1. CONUS404 monthly precipitation climatology from 1986-2020

    Scientists gain powerful tool to scrutinize changing U.S. weather patterns

    An extraordinary new dataset of high-resolution weather simulations that span more than four decades over the continental United States is now available to the Earth system science community.

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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  2. Fire crews fight California wildfire

    Simultaneous large wildfires will increase in Western U.S.

    Simultaneous outbreaks of large wildfires will become more frequent in the West, putting major strains on efforts to fight the blazes.

    • Climate

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  3. NASA funds NCAR solar mission

    An NCAR-led project, CMEx, will attempt to understand the magnetic nature of solar eruptions and identify the magnetic sources of the solar wind.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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  4. Photo of Thomas Hauser

    Thomas Hauser named director of NCAR’s Computational & Information Systems Laboratory

    Thomas Hauser has been named director of the Computational & Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

    • Data,
    • Organization,
    • Supercomputing

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  5. UCAR and NCAR researchers honored by AMS and AGU

    Five researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), two UCAR trustees, and a distinguished NCAR retiree have been recognized with fellowships and awards from two prestigious Earth and space science organizations. The eight awardees are being honored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for their innovative contributions to the field.

    • Organization

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