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UCAR Resources & Opportunities Arlene Laing

UCAR Resources & Opportunities Arlene Laing. Data, Community Models, Research, Education & Training, etc… Presented at 2010 Ewiem Nimdie International Summer School, KNUST, Ghana. UCAR - Consortium of University Departments that manages NCAR & other community programs.

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UCAR Resources & Opportunities Arlene Laing

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  1. UCAR Resources & OpportunitiesArlene Laing Data, Community Models, Research, Education & Training, etc… Presented at 2010 Ewiem Nimdie International Summer School, KNUST, Ghana UCAR - Consortium of University Departments that manages NCAR & other community programs *NCAR is sponsored by the US National Science Foundation

  2. Highlights Education & Training Colloquium for graduate students Community Models Data Services UCAR Africa Initiative

  3. UCAR/COMETEducation & Training:Meteorology, Hydrology, Oceanography,Environmental Science

  4. UCAR/COMET www.meted.ucar.edu • FREE access to multimedia education & training • Partner with EUMETSAT & Africans in African Satellite Meteorology Education and Training (ASMET) since 1997 • Online Tropical Meteorology Textbook (Laing and Evans) www.meted.ucar.edu/tropical/textbook/ • Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) training workshop for southern African countries (2007) – lectures online • COMET Modules in wide use worldwide

  5. Online Tropical Meteorology Textbook http://www.meted.ucar.edu/tropical/textbook/

  6. Online Tropical Meteorology Textbook Sample conceptual models & animations

  7. NCAR Integrated Science Program 2011 Summer Colloquium African Weather and Climate: Unique Challenges & Application of New Knowledge 25 July – 5 August 2011 Boulder, Colorado, USA For Graduate Students

  8. 2011 NCAR Colloquium on Africa • Developing synthesized knowledge on African weather and climate • Applying modern tools of remote sensing, numerical simulation and prediction, statistical data analysis, and visualization to: • understand variability on synoptic, intraseasonal, interannual, and climate timescales, • make and interpret their prediction, and • optimize the societal benefit in Africa

  9. 2011 NCAR Colloquium on Africa Funding for travel and local expenses for approximately 25 graduate students including students from Africa Details of applications and agenda will be provided later at http://www.isp.ucar.edu/ Contact: Dr. Arlene Laing, Dr. Peter Lamb

  10. NCAR Community Models (Free) www.ncar.ucar.edu • Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) • Twice yearly tutorials (Jan, July) • Online support • Community Climate System Model (CCSM) • The Nested Regional Climate Model • Whole Atmosphere Chemistry and Climate Model (WACCM)

  11. NCAR Advanced Science Program (ASP) www.asp.ucar.edu • Graduate Visitor Program (3 – 12 months) • Post-doctoral fellowships • Annual summer colloquia for graduate students Help NCAR and the scientific communities it serves prepare for the future

  12. NCAR Data Services www.dss.ucar.edu • Large archive of data freely available • Worldwide climate observations • Radiosonde data archive • Global Analyses, Model Output, etc…

  13. Unidata www.unidata.ucar.edu • Unidata provides software and free access to real-time meteorology and related geoscience data, technical support, community assistance to universities • Cooperation among universities to deliver data (some serve as hubs for transferring various data types) • Serves universities worldwide • Developers of netCDF data format

  14. COSMIC: Soundings www.cosmic.ucar.edu • Satellite Soundings of temperature & humidity from GPS Radio Occultation • Joint US/ Taiwanese project

  15. COSMIC www.cosmic.ucar.edu Register for free access

  16. The UCAR Africa Initiative www.africa.ucar.edu A collection of efforts aimed at supporting meteorological research and applications in Africa Projects: 1. Weather, Climate, and Meningitis Study (Ghana with meteorologists, doctors, and public health officials, Google.org) 2. Education, Training, & Interaction: 2007 Workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3. Upgrading Radar network in Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal 4. Enhanced Modeling Capacity: WRF in Ghana (Ben Lamptey)

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