Winter 2000

In this issue

Geophysical Turbulence Program gets full-time director
President's Corner: AMS-UCAR input into the new administration and Congress
The PaleoCSM produces a realistic El Niño
NCAR Interactions
UCAR members now total 66
Population and wealth, more than climate, drive soaring flood costs
NCAR scientists make rain in Mexico
New category of lightning found
If you want to use the T-28 during the next three years . . .
Volcanic eruptions, El Niños mask global warming signal
C-130 gets a clean bill of health
Science Bits: Researchers map global space weather; Middle school science texts riddled with errors; Grasslands can act as carbon sinks

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