ucar Highlights 2007

Transformative Tools

Serving researchers based at universities and laboratories as well as its own staff, NCAR maintains a world-class fleet of facilities for observing and modeling the Earth system, from a powerful new aircraft to software that depicts the atmosphere in compelling detail

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Filling in the gaps: New ways to pull data from uncharted skies

Tiny troubles in the air: Measuring scant compounds and their big impact on air quality

Coding the atmosphere: The quest for software that’s flexible, versatile, affordable, and accurate

A magnetic team: Peering into the Sun’s plasma

Layering the atmosphere

A window on water vapor

A research aircraft is born: The NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V flies high (and far)

 

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