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New aviation weather system improves US air travel efficiency and safety
Covering the contiguous United States, the new Domestic Aviation Forecast System (DAFS) generates more detailed forecasts of evolving icing and turbulence risks, giving pilots real-time intelligence about changing weather conditions along their flight path. NSF NCAR researchers led the scientific development of the icing and turbulence capabilities for this system.
- Weather
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UCAR seeks preliminary injunction against federal administrative agencies
UCAR filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to halt the action being taken by federal agencies to divest UCAR and NSF NCAR of their stewardship, maintenance, or operations responsibilities over the NSF NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC).
- Organization
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UCAR names Eric Barron as interim president
Barron will succeed current UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi, who will transition to president emeritus and special advisor to the interim president before retiring on June 4.
- Organization
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NSF NCAR’s Mauna Loa Solar Observatory fully reopens after 2022 volcanic eruption
MLSO is resuming normal operations just in time to support NASA’s Artemis II mission to the moon by sending advance warnings should the observatory’s main coronagraph detect potentially dangerous space weather.
- Sun + Space Weather
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Pieternel Levelt receives Snellius Medal
On March 13, Pieternel Levelt, an associate director of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR), received the 2026 Snellius Medal. The Snellius medal is a prestigious award that is only given once every ten years by the Dutch Society for the Promotion of Natural Sciences, Medicine, and Surgery.
- Organization