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IMAGe-RISC Brown Bag: Dynamical and Statistical Downscaling of GCM Data for Regional Applications
Announcement will run from Fri, 05/24/2013 to Thursday, May 30, 2013

Cindy L Bruyère
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Colorado, USA

Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: Noon
Location: Mesa Laboratory, Penthouse Tower B

Society requires assessment of weather statistics, particularly of extreme weather events, and their impacts with regional clarity.  Over the last couple of years, we have utilized both dynamical and statistical downscaling techniques to address this regional need.

We use the WRF model to dynamically downscale climate model data to resolutions as high as 4km, to assess possible changes in extreme weather events like tropical cyclones, drought and severe precipitation events. This talk will expand on the dynamical downscaling approach we adopted and show some results from these experiments. Dynamical downscaling is expensive and therefore somewhat limited when examining extreme weather events. To address these limitations we also make extensive use of statistical methods to address specific areas like frequency and intensity of future tropical cyclones. This talk will showcase a couple of examples of utilizing statistical methods to expand our dynamical downscale experiments. 

 

For more information, contact Linda Mearns at ext. 8124, lindam@ucar.edu

Library Blog: Memorial Day: The $1.4 Billion Weekend
Announcement will run from Fri, 05/24/2013 to Monday, May 27, 2013

The Union of Concerned Scientists has created a good example of illustrating your data via an infographic format -  “How much will Americans spend fueling up for road trips this Memorial Day weekend?”

For more information, contact Loretta Melhado at ext. 2660, lmelhado@ucar.edu

Library Blog: Questions About Research Data Management?
Announcement will run from Thu, 05/23/2013 to Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Research Data Management: What, When, Why, How and Where? provides an excellent overview of the political and research motivations for data preservation, and the issue of "dark data". It was created by the Archive and Data Management Training Center, hosted by the GESIS Leibniz-Institute for Social Science. The presentation promotes awareness of good research data management practice and emphasizes the value of long-term digital curation. For additional information and to see what UCAR/NCAR divisions are working on in this regard, go to the scientific data management on the NCAR Library website.

For more information, contact Loretta Melhado at ext. 2660, lmelhado@ucar.edu

Bike-to-Work Day Wednesday, June 26th - Registration is Now Open!
Announcement will run from Wed, 05/22/2013 to Friday, May 31, 2013

Mark your calendars!  Registration has started for Bike-to-Work Day 2013. Be a part of the tradition and help team NCAR/UCAR win the popular Business Challenge.  Sign up and plan your free breakfast route on Wednesday, June 26th.

Please contact the Sustainability Program with any questions.

For more information, contact Tanya Chaisitti at ext. 8549, sustainability@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: Bike to Work 2013

New Books at the NCAR Library 2013-05-21
Announcement will run from Tue, 05/21/2013 to Tuesday, May 28, 2013

These new acquisitions will be displayed at each NCAR Library location for one week, first at FL Library and then at ML Library. If you have questions regarding the new books or want to suggest additions to the library collection, please contact the NCAR Library at ncarref@ucar.edu or ext. 8505.

Generalized Additive Modelling of Daily Precipitation Extremes and Their Climatic Drivers
Mari R. Jones, Stephen Blenkinsop, Hayley J. Fowler, David B. Stephenson, and Christopher G. Kilsby
National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) NCAR Earth System Laboratory, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division
Online Access
03703
ML Reports

Scientific Summary of Ocean Acidification in Washington State Marine Waters
Richard A. Feely, Terrie Klinger, Jan A. Newton, Meg Chadsey; editors
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GC117.C37 S45 2012
FL Library

Numerical Methods in Economics
Kenneth L. Judd
MIT Press
HB137 .J83 1998
ML Library

A Twenty-First Century US Water Policy
Juliet Christian-Smith and Peter H. Gleick
Oxford University Press
TD223 .C47 2012
FL Library

Annual Report of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan : Volume 12, Fiscal 2009
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
102086
ML Reports

For more information, contact NCAR Library at ext. 8505, ncarref@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: Recent Additions to the NCAR Library

AtmosNews: Renewable energy forecasts, spring cold and snow
Announcement will run from Mon, 05/20/2013 to Friday, May 31, 2013

NCAR powers up renewable energy forecasts
Building on a pioneering wind energy forecasting system that saved millions of dollars for Xcel Energy ratepayers in eight states, NCAR has entered into a new agreement with the utility for even more sophisticated weather forecasts. more>

Putting this spring's cold in context
The last month has seen a trail of smashed records across the central United States, as pulse after pulse of cold air careened down the Great Plains. How does this fit into the bigger picture of a warming U.S. climate? more>

For more information, contact Bob Henson at ext. 8605, bhenson@ucar.edu

REMINDER: Annual All-Staff Town Hall
Announcement will run from Mon, 05/20/2013 to Friday, June 7, 2013

The Annual All-Staff Town Hall is scheduled for Tuesday, July 9th in the Center Green auditorium from 9:00 am to 10:30 am.  The Town Hall will be webcast and archived.  Please mark your calendars and plan to join Tom Bogdan and the President’s Council. 

For more information, contact Susan Montgomery-Hodge at ext. 1653, montgoms@ucar.edu

Full Visitor Directory Now Available on staff.ucar.edu
Announcement will run from Wed, 05/15/2013 to Friday, May 31, 2013

Want to know who's visiting and how to contact them?

The organization-wide Staff Directory at http://staff.ucar.edu now features full listings of all scientific and professional visitors (whether on UCAR payroll or not), all in one place. Click on the Visitors tab to browse, sort, or search visitors by name, home organization, host department, host's name, or start/end date.

A weekly email summary of recently arrived and upcoming visitors is available by subscription via the Staff Notes Daily subscription page.

For more information, contact Zhenya Gallon at ext. 8607, zhenya@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: Staff Directory - Visitors

Verification Reading Group Meeting
Announcement will run from Wed, 05/15/2013 to Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Our next meeting is Wednesday, 12 June 2013 at 10:00 am MDT in FL3-1021. We will continue our series on climate model evaluation with the paper (Barb Brown will be presenting):

Taylor, K. E., 2001. Summarizing multiple aspects of model performance in a single diagram. J. Geophys. Res., 106, (D7), 7183 - 7192.

Some related papers that may also be discussed include:

Boer, G. J. and S. J. Lambert, 2001. Second-order space-time climate difference statistics. Climate Dynamics, 17, 213 - 218.

Roberts, R. D., A. R. S. Anderson, E. Nelson, B. G. Brown, J. W. Wilson, M. Pocernich, and T. Saxen, 2012. Impacts of forecaster involvement on convective storm initiation and evolution nowcasting. Wea. Forecasting, 27, 1061 - 1089.

Roebber, P. J., 2009. Visualizing multiple measures of forecast quality. Wea. Forecasting, 24, 601 - 608, doi: 10.1175/2008WAF2222159.1

For more information, contact Eric Gilleland at ext. 2849, ericg@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: Forecast Verification Reading Group

Summer Meeting of the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Announcement will run from Mon, 04/29/2013 to Friday, May 31, 2013

In January 2012, NCAR became a member of the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), joining other UCP ESIP members including Unidata, GLOBE, and DLESE. ESIP is an open networked community of over 120 organizations that bring together science, data and information technology researchers and practitioners. ESIP provides an open opportunity for any interested UCAR/NCAR individuals to get involved with working groups and clusters on a variety of data and information topics such as data formats and standards, data discovery, curation and preservation, geospatial data and information, visualization and developing the science data information profession.

ESIP holds two annual meetings that bring together individuals from member organizations to present new work, discuss current collaborations, and start new projects. Many of NSF's larger data initiatives such as EarthCube, have received extensive attention at these meetings. NCAR staff have participated in previous ESIP meetings in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin, and we are encouraging interested individuals to participate at the next ESIP meeting, July 9-12, 2013 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Early registration takes place through May 31st and the site for the summer meeting can be found at http://esipfed.org/meetings?utm_source=ESIP+Update&utm_campaign=369ffd908f-ESIP_Update1_21_2013&utm_medium=email

For more information about ESIP, see http://www.esipfed.org/ for a general overview or http://commons.esipfed.org/ to access the ESIP Commons.

For more information, contact Mike Daniels at ext. 8793, daniels@ucar.edu

Important – Change in Personal Long Distance Calls and Faxes
Announcement will run from Mon, 04/22/2013 to Monday, June 3, 2013

Effective June 1, 2013, employees will no longer be able to make personal long distance phone calls or send personal long distance faxes using their employee IDs on the UCAR telephone system.  There is no change to business long distance calls or faxes.

If you make a long distance call or fax and enter your employee ID, the call or fax will be rejected.   There are a number of alternatives for making long distance calls including cell phones, Skype, Google Talk, personal pre-paid calling cards, and emailing scanned pdf documents.

We apologize for any inconvenience; however, this will save the organization considerable time and money.

For more information, contact Marla Meehl at ext. 1301, marla@ucar.edu

14th Annual WRF Users’ Workshop
Announcement will run from Mon, 04/08/2013 to Saturday, June 1, 2013

The WRF Users' Workshop will take place at NCAR on June 24–28.  Papers focusing on development and testing in all areas of model applications are especially encouraged. Authors may request either a poster or oral presentation, although posters are encouraged due to time constraints for oral sessions. The workshop will open on June 24 with a half-day session on atmospheric radiation and effects of clouds, ozone and aerosols and will close on June 28 with six tutorials:

---WRF-Hydro
---NCAR Command Language (NCL)
---Visualization and Analysis Platform for Ocean, Atmosphere, and Solar Researchers (VAPOR)
---SKEBS
---Topics in Advanced Verification Methods
---Integrated Data Viewer (IDV)


---Early registration deadline for workshop: June 10
---Deadline for submitting short abstracts: May 3
---Deadline for submitting extended abstracts: June 17

For more information, contact Kris Marwitz at ext. 8198, kmarwitz@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: WRF Users' Workshop

WRF Tutorial
Announcement will run from Mon, 04/08/2013 to Saturday, June 1, 2013

The next tutorial for users of the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) will take place at NCAR on July 15–26. The tutorial will be divided into 4 sessions:  Basic WRF (15-19 July), WRF-Chem (22-23 July), WRF Data Assimilation (24-26 July), and WRF Regional Climate (26 July) . Basic knowledge of atmospheric science and numerical modeling, as well as working in a Unix computer environment, is required. All participants are strongly encouraged to work through one or more of the online tutorials for WRF-ARW, and WRFDA, depending on interest, in advance. Register early, as registration always exceeds capacity.

---Tutorial payment due:  June 1

For more information, contact Kris Marwitz at ext. 8198, kmarwitz@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: WRF Tutorial Website

14th Annual WRF Users’ Workshop
Announcement will run from Wed, 04/03/2013 to Friday, June 21, 2013

The WRF Users' Workshop will take place at NCAR on June 24–28.  Papers focusing on development and testing in all areas of model applications are especially encouraged. Authors may request either a poster or oral presentation, although posters are encouraged due to time constraints for oral sessions. The workshop will open on June 24 with a half-day session on atmospheric radiation and effects of clouds, ozone and aerosols and will close on June 28 with six tutorials:

---WRF-Hydro
---NCAR Command Language (NCL)
---Visualization and Analysis Platform for Ocean, Atmosphere, and Solar Researchers (VAPOR)
---SKEBS
---Topics in Advanced Verification Methods
---Integrated Data Viewer (IDV)

Contact: Kris Marwitz, NCAR/NESL/MMM
303-497-8198, workshop@ucar.edu

WRF Users’ Workshop:
http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/events/2013_wrfusers/index.php
---Early registration deadline for workshop: June 10
---Deadline for submitting short abstracts: May 3
---Deadline for submitting extended abstracts: June 17

For more information, contact Kris Marwitz at ext. 8198, kmarwitz@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/events/2013_wrfusers/index.php

WRF User'sTutorial
Announcement will run from Wed, 04/03/2013 to Friday, July 12, 2013

The next tutorial for users of the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) will take place at NCAR on July 15–26. The tutorial will be divided into 4 sessions:  Basic WRF (15-19 July), WRF-Chem (22-23 July), WRF Data Assimilation (24-26 July), and WRF Regional Climate (26 July) . Basic knowledge of atmospheric science and numerical modeling, as well as working in a Unix computer environment, is required. All participants are strongly encouraged to work through one or more of the online tutorials for WRF-ARW, and WRFDA, depending on interest, in advance. Register early, as registration always exceeds capacity.

Contact: Kris Marwitz, NCAR/NESL/MMM
303-497-8198, kmarwitz@ucar.edu
WRF Tutorial:  http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/events/tutorial_137/index.php
---Tutorial payment due:  June 1

For more information, contact Kris Marwitz at ext. 8198, kmarwitz@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/events/tutorial_137/index.php

NCAR Community Art Program Exhibits
Announcement will run from Mon, 04/01/2013 to Friday, May 31, 2013

NCAR Community Art Program is presenting two artists.

Photographer Heidi Wagner intentionally leaves room within her photographs to encourage the viewer to discover their own meaning. Wagner’s artwork will be on exhibit in gallery l.

Painter Margaret Donharl paints on reclaimed materials—infusing her work with multiple layers of imagery. Donharl’s artwork will be on exhibit in gallery ll.

For more information, contact Audrey Lewis at ext. 2570, alewis@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: NCAR Community Art Program

The Third International Workshop on Climate Informatics
Announcement will run from Wed, 03/13/2013 to Thursday, September 26, 2013
September 26 and 27 at NCAR
The threat of climate change is one of the greatest challenges currently facing society. Given the profound impact machine learning has made on the natural sciences to which it has been applied, such as the field of bioinformatics, we are forging and encouraging collaborations between machine learning (as well as data mining and statistics) and climate science in order to accelerate progress in answering pressing questions in climate science.

The goal of this workshop is to incubate this nascent field, climate informatics.....

https://www2.image.ucar.edu/event/ci2013

For more information, contact s gentile at ext. 2480, sgentile@ucar.edu

or see the web page at: Home Page

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