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Undergraduate Leadership Workshop Richard A. Anthes UCAR

Undergraduate Leadership Workshop Richard A. Anthes UCAR. 18 June 2007. Welcome Class of 2007!. 1951 Pool Halls in Dark Basements. 1965 Flying into Hurricanes. 1967 National Hurricane Research Lab. Demographics. NCAR Directors Committee 1960. NCAR Directors Committee 2001.

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Undergraduate Leadership Workshop Richard A. Anthes UCAR

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  1. Undergraduate Leadership Workshop Richard A. Anthes UCAR 18 June 2007 Welcome Class of 2007!

  2. 1951 Pool Halls in Dark Basements

  3. 1965 Flying into Hurricanes

  4. 1967 National Hurricane Research Lab

  5. Demographics

  6. NCAR Directors Committee 1960

  7. NCAR Directors Committee 2001

  8. “Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.” Colin Powell, 2002

  9. The vision thing…. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion.” - Theodore Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame Where there is no vision,the people perish. -Proverbs 29:18

  10. VISION A healthy, secure, prosperous, and sustainable life for all people on Earth “Understanding the complex, changing planet on which we live, how it supports life, and how human activities affect its ability to do so in the future is one of the greatest intellectual challenges facing humanity. It is also one of the most important for society as it seeks to achieve prosperity and sustainability.” NRC (2005, 2007)

  11. A sustainable, healthy future for all people and life on Earth depends on establishing and maintaining a balance between human needs and aspirations and nurturing the planet’s life support systems.UCAR and the community will do our part in realizing this vision. UCAR Strategic Plan, 2007

  12. UCAR • Founded in 1960 by the university community to create, operate, and manage NCAR on behalf of NSF and the universities • Represents one of the most active and broad community partnerships anywhere in science • Universities • NSF • NCAR

  13. The UCAR mission To serve and provide leadership to the atmospheric science and related communities through research, computing and observational facilities, and education programs that contribute to the betterment of life on Earth. UCAR Strategic Plan January 2007

  14. UCAR’s Member Institutions (2006/1960) University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Alaska University at Albany, State University of NY University of Arizona Arizona State University California Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of Chicago Colorado State University University of Colorado at Boulder Columbia University Cornell University University of Denver Drexel University Florida State University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University University of Hawaii University of Houston Howard University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Iowa State University University of Iowa The Johns Hopkins University University of Maryland Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University University of Miami University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Minnesota University of Missouri Naval Postgraduate School University of Nebraska Lincoln Nevada System of Higher Education University of New Hampshire 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 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

  15. UCAR Member Representatives, Academic Affiliates, University Relations Committee and friends 10 October 2006

  16. UCAR at a Glance • A consortium of 70 North American universities and a national laboratory (NCAR) • 47 years; 1350 Staff – 200 Scientists • Science, computational and observational facilities, huge data sets, high-end numerical models of the sun, atmosphere, oceans, coupled climate system

  17. 70 UCAR Member Institutions Two representatives each meet annually UCAR Board of Trustees UCAR Corporate Affairs Finance & Administration National Center for Atmospheric Research UCAR Office of Programs Education & Outreach SOARS Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (COMET) Global Learning & Observation to Benefit the Environment(GLOBE) Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere Climate (COSMIC) Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) Research Applications Laboratory Societal- Environmental Research and Education (SERE) Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory (ESSL) Computational & Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) Atmospheric Chemistry Division (ACD) Climate & Global Dynamics Division (CGD) Advanced Study Program (ASP) Scientific Computing Division (SCD) Unidata Visiting Scientists Programs (VSP) National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS) High Altitude Observatory (HAO) Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE) Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences (IMAGe) The Institute for Multidisciplinary Earth Studies (TIMES)

  18. Humans have transformed the earth in the last 50 years City Lights from Space

  19. 1979 Katrina 2006 1700UTC Sun Aug 28 2003

  20. Climate change and regional impacts are real Glacier National Park 1911 and 2000

  21. Fundamental Driver: Increasing population and Earth reaching its carrying capacity. • Increased vulnerability to “natural” disasters

  22. The chemical composition of the atmosphere is changing Source: Mauna Loa Observatory, NOAA.

  23. By the year 2050… There may be 9 billion people… >6 billion tons per year of greenhouse gases… >60 million tons per year of urban pollutants… Given these possible scenarios…

  24. We will tax the world’s resources… Withdrawing 30% of available fresh water… Converting 65% of frontier forests… And due to our growing numbers…

  25. We will live increasingly in health and hazard risk areas… ~80% people will live in major urban areas >25% people near earthquake faults… ~2% will live on coastlines within 1m of mean sea level…

  26. Challenges • Leadership • Scientific and technical (often turn out to be the easiest!) • Observations and computational facilities • Education and Training • Academia, industry and government partnership • People • Demographics • Immigration • Many societal problems competing for attention • International • Funding-U.S. Priorities

  27. Atmospheric Sciences Community – the Future • Observing, understanding and predicting the Earth system • Increasing value of weather/climate information • Environmental security • Air and water pollution • Forecasts and warnings • Preparing society for climate change • Supporting agriculture, the economy, defense, transportation, insurance, health • Energy and water resources

  28. What we do in this generation will determine the destiny of life on our planet

  29. Thank you!

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