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The summer sun sets over Huntington Beach in California. (Photo by Carlye Calvin.)
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Researchers prepare for field project in remote
tropical Pacific
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About
two dozen researchers from EOL are gearing up
for a trip to Christmas Island, a coral atoll
near the equator roughly 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers)
south of Hawaii. The island’s remote marine
environment will serve as an outdoor laboratory
for the team to study the chemistry and physics
of sulfur in the atmosphere. More >
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Nuts
about science
CHATS, the Canopy
Horizontal Array Turbulence Study, wrapped up in
June. During the field campaign, NCAR researchers
traveled to Dixon, California, to measure winds
and turbulence within and above a walnut orchard
that functioned as a uniformly vegetated canopy.
Their broad goal is to improve modeling of surface-atmosphere
exchange in regional and global land, atmosphere,
and chemical models. More >
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NCAR
welcomes new researchers
In what is one of NCAR’s larger classes of new hires in recent years, the
center has hired seven Scientists I and one Research Engineer I. Interests range
from computer science to air pollution to the interior of the Sun. More > |
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SOARS
protégés in the thick of
another summer
A group of college and graduate students is forgoing
more relaxing pursuits this summer for a chance to
do original research in the atmospheric and Earth
sciences, on topics ranging from hurricane impacts
to aerosol pollutants. More > |
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Just
before Sunrise....
A crane prepares to lift this 23-foot (7-meter)
gondola outside Center Green. More > |
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Strong
winds damage hangar roof at Jeffco
On Monday, June 11, exceptionally
strong winds blew off a 5,000-square-foot section
of the roof of NCAR’s aircraft hangar at Jeffco. More > |
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Short
Takes
Science-society insight
from Hurricane Rita. Iron deposition
in the ocean. Atmospheric
tides. The missing carbon sink. More > |
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Bill
Randel to lead ESSL/ACD
The new director of ACD
already knows the division very well. A 22-year NCAR
veteran, Bill Randel took over in April. He replaces
acting director Brian Ridley. More > |
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UCAR photographer Carlye Calvin captured
these prairie coneflowers, sometimes
called yellow Mexican hats, outside the
Mesa Lab in late June. Part of the aster
family, the coneflowers are native to
the prairie and western states.
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