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The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
UCARan overview
UCAR as the Management Entity for NCAR
• Provides a streamlined, effective business & legal framework in which NCAR flourishes.
• Engages the best of the academic community in providing advice and high-level strategic & managerial decision making.
• Conducts managerial practices that develop human capital, reward achievement, & value diversity.
• Complements and supports NCAR programs with excellent companion efforts in:– Education – Community service– Government affairs – Technology
advancement– Public-private partnerships
“I have a very strong feeling that science exists to serve human welfare. It’s
wonderful to have the opportunity given us by society to do basic research, but in
return, we have a very important moral responsibility to apply that research to
benefiting humanity.”
Walter Orr Roberts
Walter Orr Roberts
Architect I.M. PeiArchitect I.M. Peimodeled the modeled the laboratory after laboratory after the cliff dwellingsthe cliff dwellingsof Mesa Verde.of Mesa Verde.
NCAR Mesa LabNCAR Mesa Labin Boulder, Coloradoin Boulder, Colorado
UCAR a non-profit corporation formed in 1959 to serve
the atmospheric and related science and education community
The UCAR mission
to support, enhance, and extend the capabilities of the university community, nationally and internationally; to understand the behavior of the atmosphere and related systems and the global environment; and to foster the transfer of knowledge and technology for the betterment of life on earth.
UCAR’s Six Goal Areas• Science--foster a broad scientific
program of highest quality to address present and future needs of society
• Research facilities--develop and acquire state-of-the-art scientific research facilities
• Education and training--devote significant attention to education and training, with emphasis on women and minorities
• Advocacy, public policy, and communication--in cooperation with other institutions, play a strong role in developing enhanced and more effective methods of communication among scientists, policymakers, and the public in order to foster the use of science in the service of humankind
• Technology transfer--in conjunction with the UCAR Foundation, transfer appropriate UCAR technology to the public and private sectors
• Research and operational partnerships--strengthen the relationship between the operational and research communities
UCAR Values
• Integrity• Excellence• Fairness• Hard work• Service• Risk taking• Teamwork
• Diversity• Flexibility• Innovation• Creativity• Leadership• Accomplishment• Employee
development
UCAR Governance• Membership: 66 member North American
universities with appropriate doctorate program; 19 Academic Affiliates
• Governance: 132 Member Representatives, Board of Trustees and associated committees
• Guidance: advisory committees and review panels and significant university involvement in every UCAR program
• Peer Review: 5-year review by NSF and UCAR Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Alaska
University at Albany,
State University of New York
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
California Institute of Technology
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Chicago
Colorado State University
University of Colorado at Boulder
Cornell University
University of Denver
Drexel University
Florida State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
University of Hawaii
Howard University
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
The Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Texas at Austin
Texas Tech University
University of Toronto
Utah State University
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Washington State University
University of Wisconsin- Madison
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
University of Wyoming
Yale University
York University
McGill UniversityUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
Naval Postgraduate School
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
University and Community College
System of Nevada
University of New Hampshire, Durham
New Mexico Institute of
Mining and Technology
New York University
North Carolina State University
The Ohio State University
University of Oklahoma
Old Dominion University
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Purdue University
University of Rhode Island
Rice University
Rutgers University
Saint Louis University
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD
Stanford University
Texas A & M University
UCAR Members
Otis Brown, University of Miami, Chairman*Richard Anthes, UCAR PresidentLeo Donner, Princeton UniversityKelvin Droegemeier, University of OklahomaBarbara Feiner, Washington University at St. LouisEugenia Kalnay, University of MarylandCharles Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography*Ron McPherson, American Meteorological SocietyNeal Lane, Rice UniversityMary Jo Richardson, Texas A&M UniversityPaola Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySoroosh Sorooshian, University of ArizonaDavid Skaggs, Center for Democracy and CitizenshipRonald Smith, Yale University*Orlando Taylor, Howard UniversityGabor Vali, University of Wyoming *term expires in February 2003
Term begins 2003: Eric Barron, The Pennsylvania State UniversityLen Pietrafesa, North Carolina State UniversityLynne Talley, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
UCAR Board of Trustees
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Member Institutions
Board of Trustees
UCAR President Richard Anthes
Finance & AdministrationKaty Schmoll, VP
Corporate Affairs
Jack Fellows, VP
UCAR ProgramsJack Fellows, Director
Kathryn Strand, Manager, Budget and Administration
NCARTim Killeen, Director
Steve Dickson, Associate Director
Constellation ObservingSystem for Meteorology
Ionosphere Climate(COSMIC)
Cooperative Program forOptional Meteorology
Education and Training(COMET)
GPS Science& Technology Program (GST)
UnidataVisiting Scientists
Programs(VSP)
Environmental& Societal
Impacts Group(ESIG)
High Altitude
Observatory(HAO)
Mesoscale &Microscale
Meteorological Division(MMM)
ScientificComputing
Division(SCD)
ResearchApplications
Programs(RAP)
Joint Officefor Science
Support(JOSS)
TimothySpangler
BillKuo
MaryMarlino
Robert Harriss
MichaelKnölker
RobertGall
BrantFoote
Al KellieRandolph
WareDavidFulker
MegAustin Karyn
Sawyer
AtmosphericChemistry Division
(ACD)
AtmosphericTechnology Division
(ATD)
Advanced StudyProgram(ASP)
Climate & GlobalDynamics Division
(CGD)
MauriceBlackmon
AlCooper
DavidCarlsonDaniel
McKenna
Denotes President’s Office 10/01
Digital Library for Earth System Science (DLESE)
Education and Outreach
Roberta Johnson
Nat’l SMETE Digital Library
(NSDL)
David Fulker
Highlights
• Science• Facilities• Education and
Outreach
• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer• Research and
Operational Partnerships
STARE & Hubble Connection
ACE-Asia
15 March-5 May 2001
Participation by 130 scientists from 12 countries; 22 universities and 12 other research institutions.
NCAR ATD and UOP Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS) provided research aircraft, support for field ops planning, implementation, logistics/administration, documentation, and ongoing access to ACE-Asia data worldwide.
Aerosol Assimilation Model for ACE-Asia
Courtesy Phil Rasch (http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/pjr)
Highlights
• Science
• Facilities• Education and
Outreach
• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer• Research and
Operational Partnerships
Facility Enhancements
• Advanced Research Computing System
• High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research
Required Sustained GFLOPs from this RFP
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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High-Resolution Global Modeling
Animation courtesy of NCAR SCD Visualization and Enabling Technologies Section
Highlights
• Science• Facilities
• Education and Outreach
• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer• Research and
Operational Partnerships
Education and Outreach Strategic Plan
In partnership with the university community, UCAR promotes scientific literacy and advances all levels of education and training in subjects related to Earth’s atmosphere.
www.ucar.edu_outreach/stratplan.html
• 4-year program for ~20 protégés• ~60 UCAR-NCAR-UOP staff participate
as mentors• Nominated for 2001 Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
• Sponsors: NSF, DOE, NOAA, NASA
Significant Opportunities inAtmospheric Researchand Science (SOARS)
Tom Windham, Director
Goal: Significantly increase thenumber of underrepresentedgroups in the atmospheric andrelated sciences.
Class of 1996
Class of 2001
Highlights
• Science• Facilities• Education and
Outreach
• Advocacy, Public Policy, Communication
• Technology Transfer• Research and
Operational Partnerships
• Latest information on Federal budget process• Summary of UCAR’s activities on behalf of
the community through Action Alerts, Appropriations and other Testimony, Letters to Congress, Hill science briefings
• Lists of Members of Congress and leadership of key committees
• Links to all Congressional Office web sites, all key agencies and partner organizations
UCAR Office of Government Affairs Web Pagewww.ucar.edu/oga/
TestimonySubmitted annually on the following budgets:
NSF
NASA
NOAA
DOE
FAA
USGS
Rick Anthes testifying before the House VA HUD Sub. on FY02 Budget
Hill Briefings
“Hurricanes: The Danger, The Impacts, The
Outlook”
“Energy Policy and Weather Information”
• Purpose to relay to Members and staff current research results based on societal applications
• Expert panelists drawn from throughout the community
• Always hosted by a congressional office or committee and often cosponsored with the American Meteorological Society and the Congressional Natural Hazards Caucus
• Recent examples include:
Transition Documents for new Administration and Congress
A National Priority: Building Resilience to Natural
Hazards
The time has come for a new national approach
to natural hazards
Produced by UCAR, AMS, and Congressional
Natural Hazards Working Group
Produced by AMS and
UCAR
Produced for the community following September 11th attacks
Sent to the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the State Department, the Office of Homeland Security, and agencies
Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibit/Reception for
Members of Congress and Staff
Participation in Hill events
Breakfast Honoring House Science Committee Chair
Sherwood Boehlert
Representative Vern Ehlers and Tim Killeen
Highlights
• Science• Facilities• Education and
Outreach
• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships
TRACK GUIDANCE JUST PRIOR TO G-IV MISSION
ATD Systems: GPS ATD Systems: GPS DropsondesDropsondes
TRACK GUIDANCE JUST AFTER G-IV MISSION
ATD Systems: GPS ATD Systems: GPS DropsondesDropsondes
Thanks to James Franklin, Thanks to James Franklin,
NOAA/AOML/NHCNOAA/AOML/NHC
Highlights
• Science• Facilities• Education and
Outreach
• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships
Weather Support to Deicing Decision Making
Operational system tosupport ground icingResearch for FAA
Real-time nowcastingof snowfall rate, temperature,humidity, wind.
Based on science that won UCAR publication prize in 2000
Community Input to UCAR • Overview. For the past three years, the UCAR Members' Meeting has focused on
how the UCAR community should position itself to meet the opportunities and challenges of the next several decades.
• 1999 Forum. Considered these challenges as framed in the 1998 BASC Report
and the NSF Geosciences Beyond 2000 report. The issues raised formed the basis for a UCAR survey of the community in 2000.
• 2000 Forum. Areas of interest identified in the Community Survey
– Observational Facilities, Instrumentation, and Field Program Support
– Computing Facilities/Community Models
– Real-time and Archived Data, Data Sets, Data Streams
– Education and Training
– Recruiting Graduate Students
• 2001 Forum. Focused on NCAR and E&O Strategic Plans and how we can
increase the NCAR/UCAR-community collaboration in a broad range of areas.
• 2002 Forum. Will focus on academic-private sector relationships.
UCAR Community Survey
• Web-based survey sent to 2048 people in 2000
• 599 responses (29%)
• Fall UCAR Quarterly President’s Corner article
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/quarterly/fall00/president.html
DisciplineNumber of responses 1 2 3 Atmospheric sci/meteor 305 76 25 Atmospheric chemistry 25 39 20 Climatology 32 92 37 Oceanography 61 23 17 Astronomy/solar phys 30 16 10 Solar-terrestrial 35 24 10 Biological sciences 5 8 10 Computer science 22 23 35 Social sciences 2 0 0 Engineering 17 22 11 Physics 25 34 27 Hydrology 4 20 23 Geology/geophysics 24 15 12
Other 20 19 14
Relationship with UCAR past 10 yr
Collaborator 235Visitor 241User of community model 177User of data set or data stream 274User of obs facility (e.g. aircraft..) 84User of computational facility 153User of UCAR software (e.g. NCARgraphics..) 187User of educational facility or product(e.g. COMET, Skymath….) 111Member of adv panel, committee 130Participation in advocacy activities 72Participation in SOARS 9Sponsor of a UCAR program 24
What additional or increased areas of service to the community should UCAR consider?
Observational facilities 149Computational facilities 139Instrumentation 155Community models 155Data sets or data streams 221Educational/training matls 204Support for field programs(planning, logistics, ops and datamgmnt) 112Advocacy on behalf of community 135Provide RT data to univ 166Community workshops 180Help with recruiting grad students 158Other 17None of above 7
UCAR 40 forty
Celebrating40 years ofsuccessfulpartnershipwith theuniversities,NSF andotheragencies
UCAR and NCAR 1960-2000
Highlights 2002
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/highlights/2002/highlights.pdf