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Countdown to Copenhagen
NCAR staff gear up for high-stakes climate conference
November 16, 2009 | World leaders, diplomats, policy makers, scientists, activists, and others, including participants from UCAR/NCAR, will con­vene in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 7–18 for a United Nations-sponsored conference on climate change. With stakes high and global emissions still...
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Unidata turns 25
A sterling group toasts the program’s silver anniversary
October 27, 2009 | Staff, founders, partners, and collaborators from around the country gathered at Center Green on October 15–16 to celebrate Unidata's accomplishments over the past quarter century and look ahead to the future.
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New fiscal year brings ESSL restructure, management shifts
October 12, 2009 | Three months ago, NCAR director Eric Barron challenged the nearly 300 NCAR staff who have been part of the Earth & Sun Systems Laboratory (ESSL) to define a new laboratory structure that would better enable NCAR science and improve management while maintaining the ability to...
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Guest Column

Open Access: Making the community connection
Mary Marlino, Director, NCAR Library
Mary Marlino
November 11, 2009 | As for many of us, sometimes a visit from out-of-town guests helps me be a tourist in my own town—in this case, my own office building. It is embarrassing to admit that, until I had visitors recently, I had never taken the time...
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Random Profile

Ben Sanderson, NESL/CGD
Ben Sanderson
November 11, 2009 | Each issue, Staff Notes spotlights a staff member selected at random from the phone directory. This month we profile Ben Sanderson.
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Take A Look

An early blast of winter
Snow-covered trees.
November 9, 2009 | The Front Range experienced an early blast of winter on October 28–29, when a major storm dropped up to 23 inches of snow in Boulder. UCAR photographer Carlye Calvin photographed these snow-laden trees in Nederland....
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Secret Site

November/December 2009
Secret Site
November 12, 2009 | This photo, taken by Carlye Calvin, shows part of a painting called "Paradise," by Phil Chadwick, hanging above the couch in the COMET lobby in FL3.
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