Archived Current issue... 28 August 1997

Deadline FY97 purchase requisitions 15 September
In the galleries
Albo and Goodrich receive U.S. patent
Annual charitable contributions drive
SCD UNICOS Class
New session of FL Yoga class
Bowlers wanted!
Mat classes!!
New books for the upcoming week

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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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In the galleries

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Award-winning watercolorist Anne-Marie Gordon-Leon will present her
one-woman show in Gallery I (second floor) of the Mesa Lab from 3 to 29
September. "Watercolor with a Difference" exhibits abstract works in
Gordon-Leon's destinctive cell technique.

Boulder artist Sandy Litchfield will continue to display her
large-format oil paintings in Gallery II (cafeteria) 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.

For more information about NCAR's Art Program, contact Linda Carbone,
x8612, lcarbone@ucar.edu.

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Albo and Goodrich receive U.S. patent

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CONGRATULATIONS to Dave Albo and Kent Goodrich for receiving a U.S.
patent!

MICROBURST DETECTION SYSTEM
Inventors: Eugene David Albo; Robert Kent Goodrich
Patent Number: 5,648,782
Date Issued: July 15, 1997

ABSTRACT: A radar station utilizes fuzzy logic processing to detect
atmospheric microburst events. The detection process accesses radar
velocity measurements to calculate wind shear and produce a wind shear
likelihood image. Reflectivity measurements are used to create a
reflectivity likelihood image as an indicator of storm activity. A
clutter image of stationary objects close to the radar is used to
create a clutter likelihood image as an indicator of false alarms. A
weighing factor is applied to each set of wind shear, reflectivity, and
clutter likelihood data, and the values are combined to produce a
combined likelihood image. The combined likelihood image is subjected
to averaging over a fixed area to eliminate spurious readings, and
positions having a sufficient size in combination with a likelihood
value exceeding a minimum threshold amount are selected as microbutrst
events.

For more information, please contact Kurt Lutes at x8580
(lutes@ucar.edu)

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Annual charitable contributions drive

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By now all staff should have received the materials for the annual
charitable contributions fund drive. (If you have not received the
package of materials, please call Dawn Ashley at X 1650.)

As in the past, both Community Shares of Colorado and United Way offer
the option of donating by payroll deduction or check as well as
designating the agency(s) you prefer to receive your donation. Please
be sure to provide all information on the donor cards including your
name and employee number. As always, this information will remain
confidential and will be used only for arranging payroll deductions and
confirming donations. Please return the donor cards to Susan
Montgomery-Hodge in the Fleischmann Building no later than Friday, 26
September.

Following are brief highlights from Community Shares and United Way
about this year's campaigns:

Community Shares is excited to again participate in the employee giving
program at UCAR/NCAR/UOP, our Boulder County Employer of the Year.
Community Shares represents 79 nonprofit organizations, providing a
wide variety of choices including Boulder Energy Conservation Center,
the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, and the Parenting Place. New
agencies include Colorado Youth Program and Habitat for Humanity of
Boulder Valley.

Boulder County United Way has a three-fold focus: first, continue to
fund six impact areas of need in the community; second, examine the
possible effects that the new welfare reform laws will have on those
needs in our community; finally, continue implementation of the Outcome
Measurements for each partner agency's programs. The areas of need
targeted for funding include: Job Readiness, Family Violence,
Dependent Care, Youth Development, Crises Care, and Sustaining Care. A
total of 88 programs are currently being funded by 37 local agencies.

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SCD UNICOS Class

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Thursday, September 11
8:30 a.m./Mesa Lab, Room: Damon Room
Presenter: Juli Rew, SCD

A basic working knowledge of UNIX is a prerequisite for this class. If
you are new to computing on NCAR's Cray computers, the UNICOS
Orientation class can help quick-start your computing. The free,
half-day class introduces yo to the NCAR computing environment and
covers the following topics. NCAR hardware and access methods, Mass
Storage System commands, cf77 and the cf90 compiling system, library
considerations, NOS batch system, job accounting, graphics facilities,
cdbx debugging, I/O optimization, CPU optimization.

Please register in advance by sending email to janie@ncar.ucar.edu or
calling (303) 497-1288. Classes with less than five people signed up
may be cancelled.

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New session of FL Yoga class

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A new session of the FL Yoga class will begin on September 2nd.

Yoga offers a refreshing break in the day. It increases flexibility,
helps relieve back pain, repetitive stress syndrome and reduces
anxiety. Renewed energy arises from precise attention to alignment and
continuous flow of yoga postures. The class is both gentle and
rigorous.

The class costs $6 per session if paid in advance. Classes are on
Tuesday and Friday, from 10:55am to 11:55am. The session lasts eight
weeks.

Drop Ins with instructor's permission: $10.00

For more information about yoga at FL, contact: Leonard Sitongia
(sitongia@ucar.edu, ext.1509).

You can also browse:



http://www.ucar.edu//ucargen/groups/wellness/fl.yoga.html

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Bowlers wanted!

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What to do on a dark, cold, winter evening? Go bowling with friends!!
Please contact Angie Garcia at ext. 8898 or agarcia@ucar.edu if you're
interested in entering a team or joining a team on the NCAR Mixed
Bowling League. Season begins in two weeks (September 9).

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Mat classes!!

Repatterning exercises based on The Method of Joseph H. Pilates,
taught by Christine Guzy.

New sessions:

Foothills Lab
Monday, 8 September through 13 October, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, 4 September through 9 October, 12:05 - 1:05 p.m.

Note: Monday, 1 September is Labor Day holiday.

Mesa Lab
Tuesday 2 September through 7 October, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 4 September through 9 October, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Cost:
$36 for each six week session. Drop-in, $7 per class.

These mat exercises are non-impact. They are yoga-like, but with more
movement. They help build strength and flexibility, focusing on
abdominal strength, breath, and efficiency of movement.

To read more about The Method of Joseph H. Pilates, see articles posted
on both the FL and ML Fitness Center bulletin boards.

You may start classes at any time during the session. For more
information and to register for classes, contact Christine at
494-5569.

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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), which can be found on the Web at:



http://www.dir.ucar.edu/iss/lib/online_catalog.html

Calibration and intercalibration of satellite sensors
and early results of RADARSAT / K. Tsuchiya
QB495 .A38 v. 19, no. 9 / location: FL

SAM, student activities in meteorology / B. L. Meier
QC869.3 .M45 1993 / location: ML-REF

11th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid
Dynamics / American Meteorological Society
QC880.4 .W3 C66 1997 / location: ML

Applications of weather radar systems / C. G. Collier
QC973 .C65 1996 / location: FL

Report of the meeting of scientific experts, 5-6 March
1992 / E. L. Baker
QC981.8 .C5 I45 1992 / location: ML

Plant ecophysiology / M. N. V. Prasad
QK905 . P55 1997 / location: ML

Soil bioventing : principles and practice / A. Leeson
TD878.6 .L44 1997 / location: ML

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