Staff News & Announcements

Most Recent Press Release (see Newsroom for more)

• Press Release: UCAR Joins Scientific Organizations Signing Letter to Senate on Climate Change [read more]

• Oil Paintings on Display at ML (website)
  
  An exhibition of oil paintings by Linda Armantrout is on display in Gallery I of NCAR's Mesa Lab November 2 through November 28. In this exhibition, the artist depicts the moving horse as a metaphorical being. She manipulates line to make energy visible and manipulates color to make emotions visible. Her artistic process includes meditation, sketching, drawing, and color squares. Art galleries are open to the public weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and weekends/holidays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  
  Contact: Laura Allen - lallen@ucar.edu
  

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• Seminar -- Differential Rotation and Convection in the Sun (website)
  
  Steven Balbus Radio Astronomy Laboratory, École Normale Supérieure, Paris November 12, 2009 Foothills Laboratory 2, Room 1022 Lecture 1:30pm Refreshments served before the seminar Please see flyer for more details.
  
  Contact: Duane Rosenberg - duaner@ucar.edu
  

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• EOL/MMM Seminar: Greenland Ice Sheet and Dynamic Response to Global Warming
  
  Konrad Steffen Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, CO The ice loss in Greenland shows acceleration during the last decade. The latest assessment of ice loss by the GRACE satellite shows a continued ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet and even acceleration in the last few years. Air temperatures on the Greenland ice sheet have increased by 4 deg. C since 1991. The ice sheet melt area increased by 30% for the western part between 1979-2008, with record melt years in 1987, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2005, and 2007. The increasing trend in the total area of melting bare ice is unmistakable at 13% per year. Hence, the bare ice region, the wet snow region, and the equilibrium line altitude have moved further inland and resulting in increased melt water flux towards the coast. Warm and extended air temperatures are to blame for 3.5 m water equivalent surface lowering at the long-term equilibrium line altitude, (1100 m elevation at 70 deg. N) between 2000 and 2007. Increase in ice velocity in the ablation region and the concurrent increase in melt water suggests that water penetrates to great depth through moulins and cracks, lubricating the bottom of the ice sheet. New insight was gained of subsurface hydrologic channels and cavities using new instrumentation and a video system during the melt peak in August 2007. Volume and geometry of a 100 m deep moulin were mapped with a rotating laser, and photographs with digital cameras. Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:30 PM Refreshments 3:15 PM NCAR-Foothills Laboratory 3450 Mitchell Lane Bldg 2 Auditorium (Rm1022)
  
  Contact: Petter Weibring - weibring@ucar.edu
  

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• Discount Boulder Chamber Orchestra Tickets through the EAC
  
  Save 20% off the ticket price on all Boulder Chamber Orchestra general (adult) ticket orders for the 2009-2010 season. This discount is brought to you by the Employee Activities Committee. Please enter the promo code NCAR to receive the discount. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit http://boulderchamberorchestra.org.
  
  Contact: Janet Scannell - anstett@ucar.edu
  

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• ML Special Exhibit: Visualizing Climate Change
  
  NCAR and EcoArts Connections Present Visualizing Climate Change: The Work of GHG Photos September 17, 2009 - December 31, 2009 Named after the scientific shorthand for “greenhouse gases” the photographers of GHG Photos have traveled the world to document the causes and effects, as well as the attempts to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate. Visualizing Climate Change brings together the work of the handful of photographers who have dedicated the last couple years of their life to illustrating the changing climate. The images capture a range of subjects including forest fires, floods, glacial retreat, sea level rise, arctic habitat loss, and a myriad of other effects the world is experiencing. The show was designed by GHG Photos with the Henry Gregg Gallery and premiered at the NY Photo Festival. It features the work of Gary Braasch, Ashley Cooper, Benjamin Drummond, Peter Essick, Steve Kazlowski, and Joshua Wolfe.
  
  Contact: Linda Carbone - lcarbone@ucar.edu
  

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• Discount Colorado Ballet and Colorado Symphony Orchestra tickets through the EAC
  
  Purchase discount tickets for the Colorado Ballet and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. This discount is brought to you by the Employee Activities Committee. Colorado Ballet: Save 15% on any performance for the 2009-2010 season. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 303.837.8888, ext. 2 or in person at Colorado Ballet, 1278 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80203. Please mention the promo code NCAR to receive the discount. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit http://coloradoballet.org. Colorado Symphony Orchestra: Save 20% on any performance for the 2009-2010 season. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 303.623.7876 or in person at Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th Street, Denver, CO 80202. Please mention the promo code NCAR to receive the discount. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit http://coloradosymphony.org/.
  
  Contact: Janet Scannell - anstett@ucar.edu
  

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Who's Visiting

Arriving in the next 2 weeks

• Steven Balbus
  (Ecole Normale Superieure)
  Arriving: Wednesday, 11 November 2009
  Departing: Friday, 13 November 2009
  Host: Annick Pouquet (CISL/IMAGe)
  

Leaving in the next week

• Radu Cascaval
  (University of Colorado)
  Arriving: Tuesday, 3 November 2009
  Departing: Thursday, 5 November 2009
  Host: Annick Pouquet (CISL/IMAGe)
  
• Pedro Jimenez
  (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
  Arriving: Thursday, 13 August 2009
  Departing: Friday, 6 November 2009
  Phone/Ext: 8198
  Host: Jimy Dudhia (MMM)
  
• Stephen Conley
  (University of Calif - Davis - Dept of Land, Air & Water Resources)
  Arriving: Sunday, 1 November 2009
  Departing: Friday, 6 November 2009
  Host: Don Lenschow (ESSL/MMM)
  
• Luca Gerardo-Giorda
  (Emory University, Dept of Mathematics & Computer Science)
  Arriving: Tuesday, 3 November 2009
  Departing: Sunday, 8 November 2009
  Host: Annick Pouquet (IMAGe)
  
• Naomi Surgi
  (NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center)
  Arriving: Monday, 10 November 2008
  Departing: Monday, 9 November 2009
  Phone/Ext: 8383
  Host: Robert Gall (RAL)
  
• Sang-Hun Park
  (Yonsei University)
  Arriving: Saturday, 9 May 2009
  Departing: Monday, 9 November 2009
  Phone/Ext: tbd
  Host: Bill Skamarock (MMM)
  

Staff-Only Events

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