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James Hurrell to lead NCAR Earth System Laboratory
New directors announced for Communications and for Education and Outreach as well.
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The NWSC: Almost ready for prime time
Reporters from Wyoming and northern Colorado got their first look inside the nearly completed building that will house the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center.
- Supercomputing
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NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center enters new phase
With the facility nearly complete, the project shifts to facilities testing and then procurement, installation, and testing of the center's supercomputing systems.
- Supercomputing
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Lessons learned from seeding clouds
Prior to massive flooding early in 2011, long-term drought plagued the Australian state of Queensland . As part of a broad research program on cloud seeding, NCAR researchers have been steadily crunching data from a 2008–09 field project that looked into how to make the clouds drop more rain on the region.
- Weather
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Paved surfaces can foster build-up of polluted air
New research focusing on the Houston area suggests that widespread urban development alters weather patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants to accumulate during warm summer weather instead of being blown out to sea.
- Air Quality