1. The installation of ViSP in Hawaii.

    A ‘bucket full of photons’ may yield clues about the Sun's magnetic fields

    Scientists at NCAR designed and built one of the Inouye Solar Telescope’s five instruments: the Visible Spectro-Polarimeter (ViSP). This extremely versatile instrument can observe any wavelength across the visible spectrum of the Sun’s radiation, allowing scientists a huge degree of flexibility to explore.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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  2. Cheyenne supercomputer

    NCAR-operated supercomputer to join national COVID-19 computing consortium

    NCAR is joining the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium by providing one of the nation's leading supercomputers to help research the deadly pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus

    • Supercomputing

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  3. Washington Update: April 1, 2020

    Updates on Pandemic relief package, COVID-19 impacts on research and development, NOAA and NSF leadership changes, and bids for EPIC.

    • Government Relations

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  4. Damage to Jersey coast from Sandy

    Steering a (virtual) hurricane: New model gives scientists more control

    A new tool developed at NCAR can help scientists better quantify the range of possible impacts from landfalling storms.

    • Weather

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  5. UCAR to temporarily close campuses

    After careful consideration, UCAR has decided on a temporary closure of its Colorado campuses to protect its employees and slow the spread of COVID-19 in our community.

    • Organization

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