The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research UCAR an overview

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UCARan overview

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

“I have a very strong feeling that science exists to serve human welfare. It’s

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

Walter Orr Roberts

Architect I.M. PeiArchitect I.M. Peimodeled the modeled the laboratory after laboratory after the cliff dwellingsthe cliff dwellingsof Mesa Verde.of Mesa Verde.

NCAR Mesa LabNCAR Mesa Labin Boulder, Coloradoin Boulder, Colorado

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.

UCAR’s Six Goal Areas• 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

• 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

UCAR Values

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

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

development

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

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 Hawaii

Howard University

University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign

University of Iowa

Iowa State University

The Johns Hopkins University

University of Maryland

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 UniversityUniversity of MiamiUniversity 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

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

UCAR Members

Otis Brown, University of Miami, Chairman*Richard Anthes, UCAR PresidentLeo Donner, Princeton UniversityKelvin Droegemeier, University of OklahomaBarbara Feiner, Washington University at St. LouisEugenia Kalnay, University of MarylandCharles Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography*Ron McPherson, American Meteorological SocietyNeal Lane, Rice UniversityMary Jo Richardson, Texas A&M UniversityPaola Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySoroosh Sorooshian, University of ArizonaDavid Skaggs, Center for Democracy and CitizenshipRonald Smith, Yale University*Orlando Taylor, Howard UniversityGabor Vali, University of Wyoming *term expires in February 2003

Term begins 2003: Eric Barron, The Pennsylvania State UniversityLen Pietrafesa, North Carolina State UniversityLynne Talley, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

UCAR Board of Trustees

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Member Institutions

Board of Trustees

UCAR President Richard Anthes

Finance & AdministrationKaty Schmoll, VP

Corporate Affairs

Jack Fellows, VP

UCAR ProgramsJack Fellows, Director

Kathryn Strand, Manager, Budget and Administration

NCARTim Killeen, Director

Steve Dickson, Associate Director

Constellation ObservingSystem for Meteorology

Ionosphere Climate(COSMIC)

Cooperative Program forOptional Meteorology

Education and Training(COMET)

GPS Science& Technology Program (GST)

UnidataVisiting Scientists

Programs(VSP)

Environmental& Societal

Impacts Group(ESIG)

High Altitude

Observatory(HAO)

Mesoscale &Microscale

Meteorological Division(MMM)

ScientificComputing

Division(SCD)

ResearchApplications

Programs(RAP)

Joint Officefor Science

Support(JOSS)

TimothySpangler

BillKuo

MaryMarlino

Robert Harriss

MichaelKnölker

RobertGall

BrantFoote

Al KellieRandolph

WareDavidFulker

MegAustin Karyn

Sawyer

AtmosphericChemistry Division

(ACD)

AtmosphericTechnology Division

(ATD)

Advanced StudyProgram(ASP)

Climate & GlobalDynamics Division

(CGD)

MauriceBlackmon

AlCooper

DavidCarlsonDaniel

McKenna

Denotes President’s Office 10/01

Digital Library for Earth System Science (DLESE)

Education and Outreach

Roberta Johnson

Nat’l SMETE Digital Library

(NSDL)

David Fulker

Highlights

• Science• Facilities• Education and

Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication

• Technology Transfer• Research and

Operational Partnerships

STARE & Hubble Connection

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.

Aerosol Assimilation Model for ACE-Asia

Courtesy Phil Rasch (http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/pjr)

Highlights

• Science

• Facilities• Education and

Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication

• Technology Transfer• Research and

Operational Partnerships

Facility Enhancements

• Advanced Research Computing System

• High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research

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Animation courtesy of NCAR SCD Visualization and Enabling Technologies Section

Highlights

• Science• Facilities

• Education and Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication

• Technology Transfer• Research and

Operational Partnerships

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 Earth’s atmosphere.

www.ucar.edu_outreach/stratplan.html

• 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

Significant Opportunities inAtmospheric Researchand Science (SOARS)

Tom Windham, Director

Goal: Significantly increase thenumber of underrepresentedgroups in the atmospheric andrelated sciences.

Class of 1996

Class of 2001

Highlights

• Science• Facilities• Education and

Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy, Communication

• Technology Transfer• Research and

Operational Partnerships

• Latest information on Federal budget process• Summary of UCAR’s 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

UCAR Office of Government Affairs Web Pagewww.ucar.edu/oga/

TestimonySubmitted annually on the following budgets:

NSF

NASA

NOAA

DOE

FAA

USGS

Rick Anthes testifying before the House VA HUD Sub. on FY02 Budget

Hill Briefings

“Hurricanes: The Danger, The Impacts, The

Outlook”

“Energy Policy and Weather Information”

• 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:

Transition Documents for new Administration and Congress

A National Priority: Building Resilience to Natural

Hazards

The time has come for a new national approach

to natural hazards

Produced by UCAR, AMS, and Congressional

Natural Hazards Working Group

Produced by AMS and

UCAR

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

Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibit/Reception for

Members of Congress and Staff

Participation in Hill events

Breakfast Honoring House Science Committee Chair

Sherwood Boehlert

Representative Vern Ehlers and Tim Killeen

Highlights

• Science• Facilities• Education and

Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication

• Technology Transfer

• Research and Operational Partnerships

TRACK GUIDANCE JUST PRIOR TO G-IV MISSION

ATD Systems: GPS ATD Systems: GPS DropsondesDropsondes

TRACK GUIDANCE JUST AFTER G-IV MISSION

ATD Systems: GPS ATD Systems: GPS DropsondesDropsondes

Thanks to James Franklin, Thanks to James Franklin,

NOAA/AOML/NHCNOAA/AOML/NHC

Highlights

• Science• Facilities• Education and

Outreach

• Advocacy, Public Policy and Communication

• Technology Transfer

• Research and Operational Partnerships

Weather Support to Deicing Decision Making

Operational system tosupport ground icingResearch for FAA

Real-time nowcastingof snowfall rate, temperature,humidity, wind.

Based on science that won UCAR publication prize in 2000

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.

 • 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.

 • 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

 • 2001 Forum. Focused on NCAR and E&O 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. 

UCAR Community Survey

• Web-based survey sent to 2048 people in 2000

• 599 responses (29%)

• Fall UCAR Quarterly President’s Corner article

http://www.ucar.edu/communications/quarterly/fall00/president.html

DisciplineNumber 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

Relationship with UCAR past 10 yr

Collaborator 235Visitor 241User of community model 177User of data set or data stream 274User of obs facility (e.g. aircraft..) 84User of computational facility 153User of UCAR software (e.g. NCARgraphics..) 187User of educational facility or product(e.g. COMET, Skymath….) 111Member of adv panel, committee 130Participation in advocacy activities 72Participation in SOARS 9Sponsor of a UCAR program 24

What additional or increased areas of service to the community should UCAR consider?

Observational facilities 149Computational facilities 139Instrumentation 155Community models 155Data sets or data streams 221Educational/training matls 204Support for field programs(planning, logistics, ops and datamgmnt) 112Advocacy on behalf of community 135Provide RT data to univ 166Community workshops 180Help with recruiting grad students 158Other 17None of above 7

UCAR 40 forty

Celebrating40 years ofsuccessfulpartnershipwith theuniversities,NSF andotheragencies

UCAR and NCAR 1960-2000

Highlights 2002

http://www.ucar.edu/communications/highlights/2002/highlights.pdf