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Beijing is one of the world's most heavily polluted cities. [ENLARGE] (©UCAR, photo by Richard Anthes.) News media terms of use* SUMMER OLYMPICS TIP SHEET: NCAR SCIENTISTS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS WEATHER MODIFICATION, AIR QUALITY, AND FORECASTING IN BEIJING July 08, 2008 BOULDER—In an attempt to create a favorable environment for this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, Chinese officials hope to influence local weather conditions and air quality. They will use cloud seeding techniques to try to prevent rain during the opening ceremonies on August 8. They also will take aim at Beijing's air pollution by restricting emissions from cars and industrial facilities. The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has experts on weather modification and air quality who are available to comment on the likelihood that China's ambitious plans will succeed. In addition, NCAR scientists will be part of an international team in Beijing generating very shortterm forecasts, known as nowcasts. These forecasts will provide event coordinators with onetosixhour notices of local storms. The effort will also provide the nowcasting team with an opportunity to evaluate the accuracy of its forecasts. Here is contact information for NCAR scientists who can comment on these topics. Weather Modification Roelof Bruintjes 3034978909 [email protected] One of the world's leading experts on weather modification, Bruintjes has helped design cloud seeding and other weather modification programs on every continent except Antarctica. His work focuses primarily on attempts to enhance rainfall in arid and semiarid regions of the world, including ongoing projects in Wyoming, Australia, Turkey, the Middle East, and West Africa. He has consulted with Chinese experts about their programs in rainfall enhancement and prevention. Air Quality Guy Brasseur 3034971632 [email protected] Brasseur is an NCAR associate director and the head of NCAR's Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory. An atmospheric chemist, he has extensively studied the movements of pollutants and other chemicals in the atmosphere. Nowcasting Rita Roberts 3034978480 [email protected] Roberts specializes in the use of weather radars, satellites, and other advanced observational tools to improve shortterm

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Beijing is one of the world's most heavily polluted cities. [ENLARGE](©UCAR, photo by Richard Anthes.) News media terms of use*

SUMMER OLYMPICS TIP SHEET: NCAR SCIENTISTS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS WEATHERMODIFICATION, AIR QUALITY,  AND FORECASTING IN BEIJINGJuly 08, 2008

BOULDER—In an attempt to create a favorableenvironment for this summer's Olympic Games inBeijing, Chinese officials hope to influence local weatherconditions and air quality. They will use cloud seedingtechniques to try to prevent rain during the openingceremonies on August 8. They also will take aim atBeijing's air pollution by restricting emissions from carsand industrial facilities.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)has experts on weather modification and air quality whoare available to comment on the likelihood that China'sambitious plans will succeed.

In addition, NCAR scientists will be part of aninternational team in Beijing generating very short­termforecasts, known as nowcasts. These forecasts willprovide event coordinators with one­to­six­hour noticesof local storms. The effort will also provide thenowcasting team with an opportunity to evaluate theaccuracy of its forecasts.

Here is contact information for NCAR scientists who cancomment on these topics.

Weather Modification

Roelof Bruintjes303­497­[email protected]

One of the world's leading experts on weather modification, Bruintjes has helped design cloud seeding and other weathermodification programs on every continent except Antarctica. His work focuses primarily on attempts to enhance rainfall inarid and semi­arid regions of the world, including ongoing projects in Wyoming, Australia, Turkey, the Middle East, and WestAfrica. He has consulted with Chinese experts about their programs in rainfall enhancement and prevention.

Air Quality

Guy Brasseur303­497­[email protected]

Brasseur is an NCAR associate director and the head of NCAR's Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory. An atmospheric chemist,he has extensively studied the movements of pollutants and other chemicals in the atmosphere.

Nowcasting

Rita Roberts303­497­[email protected]

Roberts specializes in the use of weather radars, satellites, and other advanced observational tools to improve short­term

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forecasts of thunderstorms and associated severe weather. She is leading an effort to implement thunderstorm nowcastingtechniques into National Weather Service data analysis systems, which can help meteorologists better pin down the locationsand timing of storms. Roberts will be in Beijing during the Olympics to run one of NCAR's nowcasting systems.

Juanzhen (Jenny) Sun303­497­[email protected]

Sun is a world expert in the development of numerical forecast techniques that integrate current weather conditions intoshort­term forecasts. She will run one of her numerical forecast models in Beijing during the Olympics.

James Wilson303­497­[email protected]

Wilson, a radar meteorologist with over 45 years of experience, will be in Beijing for the Olympics to demonstrate one of thethunderstorm nowcasting techniques he pioneered. Called the Auto­nowcaster, the technique blends numerical model andobservational forecasting methods.

 

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