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Early morning clouds over the Mesa Lab. (Photo by Carlye Calvin.)
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NCAR wades into forecasting dangerous waters
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Epic
floods around the world this summer have forced
thousands from their homes in Britain, spurred
emergency evacuations in Texas, and killed hundreds
in China. But perhaps no place in the world
is as vulnerable to floods as Bangladesh, where
more than 40% of the land area is within about
30 feet (10 meters) of sea level. More >
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Storm
World author comes to Center Green
Science journalist
and commentator Chris Mooney gave a public talk
about his new book, Storm
World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over
Global Warming, before an audience
of about 100 in the Center Green auditorium
on July 24. More >
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Another
successful year for leadership programs
As part of the organization’s mission to develop current and future leaders,
UCAR/NCAR/UOP graduated a combined 36 staffers this summer from Leadership Academy
and the Executive Leadership Program. More > |
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Mary
Marlino to head
NCAR Library, e-Science
Mary Marlino, former director of DLESE, took the
helm
of the NCAR Library on July 10. An educator by
training, Mary has worked for the past 20 years
in various aspects of educational technology
and digital libraries, experience she’ll
use to take the library in new directions. More > |
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Double
trouble on the storm front
A new study by ESSL’s Greg Holland and colleague Peter Webster (Georgia
Institute of Technology) indicates that the frequency of hurricanes and tropical
storms has doubled over the last century. More > |
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CISL
cultivates the next generation
Seven students are getting
a taste of supercomputing this summer in a new CISL-sponsored
internship program called SIParCS (Summer Internships
in Parallel Computational Science). More > |
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Delphi
Question
Herbicide application
at FL More > |
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Random
profile: Jennifer Boehnert
On the job: Jennifer works on NCAR’s GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Initiative as GIS coordinator for the organization as a whole. The initiative
began in 2001 with the goal of promoting the use of GIS in the atmospheric sciences. More > |
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The organization’s female senior scientists enjoy a bottle of champagne courtesy of NCAR director Tim Killeen. Linda Mearns gathered the group at Chautauqua Dining Hall to celebrate NCAR’s promotion of its 10th woman (Bette Otto-Bliesner) to the level of senior scientist. From left to right: Beth Holland (ESSL/ACD), Peggy LeMone (ESSL/MMM), Maura Hagan (ASP and ESSL/HAO), Annick Pouquet
(ESSL/IMAGe), Gang Lu (ESSL/HAO), Anne
Smith (ESSL/ACD), Clara Deser (ESSL/CGD),
Bette Otto-Bliesner (ESSL/CGD), Linda Mearns
(ISSE). Not pictured: Chin-Hoh Moeng (ESSL/MMM).
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