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A COSMIC Introduction - FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
Take a multimedia tour of the science behind the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, six microsatellites in low-Earth orbit that interact with GPS satellites to gather atmospheric data across the whole planet. |
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Advanced Study Program (ASP)
ASP's postdoctoral and faculty fellowships and graduate student visitor program encourage the development of young scientists and support interactions with universities. |
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Antarctica: Challenging Forecasts for a Challenging Environment
View a 12-minute overview for general audiences on Antarctica's harsh but beautiful environment and its role in shaping the global climate. The main presentation (73 minutes) features experts discussing forecasting challenges as well as present and future research topics, while elaborating on the uniqueness of Antarctica's location, topography, and weather. |
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Assessing Fire Danger
Wildfires burn acres of U.S. land each year. This course helps meteorologists and others interested in gauging fire potential learn to recognize the conditions that precede these destructive blazes. |
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Basic Weather Processes (S-290, Unit 4)
Introductory meteorology for wildland firefighters is the topic of this online course, but it provides a great introduction to meteorology for anyone with interest and about 45 minutes to spare. |
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Biocomplexity Project
An interdisciplinary team is collaborating to unravel the processes that add or remove carbon dioxide—a key greenhouse gas—from the atmosphere |
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CISL Data Support Section
Get your data here! This NCAR group provides historical scientific data to the atmospheric and oceanographic research community. |
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CISLSupercomputer Gallery
This gallery of the hardware behind much of our research covers the history of supercomputing at NCAR from our founding in 1963 to the present. |
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Climate & Global Dynamics Division
CGD research provides an understanding of the Earth's climate system and uses models to develop the capability of predicting the evolution of the climate system. |
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Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together
Is global warming real? Why should we care? What can be done about it? This interactive, illustrated online course, originally created for broadcast meteorologists, is also a great introduction for the general public. |
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Community Hurricane Preparedness
This online course for emergency managers and decision makers also offers a quick tour for anyone concerned about how communities can prepare for and respond to a hurricane threat. |
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Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
This NCAR laboratory provides supercomputing and cyberinfastructure services and performs basic and applied research in computational science and mathematics, including development of new mathematical tools and models. |
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Digital Library for Earth System Education
Students and teachers will find a treasure trove of web-accessible materials about the Earth system, including lesson plans, virtual field trips, and multimedia resources, at this site. |
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Disaster Dynamics: Hurricane Landfall
The Hurricane Landfall game teaches players about interactions between natural hazards and human decisions in a Gulf Coast barrier island community. It is a free experiential learning game intended for use in undergraduate classes. |
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Earth & Sun Systems Laboratory
ESSL studies atmospheric chemistry, climate and global dynamics, meteorology, and Sun-Earth interactions, and fosters collaborative projects across NCAR. |
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Earth Observing Laboratory
EOL develops and deploys observing instruments and facilities and provides data services for the atmospheric and Earth system sciences community. |
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Environmental Satellite Resource Center
The ESRC is a searchable database of satellite websites, training, and data. It's also a community site where organizations and individuals around the globe can easily submit their own resources to the database. |
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Flash Flood Processes
Learn the differences between flash floods and general floods and examine the hydrologic processes that affect flash flood severity.
Then see how flash flood guidance is developed.
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