The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research promotes partnership in a collaborative community dedicated to understanding the atmosphere—the air around us—and the complex processes that make up the Earth system, from the ocean floor to the Sun's core.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR's community programs provide research, observing and computing facilities, and a variety of services for the atmospheric and Earth sciences community.
NCAR and the UCAR Community Programs are managed by UCAR, a nonprofit consortium of research universities, on behalf of the National Science Foundation and the university community.
UCAR serves as a hub for research, education, and public outreach for the atmospheric and Earth system science community. We manage the National Center for Atmospheric Research and UCAR Community Programs on behalf of the National Science Foundation and the university community. Our headquarters are in Boulder, Colorado.
Founded in 1960, UCAR is a nonprofit consortium of North American member universities, each of which grants doctoral degrees in the atmospheric and related sciences, plus an increasing number of international affiliates offering comparable degrees, and North American academic affiliates offering predoctoral degrees.
Members of the private sector serve on governance boards, collaborate with researchers, contribute funding to specific projects, and participate in technology transfer activities. Through its Office of Government Affairs, UCAR advocates for strong federal science budgets on behalf of the geosciences community.
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NCAR supports the community of atmospheric and geoscience researchers with:
Our research projects cover a vast array of topics and are collaborations between NCAR scientists and university researchers:
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UCAR's community programs strengthen education, research, and technology in the atmospheric and related sciences through programs and projects which:
Until May 2009, UCP was known as the UCAR Office of Programs (UOP)
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