Established | 1960 |
---|---|
Director | Everette Joseph [1] |
Staff | Nearly 1,400 [2] |
Location |
Boulder,
Colorado, United States 39°58′41″N 105°16′30″W / 39.97815°N 105.27492°W |
Website |
ncar |
The US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR /ˈɛnkɑːr/) [3] is a US federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). [4] NCAR has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Studies include meteorology, climate science, atmospheric chemistry, solar-terrestrial interactions, environmental and societal impacts.
NCAR was instrumental in developing lidar, light radar, now a key archaeological tool, as well as providing a broad array of tools and technologies to the scientific community for studying Earth's atmosphere, including, [5] [6]
The center is staffed by scientists, engineers, technicians, and support personnel. [4] Key research areas include: [8]
Notable scientists on the current staff at the center include Tom Wigley, Kevin Trenberth, Clara Deser, and Caspar Ammann, [9][ better source needed] and in past have included Paul Crutzen (Nobel Prize in chemistry, 1995); Paul Julian, who with colleague Roland Madden discovered the Madden–Julian oscillation; Stephen Schneider . Greg Holland initiated the multiscale modeling project "Predicting the Earth System Across Scales". [10]
NCAR is currently organized into seven laboratories and two programs: [11]
Laboratories
Programs
NCAR's service to the universities and larger geosciences community is reinforced by the offerings of UCAR's community programs. [12] [13]
NCAR is managed by the nonprofit UCAR and is one of the NSF's Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, with approximately 95% of its funding coming from the federal government. However, it is not a federal agency and its employees are not part of the federal personnel system. [3] NCAR employs about 761 staff. Its annual expenditures in fiscal year 2015 were $167.8 million. [3] [14]
The founding director of NCAR was Walter Orr Roberts. [15] The current director is Everette Joseph. [16] [4]
NCAR Director | Dates in office |
---|---|
Walter Orr Roberts | 1960–1968 |
John W. Firor | 1968–1974 |
Francis P. Bretherton | 1974–1980 |
Wilmot N. Hess | 1980–1986 |
Richard A. Anthes | 1986–1988 |
Robert Serafin | 1989–2000 |
Timothy L. Killeen | 2000–2008 |
Eric J. Barron | 2008–2010 |
Roger M. Wakimoto | 2010–2013 |
Maura Hagan | 2013 (interim director) |
James W. Hurrell | 2013–2018 |
Everette Joseph | 2019–present |
NCAR has many opportunities for scientific visits to the facilities for workshops, colloquia, and collaboration by colleagues in academia, government labs, and the private sector. [17] Many NCAR staff also visit colleagues at universities and labs and serve as adjunct or visiting faculty. [13] [17]
The Visitor Center at the Mesa Laboratory is open to the public daily at no charge. Guided tours and self-guided tablet tours include video and audio on one of the first supercomputers built by Seymour Cray as well as NCAR's modern supercomputer fleet, many hands-on educational exhibits demonstrating weather phenomena and the changes in Earth's climate brought on by global warming, and a scenic outdoor weather trail.[ citation needed]
Established | 1960 |
---|---|
Director | Everette Joseph [1] |
Staff | Nearly 1,400 [2] |
Location |
Boulder,
Colorado, United States 39°58′41″N 105°16′30″W / 39.97815°N 105.27492°W |
Website |
ncar |
The US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR /ˈɛnkɑːr/) [3] is a US federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). [4] NCAR has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Studies include meteorology, climate science, atmospheric chemistry, solar-terrestrial interactions, environmental and societal impacts.
NCAR was instrumental in developing lidar, light radar, now a key archaeological tool, as well as providing a broad array of tools and technologies to the scientific community for studying Earth's atmosphere, including, [5] [6]
The center is staffed by scientists, engineers, technicians, and support personnel. [4] Key research areas include: [8]
Notable scientists on the current staff at the center include Tom Wigley, Kevin Trenberth, Clara Deser, and Caspar Ammann, [9][ better source needed] and in past have included Paul Crutzen (Nobel Prize in chemistry, 1995); Paul Julian, who with colleague Roland Madden discovered the Madden–Julian oscillation; Stephen Schneider . Greg Holland initiated the multiscale modeling project "Predicting the Earth System Across Scales". [10]
NCAR is currently organized into seven laboratories and two programs: [11]
Laboratories
Programs
NCAR's service to the universities and larger geosciences community is reinforced by the offerings of UCAR's community programs. [12] [13]
NCAR is managed by the nonprofit UCAR and is one of the NSF's Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, with approximately 95% of its funding coming from the federal government. However, it is not a federal agency and its employees are not part of the federal personnel system. [3] NCAR employs about 761 staff. Its annual expenditures in fiscal year 2015 were $167.8 million. [3] [14]
The founding director of NCAR was Walter Orr Roberts. [15] The current director is Everette Joseph. [16] [4]
NCAR Director | Dates in office |
---|---|
Walter Orr Roberts | 1960–1968 |
John W. Firor | 1968–1974 |
Francis P. Bretherton | 1974–1980 |
Wilmot N. Hess | 1980–1986 |
Richard A. Anthes | 1986–1988 |
Robert Serafin | 1989–2000 |
Timothy L. Killeen | 2000–2008 |
Eric J. Barron | 2008–2010 |
Roger M. Wakimoto | 2010–2013 |
Maura Hagan | 2013 (interim director) |
James W. Hurrell | 2013–2018 |
Everette Joseph | 2019–present |
NCAR has many opportunities for scientific visits to the facilities for workshops, colloquia, and collaboration by colleagues in academia, government labs, and the private sector. [17] Many NCAR staff also visit colleagues at universities and labs and serve as adjunct or visiting faculty. [13] [17]
The Visitor Center at the Mesa Laboratory is open to the public daily at no charge. Guided tours and self-guided tablet tours include video and audio on one of the first supercomputers built by Seymour Cray as well as NCAR's modern supercomputer fleet, many hands-on educational exhibits demonstrating weather phenomena and the changes in Earth's climate brought on by global warming, and a scenic outdoor weather trail.[ citation needed]