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Summer brings hundreds of scientists to UCAR's Boulder labs. Our Community Calendar summarizes what's coming up. If you have a pertinent meeting, a job opening, or some other opportunity to publicize, consider using our OppsList service and its Web page to get the word out.
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In This Issue...
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How random is our winter weather? Climate scientists map out a hemisphere-wide web of connections. Although forecasters wrote the lines well in advance, the winter of 2002–03 strayed from its script across the United States. more> |
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North America's ozone: a closer look Scientists have clarified the process by which ozone—an essential shield in the stratosphere, but a pollutant at lower levels—reaches its peak abundance above North America each spring. more> |
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Super-sizing
a community data trove
Tucked away at the remote end of the Computer Room of NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory are five giant data silos, the heart of the world-class Mass Storage System (MSS)—arguably the largest archive of atmospheric data on earth. more> |
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BAMEX goes after bow echoes and thunderstorm vortices. Tornadic supercells may steal the headlines, but a different kind of storm stirs up a comparable amount of havoc across the Midwest over the long haul. more> |
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Larry Winter: NCAR's new deputy director After an international search, NCAR has named Larry Winter, an applied mathematician at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as its new deputy director. more> |
Regular Features
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President’s Corner: University roles in the weather and climate services partnership In February 2003 the National Research Council (NRC) issued the report Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services. more> |
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One-stop shopping for educational sites The UCAR Education and Outreach Program has built a set of bridges between geoscience research and education. more> |
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The UCAR Community Calendar provides an overview of activities sponsored or hosted by UCAR, NCAR, or UOP for researchers, other professionals, and students in the atmospheric and related sciences. more> |
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Relocation of NCAR chemistry labs The focus of the UCAR Board of Trustees’ winter meeting, 25–26 February, was implementation of the strategic plan for UCAR space needs. more> |
