1. Six wind turbines in a field, with stratocumulous in the background

    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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  2. UCAR Magazine

    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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  3. Terry Hock demonstrates NCAR dropsonde

    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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  4. Reflections of the Sun against Anthes Building

    The Lenschow Lens

    The semicircular shape of the Anthes Building adds a bit of unexpected warmth to the local environment.

    • Education + Outreach

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  5. NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center exterior

    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

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