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Where snow is born: Getting on top of winter storms
PLOWS campaign opens a window on how snow develops in clouds.
- Weather
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A world’s worth of climate research
Understanding and predicting both climate variability and change—on all spatial and time scales—was the theme of the first-ever Open Science Conference of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP).
- Climate
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NCAR wind forecasts save millions of dollars for Xcel Energy
The new system enables utility operators to constantly anticipate the amount of energy produced by wind farms across Xcel’s service area.
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Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper recognizes NCAR for dropsonde research
The governor will present the annual awards for “High Impact Research” on November 15 to teams from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and three other Colorado-based research centers for scientific breakthroughs.
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NCAR selects IBM for key components of new supercomputing center
The powerful new system from IBM, dubbed Yellowstone, will be installed early in 2012 at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center.
- Supercomputing