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UCAR* and NCAR # Resources & Opportunities Arlene Laing

UCAR* and NCAR # Resources & Opportunities Arlene Laing. Data, Community Models, Research, Education & Training, etc… Presented at 2011 NCAR ISP Colloquium on African Weather and Climate. # NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

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UCAR* and NCAR # Resources & Opportunities Arlene Laing

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  1. UCAR* and NCAR# Resources & OpportunitiesArlene Laing Data, Community Models, Research, Education & Training, etc… Presented at 2011 NCAR ISP Colloquium on African Weather and Climate #NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation *UCAR – Board of Trustees of University Members manage NCAR & Community Programs

  2. Highlights Community Models Data Services Education & Training UCAR Africa Initiative

  3. NCAR Community Models (Free) http://ncar.ucar.edu/community-resources/models • Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) • Twice yearly tutorials (Jan, July) • Online support • Nested Regional Climate Model (NRCM) • Community Earth System Model (CESM) • Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) – “unifies aspects of the upper atmospheric modeling of HAO, the middle atmosphere modeling of ACD, and the tropospheric modeling of CGD”

  4. NCAR Data Support Services dss.ucar.edu • NCAR/CISL Research Data Archive • Large archive of data freely available for research • Worldwide climate observations • Radiosonde data archive • Global Analyses, Model Output, etc…

  5. NCAR Research Data Archives dss.ucar.edu

  6. NCAR Community Data Portal cdp.ucar.edu • Collection of earth science datasets, software, and tools from NCAR, UCAR, UOP, and participating organizations

  7. NCAR Community Data Portal cdp.ucar.edu

  8. 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

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

  10. COSMIC: Soundings www.cosmic.ucar.edu Register for free access

  11. NCAR Advanced Study 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. UCAR/COMETEducation & Training:Meteorology, Hydrology, Oceanography,Environmental Science • NOAA’s Natl Weather Service - NMOC • NESDIS - MSC • JPSS - NEEF • EUMETSAT - AFWA • BOM

  13. www.meted.ucar.edu

  14. UCAR/COMET www.meted.ucar.edu • FREE access to multimedia education & training (register and create password) • 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

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

  16. Online Tropical Meteorology Textbook Sample conceptual models & animations

  17. 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 (Google.org support) In Ghana with meteorologists, doctors, public health officials 2. Education, Training, & Interaction: 2007 Workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3. Upgrading Radar network in Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal 4. Enhanced Modeling Capacity, e.g., in Ghana (Ben Lamptey)

  18. 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

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