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The University Corporation for Atmospheric
ResearchUCARan overview
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UCAR as the Management Entity for NCAR

• Provides a streamlined, effective business
  legal framework in which NCAR flourishes.
• Engages the best of the academic community in
  providing advice and high-level strategic
  managerial decision making.
• Conducts managerial practices that develop human
  capital, reward achievement, value diversity.
• Complements and supports NCAR programs with
  excellent companion efforts in
• Education Community service
• Government affairs Technology advancement
• Public-private partnerships

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Walter Orr Roberts
I have a very strong feeling that science exists
to serve human welfare. Its wonderful to have
the opportunity given us by society to do basic
research, but in return, we have a very important
moral responsibility to apply that research to
benefiting humanity.
Walter Orr Roberts
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NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder, Colorado
Architect I.M. Peimodeled the laboratory
after the cliff dwellingsof Mesa Verde.
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UCAR a non-profit corporation formed in 1959 to
serve the atmospheric and related science and
education community

• The UCAR mission
• to support, enhance, and extend the capabilities
  of the university community, nationally and
  internationally to understand the behavior of
  the atmosphere and related systems and the global
  environment and to foster the transfer of
  knowledge and technology for the betterment of
  life on earth.

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UCARs Six Goal Areas

• Advocacy, public policy, and communication--in
  cooperation with other institutions, play a
  strong role in developing enhanced and more
  effective methods of communication among
  scientists, policymakers, and the public in order
  to foster the use of science in the service of
  humankind
• Technology transfer--in conjunction with the UCAR
  Foundation, transfer appropriate UCAR technology
  to the public and private sectors
• Research and operational partnerships--strengthen
  the relationship between the operational and
  research communities

• Science--foster a broad scientific program of
  highest quality to address present and future
  needs of society
• Research facilities--develop and acquire
  state-of-the-art scientific research facilities
• Education and training--devote significant
  attention to education and training, with
  emphasis on women and minorities

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UCAR Values

• Integrity
• Excellence
• Fairness
• Hard work
• Service
• Risk taking
• Teamwork

• Diversity
• Flexibility
• Innovation
• Creativity
• Leadership
• Accomplishment
• Employee development

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UCAR Governance

• Membership 66 member North American universities
  with appropriate doctorate program 19 Academic
  Affiliates
• Governance 132 Member Representatives, Board of
  Trustees and associated committees
• Guidance advisory committees and review panels
  and significant university involvement in every
  UCAR program
• Peer Review 5-year review by NSF and UCAR
  Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee

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UCAR Members

• University of Alabama in Huntsville
• University of Alaska
• University at Albany,
• State University of New York
• University of Arizona
• Arizona State University
• California Institute of Technology
• University of California, Davis
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Chicago
• Colorado State University
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• Cornell University
• University of Denver
• Drexel University
• Florida State University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Harvard 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

• McGill University
• University of Miami
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• University of Minnesota
• University of Missouri
• Naval Postgraduate School
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• University and Community College
• System of Nevada
• University of New Hampshire, Durham
• 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

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UCAR Board of Trustees
Otis Brown, University of Miami,
Chairman Richard Anthes, UCAR President Leo
Donner, Princeton University Kelvin Droegemeier,
University of Oklahoma Barbara Feiner, Washington
University at St. Louis Eugenia Kalnay,
University of Maryland Charles Kennel, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography Ron McPherson,
American Meteorological Society Neal Lane, Rice
University Mary Jo Richardson, Texas AM
University Paola Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Soroosh Sorooshian, University of
Arizona David Skaggs, Center for Democracy and
Citizenship Ronald Smith, Yale University Orlando
Taylor, Howard University Gabor Vali, University
of Wyoming term expires in February 2003 Term
begins 2003 Eric Barron, The Pennsylvania State
University Len Pietrafesa, North Carolina State
University Lynne Talley, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Member Institutions
Board of Trustees
UCAR President Richard Anthes
Corporate Affairs Jack Fellows, VP
Finance Administration Katy Schmoll, VP
UCAR Programs Jack Fellows, Director Kathryn
Strand, Manager, Budget and Administration
NCAR Tim Killeen, Director Steve Dickson,
Associate Director
Education and Outreach Roberta Johnson
Constellation Observing System for
Meteorology Ionosphere Climate (COSMIC)
Cooperative Program for Optional
Meteorology Education and Training (COMET)
Digital Library for Earth System Science (DLESE)
Timothy Spangler
Bill Kuo
Mary Marlino
High Altitude Observatory (HAO)
Environmental Societal Impacts Group (ESIG)
Scientific Computing Division (SCD)
Mesoscale Microscale Meteorological
Division (MMM)
GPS Science Technology Program (GST)
Natl SMETE Digital Library (NSDL)
Unidata
Visiting Scientists Programs (VSP)
Research Applications Programs (RAP)
Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS)
David Fulker
Robert Harriss
Randolph Ware
David Fulker
Meg Austin
Michael Knölker
Robert Gall
Brant Foote
Karyn Sawyer
Al Kellie
Denotes Presidents Office 10/01
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Highlights

• Science
• Facilities
• Education and Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships

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STARE Hubble Connection
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ACE-Asia 15 March-5 May 2001
Participation by 130 scientists from 12
countries 22 universities and 12 other research
institutions.
NCAR ATD and UOP Joint Office for Science Support
(JOSS) provided research aircraft, support for
field ops planning, implementation,
logistics/administration, documentation, and
ongoing access to ACE-Asia data worldwide.
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Aerosol Assimilation Model for ACE-Asia
Courtesy Phil Rasch (http//www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/p
jr)
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Highlights

• Science
• Facilities
• Education and Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships

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Facility Enhancements

• Advanced Research Computing System
• High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform
  for Environmental Research

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High-Resolution Global Modeling
Animation courtesy of NCAR SCD Visualization and
Enabling Technologies Section
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Highlights

• Science
• Facilities
• Education and Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships

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Education and Outreach Strategic Plan
In partnership with the university community,
UCAR promotes scientific literacy and advances
all levels of education and training in subjects
related to Earths atmosphere.
www.ucar.edu_outreach/stratplan.html
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Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric
Research and Science (SOARS) Tom Windham,
Director Goal Significantly increase
the number of underrepresented groups in the
atmospheric and related sciences.
Class of 1996

• 4-year program for 20 protégés
• 60 UCAR-NCAR-UOP staff participate as mentors
• Nominated for 2001 Presidential Award for
  Excellence in Science, Mathematics and
  Engineering Mentoring
• Sponsors NSF, DOE, NOAA, NASA

Class of 2001
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Highlights

• Science
• Facilities
• Education and Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy, Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships

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UCAR Office of Government Affairs Web
Page www.ucar.edu/oga/

• Latest information on Federal budget process
• Summary of UCARs activities on behalf of the
  community through Action Alerts, Appropriations
  and other Testimony, Letters to Congress, Hill
  science briefings
• Lists of Members of Congress and leadership of
  key committees
• Links to all Congressional Office web sites, all
  key agencies and partner organizations

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Testimony
Submitted annually on the following budgets
NSF NASA NOAA
DOE FAA USGS
Rick Anthes testifying before the House VA HUD
Sub. on FY02 Budget
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Hill Briefings

• Purpose to relay to Members and staff current
  research results based on societal applications
• Expert panelists drawn from throughout the
  community
• Always hosted by a congressional office or
  committee and often cosponsored with the American
  Meteorological Society and the Congressional
  Natural Hazards Caucus
• Recent examples include

Hurricanes The Danger, The Impacts, The Outlook
Energy Policy and Weather Information
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Transition Documents for new Administration and
Congress
A National Priority Building Resilience to
Natural Hazards
Produced by UCAR, AMS, and Congressional Natural
Hazards Working Group
Produced by AMS and UCAR
The time has come for a new national approach to
natural hazards
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Produced for the community following September
11th attacks Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, the State Department, the Office of
Homeland Security, and agencies
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Participation in Hill events
Breakfast Honoring House Science Committee
ChairSherwood Boehlert
Coalition for National Science Funding
Exhibit/Reception for Members of Congress and
Staff
Representative Vern Ehlers and Tim Killeen
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Highlights

• Science
• Facilities
• Education and Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships

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ATD Systems GPS Dropsondes
TRACK GUIDANCE JUST PRIOR TO G-IV MISSION
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ATD Systems GPS Dropsondes
Thanks to James Franklin, NOAA/AOML/NHC
TRACK GUIDANCE JUST AFTER G-IV MISSION
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Highlights

• Science
• Facilities
• Education and Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication
• Technology Transfer
• Research and Operational Partnerships

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Weather Support to Deicing Decision Making
Operational system to support ground
icing Research for FAA Real-time nowcasting of
snowfall rate, temperature, humidity,
wind. Based on science that won UCAR publication
prize in 2000
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Community Input to UCAR

• Overview. For the past three years, the UCAR
  Members' Meeting has focused on how the UCAR
  community should position itself to meet the
  opportunities and challenges of the next several
  decades.
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• 1999 Forum. Considered these challenges as
  framed in the 1998 BASC Report and the NSF
  Geosciences Beyond 2000 report. The issues raised
  formed the basis for a UCAR survey of the
  community in 2000.
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• 2000 Forum. Areas of interest identified in the
  Community Survey
• Observational Facilities, Instrumentation, and
  Field Program Support
• Computing Facilities/Community Models
• Real-time and Archived Data, Data Sets, Data
  Streams
• Education and Training
• Recruiting Graduate Students
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• 2001 Forum. Focused on NCAR and EO Strategic
  Plans and how we can increase the
  NCAR/UCAR-community collaboration in a broad
  range of areas.
• 2002 Forum. Will focus on academic-private
  sector relationships. 

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UCAR Community Survey

• Web-based survey sent to 2048 people in 2000
• 599 responses (29)
• Fall UCAR Quarterly Presidents Corner article

http//www.ucar.edu/communications/quarterly/fall0
0/president.html
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Discipline
Number of responses 1 2 3 Atmospheric
sci/meteor 305 76 25 Atmospheric
chemistry 25 39 20 Climatology 32 92 37
Oceanography 61 23 17 Astronomy/solar
phys 30 16 10 Solar-terrestrial 35 24 10
Biological sciences 5 8 10 Computer
science 22 23 35 Social sciences 2 0 0
Engineering 17 22 11 Physics 25 34 27
Hydrology 4 20 23 Geology/geophysics 24 15 12
Other 20 19 14
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Relationship with UCAR past 10 yr
Collaborator 235 Visitor 241 User of
community model 177 User of data set or data
stream 274 User of obs facility (e.g.
aircraft..) 84 User of computational
facility 153 User of UCAR software (e.g.
NCAR graphics..) 187 User of educational
facility or product (e.g. COMET,
Skymath.) 111 Member of adv panel,
committee 130 Participation in advocacy
activities 72 Participation in SOARS
9 Sponsor of a UCAR program 24
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What additional or increased areas of service to
the community should UCAR consider?
Observational facilities 149 Computational
facilities 139 Instrumentation 155 Community
models 155 Data sets or data streams 221 Educat
ional/training matls 204 Support for field
programs (planning, logistics, ops and
data mgmnt) 112 Advocacy on behalf of
community 135 Provide RT data to
univ 166 Community workshops 180 Help with
recruiting grad students 158 Other 17 None
of above 7
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UCAR and NCAR 1960-2000
Celebrating 40 years of successful partnership wit
h the universities, NSF and other agencies
UCAR 40 forty
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Highlights 2002
http//www.ucar.edu/communications/highlights/2002
/highlights.pdf
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