Requests for use of NSF facilities: Deadline is 15 February 1994 The National Science Foundation Observing Facilities Advisory Panel (OFAP) will meet in October 1993 and April 1994 to consider requests for use of all NSF-sponsored lower-atmospheric observing facilities. These include facilities at NCAR, Colorado State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and the University of Wyoming. The OFAP evaluates requests and makes recommendations on allocations to the NSF Facilities Advisory Council. The deadlines for receipt of requests for facility use between 1 October 1994 and 1 April 1995 is 15 February 1994. (The deadline for requested facility use between 1 April and 1 October 1994 was 17 August.) The observing facilities available and the individuals to whom requests or inquires should be directed are listed below. Scientists requesting facility support in conjunction with NSF grants should also include a brief description of those requirements in their grant applications, which are due at NSF four months prior to the OFAP meeting. At NCARÕs Atmospheric Technology Division, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000: NCAR Aircraft (Electra, C-130): Larry Radke, 303-497-1032. NCAR Radars (CP-2, CP-4): Peter Hildebrand, 303-497-2050. Surface and Sounding Systems (ISS [integrated sounding system], CLASS [cross-chain Loran atmospheric sounding system], ASTER [Atmosphere-Surface Turbulent Exchange Research Facility]): Walter Dabberdt, 303-497-8819. Data Services: Cynthia Mueller, 303-497-8805. Elsewhere: CSU-CHILL Radar: Steven Rutledge, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523; 303-491- 8283. T-28 Aircraft: Paul Smith, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701; 605- 394-2291. Wyoming King Air: John Marwitz, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071; 307-766-4947. ATD now has a pointer on the NCAR Gopher to its own Gopher, labeled ÒAtmospheric Observing Facilities (ATD)/.Ó Its purpose is to provide easy access to up-to-date information about NCAR observing facilities to potential users in the atmospheric sciences community. Updates to OFAP deadlines will be announced periodically in this Gopher. It will also be expanded to include other information about NCAR observing facilities that may be of interest to the user community. See your system administrator for instructions on using the Internet Gopher.