Research, education, and service - September 2010Download PDF Version
| Introduction |
The 1960s
A center is born
Eyes on the corona
Atmosphere in a box: NCAR's first GCM
Borne on a balloon
The 1970s
Putting weather modification to the test
The Cray-1: Not your ordinary supercomputer
GATE: Fieldwork goes international
What makes a tornado?
The 1980s
Ozone and the lack of it
Forward into the past
Unmasking a meteorological villain
Data served here
The 1990s
The GPS revolution
The quest to understand turbulence
A system called Earth
Into the fold
The 2000s
The Sun in full
Climate change where we live
Predicting the world's weather
Virtually there
| Reflections from Our Community |
Credits | Member Universities | Academic Affiliates | International Affiliates
More UCAR Highlights reports (published 1996 through 2010)
• Video interviews with university faculty and other UCAR community members
• 50th anniversary photo history timeline
Staff Notes 50th anniversary series (May–June 2010)
• In their own words
• The Blue Book that started it all
• Then and now
• The Mesa Lab: What might have been
• Spring Fling, open house
• The lighter side of science
• Did you know that . . .
• Delphi: A record of what’s on our minds
• Times and tastes
Time Capsule (2010, for 2035 opening)
• Time capsule article (Staff Notes)
• Exhibits page for time capsule (NCAR & UCAR Archives)
UCAR at 40 (Highlights 2000)
Staff Notes 40th anniversary issue (1999)
40th anniversary events - archival site
UCAR at 25 (1960–1985)
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