Archived 31 July 1997

In the galleries
Year-end kickoff workshop
Deadline FY97 purchase requisitions 15 September
Staff development news
Got a favorite book? Tell "Staff Notes" about it
Last chance for Walk/BikeWeek T-shirts
1997 SOARS Colloquium August 1, 5-7
New books for the upcoming week

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In the galleries

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Keith Howard will present his one-man show of pastel drawings in
Gallery I of the Mesa Lab from 1 to 28 August. The exhibition features
abstract works of color and form inspired by I.M. Pei's architectural
landmark.

Sandy Litchfield will display her large-format oil paintings in Gallery
II, ML cafeteria, from 2 August through 29 September. Litchfield's
show "Paths I Belong To..." features landscape works inspired by
Boulder's open space, including views from the NCAR site.

Both artists' work and future NCAR art exhibitions can be previewed on
the World Wide Web at http://www.dir.ucar.edu/iss/dmc/vishome. For more
information, contact Linda Carbone, X8612, lcarbone@ucar.edu.

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Year-end kickoff workshop

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Please join the Finance and Administration and NCAR Budget and Planning
staff in our annual Year-End Kickoff workshop

Thursday, July 31
8:30 - 10:30 am
FL2 Auditorium

The workshop will cover:


• Timing of year end events
  
• Accruals
  
• Encumbrances
  
• Management guidelines
  
• Property reminders for year end
  
• New FY 98 changes
  
• Update on Needs Assessment for Data Warehousing
  
  Individuals who have not been through the year end process are
  encouraged to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Anita
  Monk at amonk@ucar.edu.
  
  

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Deadline FY97 purchase requisitions 15 September

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The deadline for all FY97 Purchase Requisitions to be submitted to the
Contracts Office is September 15, 1997. Any requisitions received
after September 15 will be placed using FY98 funds.

Please note that materials which will be purchased with funds from the
Indirect Cost Pool must be received no later than September 30 in order
to be paid from FY97 funds. From now until September 15, please
indicate the word "INDIRECT" on those requisitions for items which are
using Indirect Cost Pool Funds.

If you have questions, please contact Purchasing Customer Service,
x8866.

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Staff development news

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August Classes

Hiring Supervisor's Training
6, August
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
FL2-1002

New Supervisor's Orientation
27, August
9:00-11:30 a.m.
FL2-1002

To register or for more information, please contact Cheryl Cristanelli,
ext. 8708, email cherylc@ucar.edu, or visit the staff development web
page at:



http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr

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Got a favorite book? Tell "Staff Notes" about it

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What are you packing away for vacation reading? Is there an exciting
or illuminating book you'd like to tell others about? The August issue
of Staff Notes Monthly will feature your suggestions for summer
reading. We'd like to feature books with some scientific or social
connection to the atmosphere and earth system; these might be
textbooks, histories, biographies, current-event summaries, or anything
else relevant and interesting. We also want to spotlight UCAR/NCAR/UOP
staff who have written or edited books in the past few months.

Please send your suggestions and mini-reviews of 200 words or less to
Bob Henson, bhenson@ucar.edu, as soon as possible. Deadline is Monday
4 August.

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Last chance for Walk/BikeWeek T-shirts

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Two extra T-shirts commemorating Walk/BikeWeek '97 are available for $5
each. Both are XL; one is dark khaki, the other white. If you're
interested, contact Bob Henson, bhenson@ucar.edu.

Also, a few cyclists have not yet paid for their T-shirts distributed
earlier this month. Please send your payment to Bob Henson (FL4) ASAP
if you haven't already.

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1997 SOARS Colloquium August 1, 5-7

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You are cordially invited to attend the 1997 SOARS Colloquium. This
colloquium, scheduled for August 1, and August 5-7, provides an
excellent opportunity for SOARS proteges to present their summer
research projects, which span a wide range of topics. Individual
presentations are expected to last for up to 30 minutes and will be
followed by a brief question and answer period and refreshments. Below
you will find this year's colloquium schedule. As noted in the June
1997 Staff Notes, "When you attend a SOARS presentation, be prepared
for spontaneity and a surprise here and there." -- Tom Windham, SOARS
Program Director

Friday, August 1--Board Room/Fleischmann Building

Noon: Quindi Franco - Mapping U.S. Climate and Climate Research Policy.

Tuesday, August 5--Board Room/Fleischmann Bldg.

9 a.m.: Jazmin Diaz-Lopez - Monitor effects of global climate change
on biodiversity. Measuring plant species richness and various climate
parameters in Rocky Mountain National Park.

10 a.m.: Carl Etsitty - Detection via direct PCR, ICC-PCR and cell
culture of viral survival in sludge amended soils.

11 a.m.: Sharon Perez-Suarez - Analyze the results of an Ocean General
Circulation Model (OGCM) simulation of the Cretaceous (80 million years
ago), and compare those results to proxies for ocean temperature and
circulation from the geologic record.

12:30 p.m.: Kiesha Stevens - Development of a daily temperature and
precipitation time series for the continental U.S.

1:30 p.m.: Jennifer Zabel - Assist in development of trace gas
analysis instrument; Development of trace gas emission model for field
site in California (including natural and anthropogenic emissions).

2:30 p.m.: Rachel Vincent - Sensitivity Analysis of a Tropospheric
Chemistry Mechanism Using the Adjoint Method.

3:30 p.m.: Paneen Petersen - Arctic tundra and the global carbon
cycle.

Wednesday, August 6--Room 1001/FL2

1 p.m.: Karen Mozealous - The Influence of Ozone Depletion on
Atmospheric Tides.

2 p.m.: Jennifer Price - Cooperative Atmospheric Surface Exchange
Study (CASES). Investigation of deposition of ozone. Analysis of data
from CASES.

3 p.m.: Chris Castro - Application of an empirical down scaling method
to project the effect of climate change on corn yield in the
mid-Atlantic states.

Thursday, August 7--Directors Conference Room/ML

10 a.m.: Stephanie Rivale - Analysis of role of UV light in
photochemical smog formation.

Thursday, August 7--Room 1001/FL2

Noon: Darnell Powers - Processes that influence chemistry in
stratocumulus.

1 p.m.: Janel Cobb - Vertical Profiles of Large Aerosol particles
during the Aerosol Characterization Experiments.

2 p.m.: Lacey Holland - Forecast Verification by a Research Aircraft.

3 p.m.: Shirley Murillo - Linkages between land surface and meso-scale
models, emphasizing the role of land surface processes and modeling
methods.

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New books for the upcoming week

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This is a sampling of the new books available at the NCAR library.
These books and others will be on display at the Foothills library for
the upcoming week. For a complete list of new titles at both the
Foothills and Mesa locations please check the Information Desk on the
library's on-line catalog (NOLA).

How maps work : representation, visualization, and
design / A. M. MacEachren
GA105.3 .M32 1995 / location: ML

Vital signs 1997 : the environmental trends that are
shaping our furture / L. R. Brown
HD75.6 .B76 1997 / location: ML

Java web magic / J. T. Sinclair
QA76.73 .J38 S56 1997 / location: FL

Peter Norton's complete guide to Windows 95 / P. Norton
QA76.76 .O63 N67793 1997 / location: FL

Distributed operating systems : concepts and
design / P. K. Sinha
QA76.76 .O63 S568 1997 / location: FL

ECMWF seasonal simulations CD-ROM / European Centre for
Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
QC995 .E364 1997 / location: ML

Tornado! [videorecording] / Time Life Video
QC955 .T66 1996 / location: ML

Twisters! [videorecording] / Time Life Video
QC955 .T95 1996 / location: ML

Lightning! [videorecording] / Time Life Video
QC955 .L529 1996 / location: ML

Applications of physiological ecology to forest
management / J. J. Landsberg
SD395 .A66 1997 / location: ML

Web security & commerce / S. Garfinkel
TK5105.59 .G37 1997 / location: ML

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