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Most Recent Press Release (see Newsroom for more)

• Press Release: NCAR Installs 76-Teraflop Supercomputer for Critical Research on Climate Change, Severe Weather [read more]

Announcements

Information on the NCAR Director's Search

• NCAR and UCAR in the News (website)
  
  The NCAR & UCAR media office issued two news releases last week. The first release summarized new research showing that climate models are overstating Antarctic warming trends. The study, led by RAL's Andrew Monaghan, was published in Geophysical Research Letters. The second release publicized CISL's new supercomputer, known as bluefire. Scientists at NCAR and elsewhere will use the new machine to accelerate research into climate and weather.
  
  Contact: David Hosansky - hosansky@ucar.edu
  

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• Art in the Center Green Library
  
  Quilts embodying the fabric art of Susan Crouse-Kemp are currently on display at the Center Green Library through June. Susan is a Colorado native who trained as a commercial artist at the Colorado Institute of Art. She works in several media, including fabric creations and encaustic painting. She feels that the joy of being an artist is found when an observer’s personal experience is discovered in art, regardless of the motivation in its creation.
  
  Contact: Shirley Pierce - shirley@ucar.edu
  

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• Mother's Day at the NCAR Science Store
  
  Mother's Day is this Sunday! We have the gifts for the women in your life! We are featuring a new selection of exquisite dichroic pendants and earrings priced from $12.00 to $50.00 Carribbean blue Women's tailored vests at $36.00. Brazil Arts purses handcrafted using recycled paper are $24. to $36. See our new photographs from Glenn Randall. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 11:00 - 4:00 ***** 15% Employee discount We Black Bag ****** 720-304-8670
  
  Contact: Eilen Carpenter - ecarpent@ucar.edu
  

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• Thompson Lecture Series - Inez Fung (website)
  
  The 2008 Thompson Lecture Series begins with Dr. Inez Fung, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and a co-director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Fung will present two talks. Times and locations listed below. All are welcome to attend. Abstracts and other information will be posted to the Thompson Lecture Series web site, http://www.asp.ucar.edu/thompson/thompson_lecture.php Tuesday May 13th 3:30 p.m. Foothills Lab 2 Room 1022 "How fast will atmospheric C02 increase?" Wednesday May 15th, 3:30 p.m. Mesa Lab Main Seminar Room "It's all about water"
  
  Contact: Jennifer Kay - jenkay@ucar.edu
  

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• New Hires and Departures (website)
  
  Please follow the link below (UCAS login required): https://www.ucar.edu/today/Announcements/internal/newhiredepart.php
  
  Contact: Konnie Carrillo - carrillo@ucar.edu
  

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• Center Green Blood Drive (website)
  
  Bonfils Blood Center will be visiting Center Green 1 on Monday, May 19. The blood drive will be held in room 2503. The mobile hours are 8:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The mobile will be closed between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. If you would like to donate, please contact Laurie Carr and indicate what time you are available to donate. Please review the blood donation guidelines which can be accessed below.
  
  Contact: Laurie Carr - lcarr@ucar.edu
  

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• May Staff Development and Safety Classes (website)
  
  The following Staff Development and Safety classes, workshops are being offered in May. For detailed course descriptions and registration information, visit the Staff Development Catalog via Connect at: https://www.fin.ucar.edu/hrisConnect/employee. Login using your UCAS (timecard) login and password, and click on the Training and Education Tab on the top of the page. Click the Staff Development Catalog, search for specific class(es) or view entire course offerings, click details and enroll. Courses can also be viewed within the Corporate Training Calendar on the Education page. Bookmark your Connect login page for quick reference and visit often. For more information, contact Cheryl Cristanell, x8708, cherylc@ucar.edu. May Classes Dreamweaver Level 1 (2-day class) Wednesday-Thursday, 7-8 May 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CG2-CTTC Photoshop Level 2 (2-day class) Wednesday-Thursday, 14-15 May 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CG2-CTTC Understanding Your Credit Scores Sponsored by Elevations Credit Union Thursday, 15 May 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. FL2-Auditorium Refreshments provides CPR Certification (Mert and Field Campaign Staff Only) Friday, 16 May 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ML-Chapman MSOffice Upgrade Features for System Administrators Opt 1: Tuesday, 20 May, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., CG2-CTTC Opt 2: Tuesday, 20 May, 1:00-5:00 p.m., CG2-CTTC
  
  Contact: Cheryl Cristanelli - cherylc@ucar.edu
  

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• Volunteers Needed for Girl Scouts Event at NCAR
  
  We are looking for volunteers to be a part of the next Girl Scouts at NCAR event, which will take place at the Mesa Lab on Saturday, May 17, 2008, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The theme of the event is "Climate and Weather, The Two Go Together". It is designed to introduce young women to the atmospheric sciences and to help them develop a positive attitude toward science through hands-on activities and interaction with some of NCAR's staff and scientists. Volunteers are a crucial part of this event, and play an active role leading demonstrations, assisting with activities, and talking with the girls about how they became interested in science and math and why they enjoy working at NCAR. Please consider participating in the event!
  
  Contact: Rebecca Centeno-Elliott - rce@ucar.edu
  

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• New Electronic Computer Books Added to Books 24x7 (website)
  
  If you are interested in computer books, register for Books 24x7 and automatically receive the new book list weekly via email. Listed below is a sampling of the latest e-books added to Books 24x7, a database of electronic books in the computing field. Many of your favorite computing titles found on the NCAR Library shelves are also included in this database. Access to the full text searchable books is available from the NCAR Library Website, http://www.ucar.edu/library, under the heading Research Resources. Click on Books 24x7 and log into your personal account. If you need to create an account select “Register” and enter your email address on the next page. No other information is required. In a few moments you will receive a confirmation email with your user name and password. Building a Photo Gallery with Adobe AIR By T. Anderson, 2008 Create Amazing Custom User Interfaces with WPF, C#, and XAML in .NET 3.0 By A. Moore, 2008 Cryptography and Security Services: Mechanisms and Applications By M. Mogollon, 2007 Dynamic Control Survivability in ASP.NET By J. F. DiMarzio, 2008 Emerging Technologies in Wireless LANs: Theory, Design, and Deployment By B. Bing (ed), 2008 Hands On ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit By D. White, 2008 HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible, Fourth Edition By S. M. Schafer, 2008 Introduction to Google Gears: Creating Off-Line Applications with Pre-built Components By T. Meister, 2008 Leverage LINQ in ASP.NET 3.5 Projects By R. Jennings, 2008 Linux+ Certification Study Guide By R. H. Tracy, 2008 MySQL Client-Server Applications with Visual FoxPro By W. Hentzen , 2007 Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming: Building Applications for Mobile Safari By R. Wagner, 2008 Programming Microsoft Office Business Applications By S. Fox et al., 2008 Professional Ruby On Rails By N. Rappin, 2008 Scripting SQL Management Objects in Windows PowerShell By W. Johnson, 2008
  
  Contact: Leslie Forehand - forehand@ucar.edu
  

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• Volunteers needed for Girl Scouts Event at NCAR
  
  We are looking for volunteers to be a part of the next Girl Scouts at NCAR event, which will take place at the Mesa Lab on Saturday, May 17, 2008, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The theme of the event is "Climate and Weather, The Two Go Together". It is designed to introduce young women to the atmospheric sciences and to help them develop a positive attitude toward science through hands-on activities and interaction with some of NCAR's staff and scientists. Volunteers are a crucial part of this event, and play an active role leading demonstrations, assisting with activities, and talking with the girls about how they became interested in science and math and why they enjoy working at NCAR. Please consider participating in the event!
  
  Contact: Rebecca Centeno-Elliott - rce@ucar.edu
  

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Who's Visiting

Arriving in the next 30 days

• Leigh Orf
  (Central Michigan University)
  Arriving: Sunday, 11 May 2008
  Departing: Saturday, 17 May 2008
  Host: GEORGE BRYAN (MMM)
  
  
• Rebecca Franklin
  (University of Arizona)
  Arriving: Monday, 12 May 2008
  Departing: Sunday, 15 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1339
  Host: Caspar Ammann (CGD)
  
  
• Sen Chiao
  (Florida Institute of Technology)
  Arriving: Monday, 12 May 2008
  Departing: Wednesday, 12 August 2009
  Phone/Ext: 8405
  Host: Paul Kucera (ASP)
  
  
• Michael Levy
  (University of Colorado - Boulder)
  Arriving: Monday, 12 May 2008
  Departing: Friday, 22 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Rich Loft (CISL)
  
  
• Paul Ulrich
  (University of Michigan)
  Arriving: Monday, 12 May 2008
  Departing: Friday, 15 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Mike Page (CISL)
  
  
• Prerna Bang
  (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  Arriving: Monday, 12 May 2008
  Departing: Friday, 1 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Eric Loew (RSF/EOL)
  
  
• Juergen Steppeler
  (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
  Arriving: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
  Departing: Monday, 16 June 2008
  Host: Bill Skamarock (MMM)
  
  
• Thomas Loridan
  (King's College)
  Arriving: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
  Departing: Thursday, 15 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2712
  Host: Fei Chen (RAL)
  
  
• Sue Grimmond
  (King's College)
  Arriving: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
  Departing: Thursday, 15 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2711
  Host: Fei Chen (RAL)
  
  
• Hyodae Seo
  (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
  Arriving: Thursday, 15 May 2008
  Departing: Sunday, 15 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1760
  Host: Markus Jochum (CGD/OS)
  
  
• Yasuo Hattori
  (Central Research Institute of Electrical Power Industry)
  Arriving: Monday, 19 May 2008
  Departing: Thursday, 13 November 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Jenny Sun (MMM)
  
  
• Zhou Xiagiong
  (University of Hawaii - Manoa)
  Arriving: Saturday, 24 May 2008
  Departing: Saturday, 23 August 2008
  Host: XIANG-YU HUANG (MMM)
  
  
• Daniel Whitenack
  (Colorado School of Mines)
  Arriving: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
  Departing: Wednesday, 6 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Michael Page (CISL)
  
  
• Tao Lin
  (San Diego State University)
  Arriving: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
  Departing: Wednesday, 6 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Steve Sain (CISL)
  
  
• Marc Garofalo
  (CNAM Alsace - Centre de Strasbourg)
  Arriving: Sunday, 1 June 2008
  Departing: Saturday, 28 February 2009
  Host: Eric Apel (ACD)
  
  
• Ralph Dunlap
  (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  Arriving: Sunday, 1 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 15 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Sylvia Murphy (EMSI/CISL)
  
  
• Jasna Pittman
  (NASA Postdoctoral Program)
  Arriving: Sunday, 1 June 2008
  Departing: Thursday, 31 July 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1474
  Host: Laura Ting (Pan) (TIIMES)
  
  
• Enrique Curchitser
  (Rutgers University)
  Arriving: Sunday, 1 June 2008
  Departing: Sunday, 31 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1622
  Host: William Large (CGD/OS)
  
  
• Randye Rutberg
  (Hunter College)
  Arriving: Sunday, 1 June 2008
  Departing: Sunday, 31 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1325
  Host: William Large (CGD/OS)
  
  
• Johan Lindstom
  (Lund University)
  Arriving: Monday, 2 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 6 June 2008
  Host: Eric Gilleland (RAL/WSAP)
  
  
• Li Wang
  (University of Wyoming)
  Arriving: Monday, 2 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 15 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Amik St-Cyr (CISL)
  
  
• Andrianna Gillman
  (University of Colorado - Boulder)
  Arriving: Monday, 2 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 15 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Alan Norton (CISL)
  
  
• Sean Santos
  (Colorado School of Mines)
  Arriving: Monday, 2 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 15 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Alan Norton (CISL)
  
  
• Chris McKinley
  (UCLA)
  Arriving: Monday, 2 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 15 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Michael Page (CISL)
  
  
• Nick Bailey
  (Colorado School of Mines)
  Arriving: Monday, 2 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 15 August 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Rich Loft (CISL)
  
  
• Ragu Murtugudde
  (University of Maryland)
  Arriving: Friday, 6 June 2008
  Departing: Sunday, 15 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Markus Jochum (CGD/OS)
  
  
• Juan Jose Curto
  (Observatori de l'Ebre)
  Arriving: Sunday, 8 June 2008
  Departing: Saturday, 14 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1524
  Host: Arthur Richmond (HAO)
  
  

Leaving in next 30 days

• R Jagannathan
  (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)
  Arriving: Sunday, 4 May 2008
  Departing: Friday, 9 May 2008
  Host: Syed Rizvi (MMM)
  
  
• Matt Bunkers
  (NOAA/National Weather Service)
  Arriving: Monday, 31 March 2008
  Departing: Friday, 9 May 2008
  Host: Tim Spangler (COMET)
  
  
• Ying Gu
  (University of Tsukuba)
  Arriving: Sunday, 27 April 2008
  Departing: Friday, 9 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: tbd
  Host: Young-Run Guo (MMM)
  
  
• Barbara Pirscher
  (University of Graz)
  Arriving: Thursday, 3 April 2008
  Departing: Friday, 9 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2619
  Host: Chris Rocken (COSMIC)
  
  
• Julio Tota de Silva
  (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia)
  Arriving: Thursday, 8 May 2008
  Departing: Tuesday, 13 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2904
  Host: Alex Guenther (TIIMES)
  
  
• Zhaizhong Ma
  (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  Arriving: Tuesday, 15 May 2007
  Departing: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 8982
  Host: Bill Kuo (COSMIC)
  
  
• Fredrick Semazzi
  (North Carolina State University)
  Arriving: Monday, 13 August 2007
  Departing: Thursday, 15 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 8970
  Host: Greg Holland (MMM)
  
  
• Nicholas Graham
  (Hydrologic Research Center)
  Arriving: Sunday, 4 May 2008
  Departing: Thursday, 15 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Caspar Amman (CGD)
  
  
• Thomas Loridan
  (King's College)
  Arriving: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
  Departing: Thursday, 15 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2712
  Host: Fei Chen (RAL)
  
  
• Sue Grimmond
  (King's College)
  Arriving: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
  Departing: Thursday, 15 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2711
  Host: Fei Chen (RAL)
  
  
• Leigh Orf
  (Central Michigan University)
  Arriving: Sunday, 11 May 2008
  Departing: Saturday, 17 May 2008
  Host: GEORGE BRYAN (MMM)
  
  
• Kenneth Bowman
  (Texas A&M University)
  Arriving: Friday, 25 April 2008
  Departing: Tuesday, 20 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1450
  Host: Laura Pan (TIIMES)
  
  
• Simeon Sukoriansky
  (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
  Arriving: Monday, 5 May 2008
  Departing: Friday, 23 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: tbd
  Host: Jimy Dudhia (MMM)
  
  
• Maria Malene Kvalevag
  (Dept of Geosciences/Univ of OSLO Norway)
  Arriving: Tuesday, 6 March 2007
  Departing: Thursday, 29 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1612
  Host: Gordon Bonan (CGD)
  
  
• Laura Fowler
  (Colorado State University)
  Arriving: Friday, 28 December 2007
  Departing: Friday, 30 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 8184
  Host: Robert Gall (RAL/JNT)
  
  
• Tetsuya Iwabuchi
  (Metorological Research Institute)
  Arriving: Friday, 1 June 2007
  Departing: Saturday, 31 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2615
  Host: Chris Rocken (COSMIC)
  
  
• John Lyon
  (Dartmouth College)
  Arriving: Thursday, 21 February 2008
  Departing: Saturday, 31 May 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1547
  Host: Michael Wiltberger (HAO)
  
  
• Richard Anyah
  (Rutgers University)
  Arriving: Monday, 17 September 2007
  Departing: Sunday, 1 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: 8211
  Host: Bill Kuo (MMM)
  
  
• Greg Duane
  (Unaffiliated)
  Arriving: Tuesday, 1 April 2008
  Departing: Sunday, 1 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: 1713
  Host: Joe Tribbia (CGD)
  
  
• Johan Lindstom
  (Lund University)
  Arriving: Monday, 2 June 2008
  Departing: Friday, 6 June 2008
  Host: Eric Gilleland (RAL/WSAP)
  
  
• Dale Rothman
  (International Institute for Sustainable Developement)
  Arriving: Monday, 3 March 2008
  Departing: Friday, 6 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: TBD
  Host: Paty Romero-Lankao (ISSE)
  
  
• Lawrence Kambiwoa Nunatcho
  (Ministry of Secondary Education)
  Arriving: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
  Departing: Saturday, 7 June 2008
  Phone/Ext: 2628
  Host: Teresa Kennedy (GLOBE)
  
  

Staff-Only Events

There are no staff events currently scheduled. Please check the "Announcements" (lower left) for items that may be of interest.