Community Chemistry Instruments measuring CO, CO2, O3, water vapor? Have you used gas standards prepared by ACD?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	15	21.74%
2. No	54	78.26%
Total	69	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	69	Maximum value:	2

6.Should the community instruments supported by ACD be expanded?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	32	52.46%
2. No	29	47.54%
Total	61	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	61	Maximum value:	2

If yes, which measurements would be of highest priority?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Photolysis Frequency measurements	3	7.69%
2. NO/NOy	5	12.82%
3. HO/HO2	4	10.26%
4. Particulate composition	11	28.21%
5. Oxygenated VOC	3	7.69%
6. Biogenic gases	10	25.64%
7. FTIR	3	7.69%
Total	39	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	39	Maximum value:	7

If yes which platforms should be of highest priority?

Option	Count	Percent
1. C130	18	50.0%
2. G-V (HIAPER)	9	25.0%
3. Groundbased	9	25.0%
Total	36	100%

Median:	1.5	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	36	Maximum value:	3

7.ACD will be moving into new laboratory space in the near future. What type of community facilities should be developed in this new space? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Aerosol chamber	25	26.32%
2. Plant growth and development chamber	10	10.53%
3. Aircraft instrument test facility	22	23.16%
4. Gas standards preparation facility	18	18.95%
5. Instrument Calibration facility	19	20.0%
6. Other (please describe):	1	1.05%
Total	95	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	43	Maximum value:	6

1.Have you attended a CCSM (Community Climate System Model) workshop or a CCSM Working Group meeting?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	122	59.8%
2. No	82	40.2%
Total	204	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	204	Maximum value:	2

If yes, please rate the quality of the workshop/meetings and the value to your teaching and research on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest quality and greatest value.

Lowest quality	1	2	3	4	5	Highest quality	Total
Count	2	5	45	95	54		201
Percent	1.0%	2.49%	22.39%	47.26%	26.87%		100%

Average:	3.97	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	0.68
Median:	4.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	0.83

2.Have you used any data sets generated by the CCSM, any of the component models of the CCSM, or other community models supported by CGD (e.g. atmosphere, ocean, land, sea ice or others)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	178	48.5%
2. No	189	51.5%
Total	367	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	367	Maximum value:	2

If yes, please rate the quality of data or model access and user support on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest:

Lowest	1	2	3	4	5	Highest	Total
Count	2	6	41	100	54		203
Percent	0.99%	2.96%	20.2%	49.26%	26.6%		100%

Average:	3.98	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	0.68
Median:	4.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	0.82

If yes, how did you use the data sets or model(s)? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. For research	188	60.26%
2. For educational purposes	34	10.9%
3. For a graduate student's research project	49	15.71%
4. As a starting point for developing your own model	33	10.58%
5. Other (please specify here):	8	2.56%
Total	312	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	204	Maximum value:	5

3.Have you used any of the community data sets, such as the global atmospheric
analyses and reanalyses from ECMWF or NCEP, prepared by the Climate
Analysis Section?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	217	58.49%
2. No	154	41.51%
Total	371	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	371	Maximum value:	2

Please rate the quality of the documentation and user support on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest:

Lowest	1	2	3	4	5	Highest	Total
Count	1	8	48	111	70		238
Percent	0.42%	3.36%	20.17%	46.64%	29.41%		100%

Average:	4.01	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	0.67
Median:	4.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	0.82

4.Have you collaborated with a CGD scientist(s) in the past five years?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	115	31.17%
2. No	254	68.83%
Total	369	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	369	Maximum value:	2

If yes, what is the nature of your collaboration? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Co-authored refereed articles or books	57	33.14%
2. Co-PI on a research proposal	27	15.7%
3. Co-organizer of a workshop or colloquium	17	9.88%
4. Scientific visitor to CGD	46	26.74%
5. Other (please specify):	25	14.53%
Total	172	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	117	Maximum value:	5

1.Please rate the quality of HAO's support of the solar and solar-terrestrial communities in the areas relevant to your research, teaching, education, or public service (on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest). If you are unsure or don't know, please leave the area blank.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	HAO visitor programs (includes postdoctoral, grad student, and undergraduate components)	0	1 12.5%	2 3.92%	0	3 6.98%
3	CEDAR data base	0	0	3 5.88%	0	4 9.3%
4	CEDAR Workshop	0	1 12.5%	2 3.92%	0	2 4.65%
5	Other Support of CEDAR science	0	0	4 7.84%	0	2 4.65%
6	Support of GEM science	0	1 12.5%	1 1.96%	1 14.29%	1 2.33%
7	Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) as a facility for coronal studies and as a provider of coronal data and related services	1 16.67%	0	2 3.92%	1 14.29%	2 4.65%
8	ECHO helioseismology data (MLSO)	1 16.67%	1 12.5%	1 1.96%	0	2 4.65%
9	Data from Precision Solar Photometric Telescope (MLSO) for SunRISE	0	0	3 5.88%	0	2 4.65%
10	HAO efforts in the search for extrasolar planets/stellar seismology	0	1 12.5%	1 1.96%	0	2 4.65%
11	HAO support of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) design and development	1 16.67%	1 12.5%	2 3.92%	0	2 4.65%
12	HAO support of other instrument development	0	0	3 5.88%	0	2 4.65%
13	Modeling using members of the TIME-GCM suite, including support of climate studies	0	1 12.5%	3 5.88%	1 14.29%	3 6.98%
14	Global Scale Wave Model (GSWM)	1 16.67%	0	2 3.92%	0	3 6.98%
15	AMIE (Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics)	1 16.67%	1 12.5%	2 3.92%	1 14.29%	3 6.98%
16	Stokes Inversion Code for analysis of Advanced Stokes Polarimeter (ASP) data, and support of the ASP in general	0	0	3 5.88%	0	1 2.33%
17	Other HAO numerical models	0	0	2 3.92%	0	1 2.33%	Please specify:	TXT
18	HAO support of the inter-agency National Space Weather Program	0	0	5 9.8%	1 14.29%	1 2.33%
19	Educational information at the HAO website	0	0	3 5.88%	0	2 4.65%
20	Support of NSF and NASA information technology initiatives	1 16.67%	0	3 5.88%	2 28.57%	2 4.65%
21	HAO's overall support of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary collaboration among individuals and institutions in the community	0	0	3 5.88%	0	2 4.65%
22	Other	0	0	1 1.96%	0	1 2.33%	Please specify:	TXT


Total responses:	16

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1.Which of the following models, if any, have you used? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. MM5 Model	316	50.97%
2. WRF Model	225	36.29%
3. Large-eddy Simulation (LES) Boundary-layer Model	12	1.94%
4. None of the above	67	10.81%
Total	620	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	425	Maximum value:	4

3.What other uses, if any, have you made of the above models? (Please check all that apply.)

	1	2
1
2	Educational purposes:
3	MM5	167 24.74%
4	WRF	93 13.78%
5	LES	9 1.33%
6	Graduate student research project:
7	MM5	176 26.07%
8	WRF	79 11.7%
9	LES	7 1.04%
10	Starting point for developing your own model:
11	MM5	78 11.56%
12	WRF	46 6.81%
13	LES	6 0.89%
14	Other:	14 2.07%


Total responses:	281

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4.Have you attended a:

	1	2	3
1		Yes	No
2	MM5 Workshop?	109 40.82%	263 32.43%
3	MM5 Tutorial?	96 35.96%	263 32.43%
4	WRF Tutorial?	62 23.22%	285 35.14%


Total responses:	391

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6. MMM Instrumentation

Over the past several years, a number of instruments have been developed by MMM or in collaboration with other divisions, universities or agencies. These instruments are generally developed to advance the research goals of specific scientists, but once operational, they either become part of the overall suite of instruments available through NCAR or remain available through direct collaboration with the principal investigator who developed the instrument.

Among the instruments developed are:

Multi-angle Spectrometer Probe

Intermittent Sampler

Video Ice Particle Sampler

Balloon-borne Ice Crystal Replicator

2D-charge Instrument

Airborne Infrared (IR) Video Camera.

Do you have an interest in using any of these instruments in the future?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	31	9.25%
2. No	182	54.33%
3. Maybe	122	36.42%
Total	335	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	335	Maximum value:	3

Have you accessed this website?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	64	17.07%
2. No	311	82.93%
Total	375	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	375	Maximum value:	2

If yes, have you found it to be useful?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	66	63.46%
2. No	38	36.54%
Total	104	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	104	Maximum value:	2

1.How would you characterize the nature of your research? Please select only one.

Option	Count	Percent
1. Basic	22	13.1%
2. Mostly basic with a small amount of applied	42	25.0%
3. Mostly applied with a small amount of basic	57	33.93%
4. Applied	47	27.98%
Total	168	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	168	Maximum value:	4

2.Are there atmospheric research activities taking place in your institution that you think have potential applications to society?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	146	87.43%
2. No	4	2.4%
3. Don’t know or unsure	17	10.18%
Total	167	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	167	Maximum value:	3

3.Does your department or institution have a program of technology transfer?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	74	44.58%
2. No	36	21.69%
3. Don’t know or not sure	56	33.73%
Total	166	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	166	Maximum value:	3

4.Are you aware of any technology transfer programs in your area of research?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	70	44.87%
2. No	86	55.13%
Total	156	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	156	Maximum value:	2

5.How, in your opinion, is applied research (and its associated technology transfer) viewed within the atmospheric research community?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Uninteresting, to be avoided	3	2.0%
2. Potentially interesting, but usually comes with too many strings attached (e.g., firm deliverables and rigid schedules)	55	36.67%
3. Pursued, if necessary, to obtain funding	40	26.67%
4. Exciting and actively pursued as part of a balanced research program	52	34.67%
Total	150	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	150	Maximum value:	4

6.NSF emphasizes “merit review criteria,” one of which addresses the “broader impacts of proposed activity,” placing emphasis on the utility of the research and its potential benefit to society.

On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the greatest impact, how has this requirement affected the nature of proposals you have submitted?

Lowest Impact	1	2	3	4	5	Greatest Impact	Total
Count	14	11	44	29	13		111
Percent	12.61%	9.91%	39.64%	26.13%	11.71%		100%

Average:	3.14	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	1.32
Median:	3.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	1.15

a.Has your department or institution become more involved with this area of research since the 9/11 incident?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	50	32.68%
2. No	61	39.87%
3. Not sure	42	27.45%
Total	153	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	153	Maximum value:	3

b.If yes, what is the degree of increased involvement?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Significant involvement	17	27.42%
2. Moderate involvement	24	38.71%
3. Only minor involvement	21	33.87%
Total	62	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	62	Maximum value:	3

c.If yes, does your department or institution engage in classified applied research in this area?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	22	31.43%
2. No	48	68.57%
Total	70	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	70	Maximum value:	2

1.How would you rate the quality of service in the following areas
provided by SCD (on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest)?

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Supercomputing resources	6 13.04%	9 9.28%	40 10.67%	90 13.89%	71 13.76%
3	Research data sets	4 8.7%	10 10.31%	31 8.27%	96 14.81%	95 18.41%
4	Analysis/Visualization resources (hardware and software)	5 10.87%	18 18.56%	56 14.93%	74 11.42%	54 10.47%
5	Archive storage resources (Mass Storage System)	9 19.57%	7 7.22%	38 10.13%	80 12.35%	82 15.89%
6	On-line storage resources (SCD’s fileserver and fis)	4 8.7%	10 10.31%	58 15.47%	73 11.27%	50 9.69%
7	Operational stability	5 10.87%	10 10.31%	43 11.47%	79 12.19%	57 11.05%
8	Consulting on SCD resources (supercomputers, mass storage system, data analysis tools, algorithms; availability and access of scientific datasets)	4 8.7%	14 14.43%	46 12.27%	77 11.88%	62 12.02%
9	Provision of sufficient computational resources	9 19.57%	17 17.53%	59 15.73%	73 11.27%	39 7.56%
10	Other:	0	2 2.06%	4 1.07%	6 0.93%	6 1.16%


Total responses:	269

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2.Do you have needs that SCD could (or should) supply but is not supplying (such as operating or system administration support)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	19	7.17%
2. No	246	92.83%
Total	265	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	265	Maximum value:	2

3.Have you used other computational centers?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	126	44.06%
2. No	160	55.94%
Total	286	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	286	Maximum value:	2

If yes, how would you compare SCD's services?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Better	45	36.0%
2. About the same	65	52.0%
3. Not as good	15	12.0%
Total	125	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	125	Maximum value:	3

1.Have you used COMET modules?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	178	68.2%
2. No	83	31.8%
Total	261	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	261	Maximum value:	2

If yes, how have you accessed them? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. From the Web	153	55.04%
2. CD-ROM	84	30.22%
3. Laser disk	39	14.03%
4. Other (Please describe here):	2	0.72%
Total	278	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	178	Maximum value:	4

2.What are the primary operating systems that you use? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Windows 98/ME	24	4.07%
2. Windows NT	16	2.72%
3. Windows 2000	52	8.83%
4. Windows XP (home)	51	8.66%
5. Windows XP (professional)	154	26.15%
6. Windows Server 2003	5	0.85%
7. Sun Solaris	45	7.64%
8. SGI IRIX	21	3.57%
9. HP-UX	11	1.87%
10. Linux	155	26.32%
11. MacOS	43	7.3%
12. Don't know or not sure	2	0.34%
13. Other (Please specify here):	10	1.7%
Total	589	100%

Median:	5.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	242	Maximum value:	13

3.For what purposes have you used COMET modules?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Educating myself	147	30.5%
2. Educating others	111	23.03%
3. Preparing course/lecture material	93	19.29%
4. Use of COMET images/graphics in preparing my own lectures	59	12.24%
5. Scientific research	35	7.26%
6. Browsing	32	6.64%
7. Other (Please describe here):	5	1.04%
Total	482	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	191	Maximum value:	7

4.Have you attended a COMET faculty course?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	35	14.96%
2. No	199	85.04%
Total	234	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	234	Maximum value:	2

6.Have you or anyone from your department submitted a proposal to the COMET Outreach Program?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	78	33.48%
2. No	76	32.62%
3. Don't know or not sure	79	33.91%
Total	233	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	233	Maximum value:	3

7.Has anyone from your department received funding from the COMET Outreach Program?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	63	27.27%
2. No	87	37.66%
3. Don't know or not sure	81	35.06%
Total	231	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	231	Maximum value:	3

If yes, please check all that apply:

Option	Count	Percent
1. Partners Program	50	48.54%
2. Coop Program	41	39.81%
3. Graduate fellowships	12	11.65%
Total	103	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	64	Maximum value:	3

1.Which GPS applications most interest you? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. High accuracy surveying or positioning for solid-Earth science	14	5.53%
2. Sensing of atmospheric water vapor for meteorology	72	28.46%
3. Sensing of atmospheric water vapor for hydrology	25	9.88%
4. Sensing of atmospheric water vapor for climatology	41	16.21%
5. Sensing of ionospheric total electron content	11	4.35%
6. Sensing of atmospheric gravity waves generated by earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, tornadoes, sprites and jets, meteorites and space debris	19	7.51%
7. Upper atmospheric sensing using GPS occultations	29	11.46%
8. Lower atmospheric sensing using GPS occultations	42	16.6%
Total	253	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	87	Maximum value:	8

3.Have you used space-based or ground-based GPS data or retrieval algorithms?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	35	33.65%
2. No	69	66.35%
Total	104	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	104	Maximum value:	2

4.Have you participated in any GPS-related science meeting(s)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	25	24.51%
2. No	77	75.49%
Total	102	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	102	Maximum value:	2

5.Are you currently participating in SuomiNet, a university-based national GPS network
for real-time atmospheric sensing funded by the NSF (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/suominet)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	12	11.76%
2. No	90	88.24%
Total	102	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	102	Maximum value:	2

6.Have you authored / co-authored any scientific publications that use ground-based or space-based GPS meteorology data or algorithms?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	24	23.3%
2. No	79	76.7%
Total	103	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	103	Maximum value:	2

7.Are those publications based on data provided by UCAR?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	11	16.67%
2. No	55	83.33%
Total	66	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	66	Maximum value:	2

8.Do you believe that UCAR, jointly with the University community, is the appropriate focal point toconduct high-risk satellite science projects?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	64	73.56%
2. No	23	26.44%
Total	87	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	87	Maximum value:	2

9.Are you interested in using data from the COSMIC mission?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	40	39.6%
2. No	15	14.85%
3. Maybe	46	45.54%
Total	101	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	101	Maximum value:	3

10.Should UCAR place more occultation sounding instruments on missions of opportunity in the future?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	46	50.0%
2. No	8	8.7%
3. Don't know or not sure	38	41.3%
Total	92	100%

Median:	1.5	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	92	Maximum value:	3

11.What are the most pressing needs in occultation science?

Option	Count	Percent
1. More data	23	14.38%
2. Reliable quality control	30	18.75%
3. Careful impact analysis	10	6.25%
4. Development of assimilation techniques for the data	40	25.0%
5. Solving the water vapor "ambiguity" problem	27	16.88%
6. Don't know or not sure	29	18.13%
7. Other	1	0.63%
Total	160	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	88	Maximum value:	7

13.What are the most pressing needs in ground-based GPS water vapor sensing?

Option	Count	Percent
1. More data	25	16.45%
2. Higher accuracy of water vapor retrieval	32	21.05%
3. Robustness of slant-path water vapor sensing	19	12.5%
4. Robustness of single frequency receiver for water vapor sensing	11	7.24%
5. Assimilation of ground-based GPS water vapor data for storm-scale NWP	33	21.71%
6. Don’t know or not sure	29	19.08%
7. Other (please specify):	3	1.97%
Total	152	100%

Median:	3.5	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	83	Maximum value:	7

1.What is your professional field?

	1	2	3	4
1	113 78.47%	Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
2	18 12.5%	Other Geoscience	Please specify:	TXT
3	2 1.39%	Other traditional scientific field such as Physics	Please specify:	TXT
4	1 0.69%	Social Science field	Please specify:	TXT
5	6 4.17%	Technical field such as computer science	Please specify:	TXT
6	4 2.78%	Other	Please specify:	TXT


Total responses:	144

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2.What is your primary professional role?

Option	Count	Percent
1. research	99	53.8%
2. teaching	52	28.26%
3. service/outreach	16	8.7%
4. administration	14	7.61%
5. other (please specify):	3	1.63%
Total	184	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	133	Maximum value:	5

3.Check those selections that describe your experience with DLESE: (Check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. visited the website	69	35.57%
2. contributed to the collection	16	8.25%
3. used resources in teaching	25	12.89%
4. used resources for research	8	4.12%
5. referred students to DLESE for their use	24	12.37%
6. not aware of DLESE until now	52	26.8%
Total	194	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	121	Maximum value:	6

4.If you have used DLESE in the past, what were your purposes? (Check all that apply.)

To find the following Earth System education resources:

Option	Count	Percent
1. data	21	29.58%
2. data analysis tools	10	14.08%
3. general topic information	34	47.89%
4. other	6	8.45%
Total	71	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	54	Maximum value:	4

To use DLESE resources for: (Check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. university/college classroom teaching	44	61.11%
2. home-school teaching	3	4.17%
3. research	20	27.78%
4. other (please specify):	5	6.94%
Total	72	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	54	Maximum value:	4

To share the following earth system education resources: (Check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. data	28	35.0%
2. data analysis tools	21	26.25%
3. general topic information	28	35.0%
4. other (please specify):	3	3.75%
Total	80	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	47	Maximum value:	4

5.Please rank the following digital library resources in order of their importance to you, with 5 being the highest:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Geoscience resources	10 25.64%	12 18.75%	9 14.52%	22 34.38%	19 35.85%
3	Educational resources	13 33.33%	11 17.19%	9 14.52%	17 26.56%	23 43.4%
4	Community and potential collaborator resources	5 12.82%	18 28.13%	27 43.55%	11 17.19%	3 5.66%
5	Information on educational effectiveness	5 12.82%	23 35.94%	17 27.42%	14 21.88%	2 3.77%
6	Other	6 15.38%	0	0	0	6 11.32%	please specify:	TXT


Total responses:	82

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6.Please indicate whether you agree or disagree (on a scale of 1-5) with the following statement: “I believe that there is a need for ‘peer reviewed’ Internet resources, much as there is a ‘peer review’ process for ‘classic’ publications.”

Strongly disagree	1	2	3	4	5	Strongly agree	Total
Count	5	4	17	31	42		99
Percent	5.05%	4.04%	17.17%	31.31%	42.42%		100%

Average:	4.02	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	1.22
Median:	4.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	1.11

7.Is DLESE a place where you would choose to disseminate scientific and educational resources that were developed as part of your work?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	59	70.24%
2. No	25	29.76%
Total	84	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	84	Maximum value:	2

1.Have you ever been involved in GLOBE?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	22	16.79%
2. No	109	83.21%
Total	131	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	131	Maximum value:	2

2.How would you suggest GLOBE better serve both the science and science education community?

1.If you participated in a JOSS supported field program, did you use (please check all that apply):

Option	Count	Percent
1. general planning and operations support	43	18.61%
2. field logistics—shipping, travel, lodging, etc.	35	15.15%
3. observational platform coordination	24	10.39%
4. operational data collection	40	17.32%
5. operational forecasting services	20	8.66%
6. on-line field catalog	52	22.51%
7. LAN and communication support	17	7.36%
Total	231	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	83	Maximum value:	7

2.If you utilized JOSS data management services, was it (please check all that apply):

Option	Count	Percent
1. part of a field project you participated in?	54	32.34%
2. did you provide data to the archive/field catalog?	33	19.76%
3. did you retrieve data from the archive/field catalog?	56	33.53%
4. did you use JOSS QA or special processing services?	7	4.19%
5. did you use custom data ingest/retrieval requests?	10	5.99%
6. did you use custom data products?	7	4.19%
Total	167	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	73	Maximum value:	6

1.Indicate, on a scale of 1-5 (5=highest), the importance you assign to Unidata's practice of community participation and community building, as reflected, e.g., in triennial all Unidata summer workshops, community-based Internet Data Distribution (IDD) system, provision of access to diverse data sets, and end user support:

Lowest	1	2	3	4	5	Highest	Total
Count	2	4	39	97	120		262
Percent	0.76%	1.53%	14.89%	37.02%	45.8%		100%

Average:	4.26	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	0.67
Median:	4.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	0.82

2.For each of the major Unidata software systems you use, please indicate the nature of your use and your associated level of satisfaction. Rate on a scale of 1-5 as follows:

For use, 1=none, 5=extensive

For effectiveness, 1=poor, 5=excellent

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	GEMPAK	1	2	3	4	5
2	Effectiveness in Instruction	18 3.01%	7 2.17%	37 3.35%	45 4.11%	36 3.1%
3	Effectiveness in Research	14 2.34%	6 1.86%	41 3.71%	48 4.39%	42 3.61%
4	Effectiveness of Documentation	18 3.01%	21 6.52%	40 3.62%	46 4.2%	20 1.72%
5	Effectiveness of Training Courses	15 2.5%	12 3.73%	33 2.99%	31 2.83%	29 2.5%
6	Effectiveness of User Support	15 2.5%	9 2.8%	30 2.71%	36 3.29%	43 3.7%
7
8	Integrated Data Viewer (IDV)	1	2	3	4	5
9	Use for Instruction	32 5.34%	12 3.73%	33 2.99%	17 1.55%	24 2.07%
10	Use for Research	26 4.34%	15 4.66%	35 3.17%	24 2.19%	19 1.64%
11	Effectiveness in Instruction	18 3.01%	9 2.8%	29 2.62%	27 2.47%	17 1.46%
12	Effectiveness in Research	14 2.34%	13 4.04%	35 3.17%	25 2.29%	17 1.46%
13	Effectiveness of Documentation	13 2.17%	17 5.28%	40 3.62%	24 2.19%	9 0.77%
14	Effectiveness of Training Courses	15 2.5%	6 1.86%	23 2.08%	26 2.38%	17 1.46%
15	Effectiveness of User Support	13 2.17%	7 2.17%	32 2.9%	14 1.28%	28 2.41%
16
17	McIDAS	1	2	3	4	5
18	Use for Instruction	37 6.18%	9 2.8%	16 1.45%	24 2.19%	19 1.64%
19	Use for Research	32 5.34%	10 3.11%	20 1.81%	27 2.47%	24 2.07%
20	Effectiveness in Instruction	17 2.84%	6 1.86%	19 1.72%	25 2.29%	16 1.38%
21	Effectiveness in Research	15 2.5%	9 2.8%	20 1.81%	25 2.29%	22 1.89%
22	Effectiveness of Documentation	17 2.84%	11 3.42%	24 2.17%	19 1.74%	15 1.29%
23	Effectiveness of Training Courses	17 2.84%	8 2.48%	21 1.9%	14 1.28%	17 1.46%
24	Effectiveness of User Support	16 2.67%	9 2.8%	17 1.54%	12 1.1%	27 2.32%
25
26	Local Data Manager (LDM)*	1	2	3	4	5
27	Use for Instruction	21 3.51%	9 2.8%	19 1.72%	21 1.92%	38 3.27%
28	Use for Research	18 3.01%	6 1.86%	17 1.54%	33 3.02%	49 4.22%
29	Effectiveness in Instruction	11 1.84%	5 1.55%	22 1.99%	24 2.19%	32 2.75%
30	Effectiveness in Research	9 1.5%	4 1.24%	21 1.9%	33 3.02%	42 3.61%
31	Effectiveness of Documentation	8 1.34%	9 2.8%	31 2.81%	35 3.2%	22 1.89%
32	Effectiveness of Training Courses	8 1.34%	7 2.17%	25 2.26%	22 2.01%	27 2.32%
33	Effectiveness of User Support	7 1.17%	6 1.86%	20 1.81%	24 2.19%	43 3.7%
34	* LDM is the software foundation for Internet Data Distribution (IDD), the principal means by which Unidata participants acquire real-time data
35	netCDF	1	2	3	4	5
36	Use for Instruction NA**	19 3.17%	4 1.24%	14 1.27%	22 2.01%	27 2.32%
37	Use for Research	13 2.17%	5 1.55%	24 2.17%	55 5.03%	111 9.55%
38	Effectiveness in Instruction NA**	8 1.34%	4 1.24%	17 1.54%	26 2.38%	26 2.24%
39	Effectiveness in Research	5 0.83%	5 1.55%	31 2.81%	62 5.67%	87 7.49%
40	Effectiveness of Documentation	5 0.83%	11 3.42%	50 4.52%	52 4.75%	57 4.91%
41	Effectiveness of Training Courses NA	7 1.17%	4 1.24%	29 2.62%	13 1.19%	19 1.64%
42	Effectiveness of User Support	6 1.0%	11 3.42%	51 4.62%	45 4.11%	42 3.61%
43	** As the netCDF is targeted to developers, characterizing its usage by instruction or research makes little sense. Please estimate the overall usage, trend, and effectiveness in the "research" rows.
44	Access to data on remote servers via client/server protocols such as THREDDS, DODS/OPeNDAP, ADDE, and WCS***	1	2	3	4	5
45	Use for Instruction	27 4.51%	5 1.55%	26 2.35%	17 1.55%	13 1.12%
46	Use for Research	20 3.34%	4 1.24%	29 2.62%	21 1.92%	23 1.98%
47	Effectiveness in Instruction	11 1.84%	5 1.55%	23 2.08%	17 1.55%	14 1.2%
48	Effectiveness in Research	8 1.34%	5 1.55%	28 2.53%	24 2.19%	18 1.55%
49	Effectiveness of Documentation	8 1.34%	7 2.17%	34 3.08%	15 1.37%	11 0.95%
50	Effectiveness of Training Courses NA	10 1.67%	2 0.62%	22 1.99%	7 0.64%	8 0.69%
51	Effectiveness of User Support	8 1.34%	8 2.48%	27 2.44%	17 1.55%	12 1.03%
52	*** THREDDS (Thematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Services), OPeNDAP (Open source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol) formerly DODS (Distributed Oceanographic Data System, ADDE (Abstract Data Distribution Environment), and WCS (Web Cov


Total responses:	271

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3.Please rate the types of currently available real-time data listed below according to their importance in your future work (1=little or none, 5=highest).

	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Data Type	Priority
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	U.S. surface and upper-air observations	15 6.0%	7 4.46%	17 4.53%	34 6.85%	123 14.59%
3	U.S. surface and upper-air observations	15 6.0%	9 5.73%	13 3.47%	34 6.85%	111 13.17%
4	International surface and upper-air observations	14 5.6%	10 6.37%	41 10.93%	57 11.49%	86 10.2%
5	Gridded model analyses and forecasts (atmospheric)	8 3.2%	4 2.55%	21 5.6%	42 8.47%	150 17.79%
6	Gridded model analyses and forecasts (oceanic)	20 8.0%	26 16.56%	45 12.0%	45 9.07%	58 6.88%
7	NEXRAD Level III (i.e., NIDS) products	27 10.8%	14 8.92%	42 11.2%	43 8.67%	54 6.41%
8	NEXRAD Level II (i.e., full volume scan) data	27 10.8%	16 10.19%	31 8.27%	37 7.46%	67 7.95%
9	Lightning-stroke data	35 14.0%	19 12.1%	38 10.13%	45 9.07%	37 4.39%
10	Wind Profiler data	21 8.4%	14 8.92%	36 9.6%	59 11.9%	58 6.88%
11	ACARS (AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTING SYSTEM) Observations	28 11.2%	18 11.46%	39 10.4%	44 8.87%	46 5.46%
12	GPS Precipitable Water observations	29 11.6%	20 12.74%	49 13.07%	52 10.48%	40 4.74%
13	Other:	11 4.4%	0	3 0.8%	4 0.81%	13 1.54%


Total responses:	231

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Count
Column percent

4.Please list additional types of real-time data that Unidata should make available, in decreasing order of priority:

5.Unidata is involved in collaborations that yield or will yield improved access to older (historical) data, including case-study data sets. Please indicate on a scale of 1-5 what importance you assign to such efforts
(1=little or none, 5=highest):

Little or none	1	2	3	4	5	Highest	Total
Count	6	4	38	85	82		215
Percent	2.79%	1.86%	17.67%	39.53%	38.14%		100%

Average:	4.08	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	0.88
Median:	4.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	0.94

1.Are these types of visitor programs useful to the research community?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	128	95.52%
2. No	6	4.48%
Total	134	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	134	Maximum value:	2

2.Is there a need in the community for a specific type of visitor program that isn't covered by the existing programs?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	18	15.38%
2. No	12	10.26%
3. Don't know or not sure	87	74.36%
Total	117	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	117	Maximum value:	3

1.How do you feel UCAR is doing in keeping you informed of events at NCAR and UCAR and of opportunities for you to collaborate and participate?

Option	Count	Percent
1. a good job	138	63.59%
2. a fair job	67	30.88%
3. a poor job	12	5.53%
Total	217	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	217	Maximum value:	3

3.I consult the UCAR/NCAR/UOP website

Option	Count	Percent
1. Almost every day	11	5.02%
2. More than once a week	24	10.96%
3. Weekly	47	21.46%
4. Monthly or less	117	53.42%
5. Never	20	9.13%
Total	219	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	219	Maximum value:	5

5.I refer students or colleagues to materials on the website or forward pages to them

Option	Count	Percent
1. Frequently	34	16.35%
2. Occasionally	104	50.0%
3. Rarely	43	20.67%
4. Never	27	12.98%
Total	208	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	208	Maximum value:	4

6.Overall I find the website

Option	Count	Percent
1. Easy to navigate	165	87.3%
2. Difficult to navigate	24	12.7%
Total	189	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	189	Maximum value:	2

8.I find the content on the website

Option	Count	Percent
1. Almost always or always meets my needs	83	46.37%
2. Sometimes meets my needs	94	52.51%
3. Almost never or never meets my needs	2	1.12%
Total	179	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	179	Maximum value:	3

10.Which of the following publications do you receive? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. UCAR Quarterly	43	24.86%
2. UCAR Highlights	23	13.29%
3. UCAR Updates	25	14.45%
4. News releases via email	82	47.4%
Total	173	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	108	Maximum value:	4

11.UCAR Quarterly

Option	Count	Percent
1. Read all or most of every issue	9	11.39%
2. Read some articles	34	43.04%
3. Skim occasionally	13	16.46%
4. Don’t read it	21	26.58%
5. Sometimes or always share with colleagues or students	2	2.53%
Total	79	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	79	Maximum value:	5

12.UCAR Highlights

Option	Count	Percent
1. Read all or most of every issue	5	8.47%
2. Read some articles	18	30.51%
3. Skim	13	22.03%
4. Don’t read it	21	35.59%
5. Sometimes or always share with colleagues or students	2	3.39%
Total	59	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	59	Maximum value:	5

13.UCAR Updates

Option	Count	Percent
1. Read all or most of every issue	7	12.07%
2. Read some articles	19	32.76%
3. Skim	13	22.41%
4. Don’t read it	18	31.03%
5. Sometimes or always share with colleagues	1	1.72%
Total	58	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	58	Maximum value:	5

14.UCAR news releases

Option	Count	Percent
1. Read all or most of them	32	32.0%
2. Read sometimes	50	50.0%
3. Don’t read them	17	17.0%
4. Sometimes or always share with colleagues or students	1	1.0%
Total	100	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	100	Maximum value:	4

1.Do you receive communications such as Washington Updates and Action Alerts from the UCAR Office of Government Affairs?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	33	28.95%
2. No	71	62.28%
3. Don't know or not sure	10	8.77%
Total	114	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	114	Maximum value:	3

If yes, (check all that apply):

Option	Count	Percent
1. These provide relevant, useful information on Congressional activities of import to the community	33	53.23%
2. These engage the community in useful advocacy that serves the broad community	27	43.55%
3. These are of no interest to me	2	3.23%
Total	62	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	38	Maximum value:	3

2.What UCAR advocacy activities do you consider most important (please rate on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being most important).

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Action Alerts (Requests for UCAR community action on relevant federal budgets)	2 8.0%	4 30.77%	8 16.67%	17 15.89%	27 19.01%
3	Washington Updates (Information on relevant Capitol Hill and agency activities)	6 24.0%	2 15.38%	12 25.0%	21 19.63%	14 9.86%
4	Lobbying on behalf of certain community activities (as approved by the UCAR Board of Trustees) and agency budgets of importance to the community (e.g. NASA, NOAA, NSF, DOE)	4 16.0%	4 30.77%	8 16.67%	15 14.02%	24 16.9%
5	Providing testimony at Congressional hearings	5 20.0%	0	6 12.5%	19 17.76%	26 18.31%
6	Providing written input on pending legislation affecting our community (e.g. data legislation)	5 20.0%	1 7.69%	7 14.58%	19 17.76%	22 15.49%
7	Providing scientific briefings for Congressional staff drawing panelists from the university community as well as from UCAR.	3 12.0%	2 15.38%	7 14.58%	16 14.95%	29 20.42%


Total responses:	60

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3.If UCAR were to organize a workshop on effective ways to become involved in advocacy activities, would you be interested in attending?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	13	16.88%
2. No	28	36.36%
3. Maybe, depending on the time and other factors.	36	46.75%
Total	77	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	77	Maximum value:	3

4.Does the Office of Government Affairs website provide information on appropriations, the budget cycle, etc. that you find useful?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	23	31.94%
2. No	3	4.17%
3. Don't know or not sure	46	63.89%
Total	72	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	72	Maximum value:	3

1.What program(s) have you interacted with (please check all that apply)

Option	Count	Percent
1. ASP graduate fellowship program	8	3.42%
2. ASP postdoctoral program	10	4.27%
3. COMET Program	38	16.24%
4. DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education)	23	9.83%
5. GLOBE	14	5.98%
6. HAO postdoctoral program	1	0.43%
7. HAO Summer undergraduate visitor program	1	0.43%
8. NCAR Undergraduate Leadership Workshop	5	2.14%
9. NSDL (National Science Digital Library)	2	0.85%
10. Project LEARN	3	1.28%
11. SOARS	26	11.11%
12. Teachers Workshop on Climate and Global Change	14	5.98%
13. Teachers Workshop of Geoscience Education	7	2.99%
14. UCAR Visiting Scientist Program	16	6.84%
15. UCAR’s Home page and links to education programs	17	7.26%
16. Windows to the Universe website	6	2.56%
17. None of the above	39	16.67%
18. Other (please specify here):	4	1.71%
Total	234	100%

Median:	11.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	114	Maximum value:	18

2.How have you interacted with this program (please check all that apply)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. User of educational materials	41	25.63%
2. As a co-sponsor of participants	15	9.38%
3. As a contributor to or reviewer of science content	15	9.38%
4. As a collaborator on grant proposals supporting EO	10	6.25%
5. Participant in workshop or colloquium	22	13.75%
6. As a student	18	11.25%
7. As a teacher, speaker, advisor or mentor	23	14.38%
8. Not applicable	16	10.0%
Total	160	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	87	Maximum value:	8

3.Would you like UCAR to offer educational programs that might help junior faculty and early career scientists to strengthen their ability to communicate about science (e.g., written and oral communication skills)?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	81	87.1%
2. No	12	12.9%
Total	93	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	93	Maximum value:	2

1.How have you interacted with the SOARS program? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Sponsor	5	4.76%
2. Mentor	5	4.76%
3. Prot�g�	3	2.86%
4. Workshop or colloquium presenter	3	2.86%
5. Workshop or colloquium participant	2	1.9%
6. Volunteer (other than mentor)	2	1.9%
7. None	77	73.33%
8. Other (please specify):	8	7.62%
Total	105	100%

Median:	7.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	100	Maximum value:	8

2.If you checked any of the choices under item 1, please rate the overall quality of your experience on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest:

Lowest	1	2	3	4	5	Highest	Total
Count	1	2	3	10	10		26
Percent	3.85%	7.69%	11.54%	38.46%	38.46%		100%

Average:	4.0	Minimum value:	1	Variance:	1.2
Median:	4.0	Maximum value:	5	Std. deviation:	1.1

4.Do you receive SOARS communications such as SOARS program brochures or posters, the SOARS Newsletter, and "Earth, Wind, Sea, and Sky: Prot�g� Essays"?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	20	28.17%
2. No	51	71.83%
Total	71	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	71	Maximum value:	2

If yes, (check all that apply)

Option	Count	Percent
1. These provide relevant, useful information on the SOARS program and activities.	12	40.0%
2. These encourage participation in and support of SOARS.	14	46.67%
3. These are of no interest to me.	4	13.33%
Total	30	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	21	Maximum value:	3

5.If you are from a college or university, what kinds of activities does your department or academic unit engage in to support student diversity? (Please check/specify all that apply.)

	1	2	3	4
1	Focused recruiting	CHK
2	Scholarships	CHK
3	Partnerships with minority serving institutions	CHK
4	Research opportunities for students from underrepresented groups (e.g. research experience for undergraduates).	CHK
5	Maintaining a diverse faculty	CHK	Please describe:	TXT
6	Participation in college level or institution level efforts	CHK	Please specify:	TXT
7	Multi-institution collaborations (e.g. NSF's Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Programs)	CHK	Please specify:	TXT
8	Other:	CHK	Please specify:	TXT
9	None	CHK


Total responses:	45

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Count
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TXT - Text input
CHK - Checkbox

Checkbox details (column 2, row 1)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 15 33.33
False (not chosen) 30 66.67
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 2)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 24 53.33
False (not chosen) 21 46.67
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 3)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 14 31.11
False (not chosen) 31 68.89
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 4)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 19 42.22
False (not chosen) 26 57.78
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 5)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 14 31.11
False (not chosen) 31 68.89
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 6)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 14 31.11
False (not chosen) 31 68.89
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 7)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 4 8.89
False (not chosen) 41 91.11
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 8)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 2 4.44
False (not chosen) 43 95.56
Total 45 100%

Checkbox details (column 2, row 9)

Choice Count Percent
True (chosen) 5 11.11
False (not chosen) 40 88.89
Total 45 100%

1.1There was considerable agreement about the need for atmospheric sciences to both increase basic knowledge and to serve society. In your view, how should research priorities and directions primarily be determined? (Please rate on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most important.)

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Based largely on the intuition, interests and initiative of individual scientists	27 25.47%	59 27.7%	147 30.69%	220 38.06%	147 33.41%
3	Based on the greatest needs of society	23 21.7%	26 12.21%	88 18.37%	211 36.51%	248 56.36%
4	Based on the needs and priorities of funding agencies	52 49.06%	121 56.81%	235 49.06%	141 24.39%	31 7.05%
5	Other	4 3.77%	7 3.29%	9 1.88%	6 1.04%	14 3.18%


Total responses:	602

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1.2How do you think the research priorities and directions are actually being determined at present? (Please rate on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most important.)

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Based largely on the intuition, interests and initiative of individual scientists	40 40.0%	83 35.32%	160 34.56%	179 38.09%	90 22.0%
3	Based on the greatest needs of society	34 34.0%	130 55.32%	224 48.38%	116 24.68%	39 9.54%
4	Based on the needs and priorities of funding agencies	22 22.0%	17 7.23%	71 15.33%	166 35.32%	273 66.75%
5	Other	4 4.0%	5 2.13%	8 1.73%	9 1.91%	7 1.71%


Total responses:	568

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1.3Additional comments on this issue:

2.1Should the present level and quality of interdisciplinary research in the atmospheric sciences be increased?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	408	68.69%
2. No	22	3.7%
3. Stay at the same level	91	15.32%
4. Don't know or not sure	73	12.29%
Total	594	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	594	Maximum value:	4

2.2Is the academic community (including UCAR) organized adequately to carry out interdisciplinary research?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	186	31.31%
2. No	153	25.76%
3. Don't know or not sure	255	42.93%
Total	594	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	594	Maximum value:	3

2.3Are the funding agencies organized adequately to support interdisciplinary research?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	86	14.5%
2. No	259	43.68%
3. Don't know or not sure	248	41.82%
Total	593	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	593	Maximum value:	3

2.4How far should UCAR/NCAR go toward interdisciplinary research?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Too much, reduce a lot	7	1.28%
2. Reduce somewhat	25	4.55%
3. OK as is	174	31.69%
4. Increase somewhat	276	50.27%
5. Increase a lot	67	12.2%
Total	549	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	549	Maximum value:	5

3.1Do the atmospheric sciences attract and keep the best and brightest graduate students?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	147	24.79%
2. No	193	32.55%
3. Don't know or not sure	253	42.66%
Total	593	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	593	Maximum value:	3

3.3Are you aware of the UCAR student recruiting website, Discovering the Atmospheric Sciences?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	86	14.65%
2. No	501	85.35%
Total	587	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	587	Maximum value:	2

3.4If yes, do you think it is useful?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	78	42.39%
2. No	8	4.35%
3. Not sure	98	53.26%
Total	184	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	184	Maximum value:	3

3.5Are you aware of the GEO Forum held in Washington in March 2004 and designed to attract graduate students into the geosciences?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	80	13.91%
2. No	495	86.09%
Total	575	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	575	Maximum value:	2

3.6If yes, do you think similar forums should be carried out in the future in different parts of the country?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	94	39.0%
2. No	13	5.39%
3. Not sure	134	55.6%
Total	241	100%

Median:	3.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	241	Maximum value:	3

4.1Some members of the community have expressed concern that there is not enough effort in the universities being devoted to the development of instrumentation or to education on the sources and use of observational data. What is your estimate of the degree of this problem?

Option	Count	Percent
1. A significant problem	230	41.59%
2. A minor problem	277	50.09%
3. Not a problem	46	8.32%
Total	553	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	553	Maximum value:	3

4.3More generally, is the distribution of research effort, at UCAR and in the universities, appropriately divided among field research, modeling, theory, and laboratory work?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	335	67.81%
2. No	159	32.19%
Total	494	100%

Median:	1.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	494	Maximum value:	2

5.1Do you personally collaborate or work with the private sector?

Option	Count	Percent
1. Yes	177	31.16%
2. No	391	68.84%
Total	568	100%

Median:	2.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	568	Maximum value:	2

5.2On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest, how would you rate the present quality of interactions among these sectors?

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1		1	2	3	4	5
2	Academic-government	8 8.42%	46 14.84%	160 29.68%	208 53.75%	75 70.75%
3	Academic-private sector	41 43.16%	157 50.65%	186 34.51%	81 20.93%	8 7.55%
4	Government-private sector	46 48.42%	107 34.52%	193 35.81%	98 25.32%	23 21.7%


Total responses:	501

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7.2What additional or increased areas of service to the community should UCAR consider? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Observational facilities	171	9.15%
2. Computational facilities	153	8.19%
3. Instrumentation	126	6.74%
4. Community models	222	11.88%
5. Data sets or data streams	258	13.8%
6. Educational and/or training materials	209	11.18%
7. Support for field programs (planning, logistics, operations, and data management)	127	6.8%
8. Advocacy on behalf of community priorities	112	5.99%
9. Provision of real-time data to universities	174	9.31%
10. Community workshops on topics of interest	183	9.79%
11. Help with recruiting of graduate students	109	5.83%
12. None of the above	12	0.64%
13. Other (please list):	13	0.7%
Total	1869	100%

Median:	6.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	462	Maximum value:	13

7.3Which of the following activities would you like to participate in? (Please check all that apply.)

Option	Count	Percent
1. Governance (Advisory committees, Member Committees, Trustees, reviewer)	116	9.52%
2. Collaboration with UCAR scientists, educators or other staff.	302	24.79%
3. Participation in UCAR educational activities	158	12.97%
4. User of UCAR observational facilities	139	11.41%
5. User of UCAR computational facilities	177	14.53%
6. User of UCAR community models	274	22.5%
7. None of the above	48	3.94%
8. Other:	4	0.33%
Total	1218	100%

Median:	4.0	Minimum value:	1
Total responses:	481	Maximum value:	8