-----Help Welcome UCAR Summer Collegians The twelve participants in this year's Summer Employment Program (SEP) arrived at UCAR this week. They are being joined by two undergraduate visitors from Clark Atlanta University working at the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training (COMET) for the summer through National Science Foundation support. UCAR is welcoming both groups of students with a reception at which they will meet and mingle with their peers, others involved with their summer programs, and as many UCAR employees as possible. The reception is scheduled for Thursday, 23 June, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., in the Foothills Lab cafeteria atrium, Building 2. Meet the students and enjoy food, beverages, and camaraderie. Ethnic cuisine from the various cultures represented by the program participants will be featured. Come join the party! -----New to Computing at NCAR? If you are new to computing at NCAR and want a quick leg up, come to this summer's UNICOS Orientation Class being offered by the Scientific Computing Division: Wednesday, 29 June 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. FL2 room 1001 This one-day lecture gives you basic information about job submission, NCAR's mass storage system, graphics processing, and software libraries. It also introduces UNIX/UNICOS programming tools. (A basic working knowledge of UNIX is required.) For more details and to register for this free class, please send e-mail to scdinfo@ncar.ucar.edu or call SCD User Information, ext. 1225. -----Graphic Services Is On the Move This Week Graphic Services is moving into new quarters this week in the middle of the second basement (the former Machine Shop area). The Copy Center moved on Tuesday, 7 June, while Graphics and Photographics are occupying their new space today. Please allow for some delays in service until the move is complete. Full coverage of the new space and services will appear in a future issue of Staff Notes. -----Tomorrow Is Central Store's Grand Opening If you enjoy finding a bargain and helping the environment, you can do both at once by patronizing UCAR's new Central Store. This operation, which opened on Monday, 6 June, at the Mesa Lab, is working with all UCAR and NCAR entities to combine stocks of frequently used tools, electronic components, office supplies, shipping and packing supplies, computer disks and supplies, and the like. By pooling inventories and projecting usage, the store offers these items to divisions and programs at a savings. "There are several ways in which we are saving the institution money," says Lena Miller, the Central Store manager. "We are eliminating the time spent in the processing of a purchase requisition for small items. We're also saving the space needed to stock large backlogs of supplies, the time needed to process returns due to shipping error, and the time it takes a scientist or engineer to leave a project and run to a local vendor to get a part." In line with UCAR's environmental stewardship initiatives, the store is helping to reduce, reuse, and recycle a variety of products. It looks for products with minimal packaging, recycled contents, and environmentally safe features. The store will offer a battery- recharging program as well as reconditioned toner cartridges for photocopy machines. Its chemical dispensing service eliminates disposable containers and reduces the emission of fumes. Coming soon will be an on-line catalog of Central Store supplies and a system for ordering by electronic data interchange, which allows access to vendor catalogs. For now, you can place your orders by Calling ext. 1123 or 1932 Sending e-mail to lena.miller@ncar.ucar.edu Sending a fax to ext. 1127 or 1136 Sending a note through interoffice mail Stopping by the store You'll find the Central Store in ML room 072, part of the space formerly occupied by the High Altitude Observatory in the southwest end of the second basement, just east of the Fitness Center. Lena invites one and all to come by and get acquainted during the grand opening tomorrow afternoon. Refreshments will be served from 1:00 p.m. on, and vendors from Eastman, Newark Electronics, Fisher Scientific, Richard Young Products, and other firms will be on hand to answer questions and discuss their products. BH -----Volunteers Needed for Art Committee Information Services seeks volunteers to serve on the Art Advisory Committee, which selects artists whose work is displayed in the Mesa Lab gallery and cafeteria. The committee is made up of three NCAR staff members, each appointed by the NCAR director to serve two-year terms, and two professional artists from the local community to serve as advisers. Twice a year, the committee examines samples submitted by local artists and selects artists to display their work for one month each in the gallery and for two months in the cafeteria. The next judging will be held 11 August. If you would like to serve, please call Nita Razo, ext. 8606, for an application by 30 June. The final selection from the list of volunteers is made by the Director's Office. -----Don't Become a Statistic: Learn Tips on Crime Prevention The Wellness Committee and the Health, Environment, and Safety Committee are joining forces to sponsor a crime prevention seminar at UCAR. Crime Free America encourages people to take responsibility for their own safety and give them practical tips to help them do so effectively. The information and statistics used in Crime Free America presentations come from recognized authorities such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Justice Department and attorney general, and local police departments. Topics covered include practical procedures to follow to protect yourself on the street and in your car, as well as tips on protecting your home. A variety of safety items will be available for purchase (there is no obligation to purchase these items). The fast-paced, entertaining, and informative hour is presented by Kris Franz, a professional speaker, educator and motivator for over 20 years. She has taught thousands of men and women life- saving ideas and practical procedures that anyone can use. Two sessions have been scheduled: Wednesday, 15 June, 2:00 p.m. ML Main Seminar Room Thursday, 23 June, 9:30 a.m. FL Auditorium Please contact Sharon Hsi, ext. 8714, e-mail hsi@ncar.ucar.edu, to register. Indicate which session you would like to attend and how many will be attending. Family members over the age of 18 are invited to attend. -----Get Your Purchase Requisitions In Soon While it is not yet the end of fiscal year 1994, the end is not that far away. Last year we placed 35% of the dollar volume of purchase orders (POs) in the months of August and September, with 25% in the month of September alone. We in Contracts cannot do that this year, so please plan accordingly. With the imposition of the NSF's 2% carry-over rule, I feel that there may be a number of programs waiting until the last minute to submit purchase requisitions (PRs). Because of workload and system response time, we probably will not accept other-than-emergency PRs after 14 September. I realize that this is early in the month, but if we go any longer I cannot guarantee that the PO will get into the system in FY 94. On another topic, from time to time we get calls to change either the Account Key or Object Code on a PR or PO. We cannot change either an Account Key or an Object Code on a PR or PO without a PR requesting the change, signed by a person with signature authority on the Account Key. We appreciate your help and cooperation. Bob Greenwald, Contracts -----Corrections On page 2 of the 26 May issue of Staff Notes, two photo captions were inadvertently reversed. Our apologies go to the people pictured (Bob Serafin, Brian Bevirt, and Justin Watt). Also in the 26 May issue, above the ML and FL Fitness Center class schedules on page 5, Cathy Shaver is listed as the contact for evening ML and noon FL aerobics. Cathy actually is the instructor for noon ML and evening FL classes, as noted by her initials beside those classes. Staff Notes regrets the error. -----What's Cooking in the Cafeteria MONDAY, 13 JUNE Mushroom Beef Rice Soup Monte Cristo Country Hearth Picnic Sandwich Fettucine Primavera (with steak strips) and Multi-Grain Roll TUESDAY, 14 JUNE Spanish Soup Submarine and Chips (regular or low-fat) Barbecue Pork Sandwich and French Fries/Watermelon Wedge Chile Relleno Casserole, Fresh Salsa, Jalapeno Cornbread WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE Vegetable Barley Soup Marshall Field Sandwich Greek Salad Dilly Barbecued Turkey Breast, Herb Corn on the Cob, New Potatoes THURSDAY, 16 JUNE Navy Bean Soup Beefeater Sandwich/Tossed Green Salad Veggie Hero Chicken or Vegetable Mu Shu, Fried Rice FRIDAY, 17 JUNE Canadian Pea Soup Pizza - Chicken Cordon Bleu or Mushroom, Black Olive, and Spinach Fajitas Baked Fish Fillet, Orzo, Vegetable Luncheon Winners: FL -Mark Bradford ML - Dennis Shea ************************************************ VISITORS B. H. Ahn, Kyungpook National University, South Korea. Interest: Auroral ionospheric electrodynamics. 27 June - 20 August. FL2 room 3032, ext. 1566. --Art Richmond, HAO Robert Allan, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Victoria, Australia. Interest: El Ni–oÐSouthern Oscillation and climatic variability in contemporary and historical data. 15 - 19 June. ML room 202A, ext. 1706. --Ann Modahl, CGD Juerg Beer, EAWAG, Duebendorf, Switzerland. Interest: Solar- terrestrial relationship. 1 August 1994 - 1 August 1995. FL2 room 3032, ext. 1566. --Dick White, HAO Mitchell Berger, University College, London, England. Interest: Solar physics and turbulence theory. 3 July - 3 August. FL2 room 3030, ext. 1538. --Boon-Chye Low, HAO Michele Betsill, University of Colorado at Boulder. Interest: ENSO information value. 31 May - 19 August. FL2 room 2020, ext. 8122. --Michael Glantz, DIR Bernard Bonsang, Centre Des Faibles Radioactivites, Cedex, France. Interest: Atmospheric science. 9 - 10 June. ML room 482A, ext. 1420. --Brian Ridley, ACD Forrest Briscoe, Harvard College. Interest: Climate change rates and processes. 13 June - 2ÊSeptember. FL2 room 2022, ext. 8111. --Michael Glantz, DIR Stanley Changnon, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign. Interest: Water resources and climate change. 25 - 26 May. --Michael Glantz, DIR Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark. Interest: Helioseismology. 3 JulyÐ10 August. FL2 room 3052, ext. 1529. --Tim Brown, HAO Katia Ferriere, Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France. Interest: Galactic dynamo. 20ÊJuly - 17 August. FL2 room 3002, ext. 1516. --Peter Fox, HAO Marcel Goossens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium. Interest: MHD waves. 6 - 21 August. FL3 room 2029, ext. 8320. --Tom Bogdan, HAO Dale Haidvogel, Rutgers University. Interest: Oceanography. 15 June - 15 August. ML room 426B, ext. 1366. --Peter Gent, CGD Didier Hauglustaine, Universite Paris VI, Cedex, France. Interest: Tropospheric chemistry. 25ÊJuly - 8 August. ML room 391, ext. 1436. --Brian Ridley, ACD Michael Helfert, NASA. Interest: Rates and processes of deforestation and desertification. 17 - 23 July. FL2 room 2017, ext. 8118. --Michael Glantz, DIR Detlev Helmig, University of California, Riverside. Interest: Biogeochemistry. 1 April 1992 - 31ÊJulyÊ1994. ML room 020, ext. 1454. --Patrick Zimmerman, ACD Bert Holtslag, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt. Interest: Atmospheric boundary layer. 1 June - 28 August. ML room 309, ext. 1328. --James Hack, CGD Theresa Huang, University of Michigan. Interest: Numerical modeling of the middle atmosphere; dynamic, radiative, and chemical interactions and feedbacks. 8ÊJuneÊ1994 - 7ÊJune 1995. ML room 274, ext. 1649. --John Firor, DIR Michael Knolker, Kiepenheuer-Institut fur Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany. Interest: Wave propagation in radiating fluids. 1 - 22 August. FL2 room 3012, ext. 1547. --Tom Bogdan, HAO Franck Lefevre, Groupe de Meteorologie de Grande Echelle et Climat, Cedex, France. 20 May - 6ÊJune. --Guy Brasseur, ACD Vikram Mehta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Interest: Decadal - multidecadal climate variability. 6- 8 June. --Gerald Meehl, CGD Yves Morel, LEGI-IMG, Cedex, France. Interest: Oceanography. 9 May - 12 September. ML room 602, ext. 1720. --James McWilliams, CGD Aake Nordlund, Copenhagen University Observatory, Denmark. Interest: Solar convection and the solar dynamo. 1-30 July. FL2 room 3030, ext. 1538. --Axel Brandenburg, HAO Lee Panetta, Texas A&M University. Interest: Oceanography. 7 June - 19 August. ML room 428B, ext. 1366. --James McWilliams, CGD Robert Parkin, University of Colorado at Boulder. Interest: Economics of climate variability and change. 17 May - 11 August. FL2 room 2020, ext. 8113. --Kathleen Miller, DIR Marc Parlange, University of California, Davis. Interest: Precipitation variability. 15 August - 9ÊSeptember. FL2 room 2020, ext. 8113. --Richard Katz, DIR Christophe Peymirat, Research Center of Environmental Physics, Moulineaux, France. Interest: TIE-GCM. 1 July-30 August. FL2 room 3072, ext. 1582. --Art Richmond, HAO Marilyn Raphael, University of California, Los Angeles. Interest: Heat transports in the atmosphere and model output. 1 April- 30 September. ML room 220E, ext. 1708. --Kevin Trenberth, CGD Peter Speth, University of Koln, Germany. Interest: Dynamic and synoptic meteorology. 6 - 11ÊJune. ML room 220D, ext. 1360. --Roland Madden, CGD James Sulzman, Longmont, Colorado. Interest: Atmospheric chemistry. 1 June 1994 - 1 March 1995. ML room 591, ext. 1423. --Elisabeth Holland, ACD Rudolf Weber, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland. Interest: Large-scale meteorology. 6 June - 17 July. ML room 202E, ext. 1710. --Roland Madden, CGD Wanli Wu, University of Michigan. Interest: Middle atmosphere modeling. 5 July 1993 - 4 July 1995. ML room 569, ext. 1874. --Anne Smith, ACD ****************************