1. NOAA, UCAR renew, expand partnership to advance extreme weather research

    The MOU is designed to facilitate sharing research, tools, and data by enabling scientists to more productively conduct research with each other.

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  2. Doppler weather radar scans the atmosphere.

    Instrumentation dream team

    Scientists at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) are proposing a sensor network called the LOwer Troposphere Observing System (LOTOS). LOTOS aims to improve observations of the troposphere, the lowest region of Earth's atmosphere, by simultaneously sampling the atmosphere horizontally and vertically.

    • Data

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  3. Fine-scale model of hurricane winds upon landfall.

    Capturing the turbulence of landfalling hurricane winds

    Scientists are successfully producing very fine-scale simulations of the turbulent winds of landfalling hurricanes.

    • Weather

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  4. UCAR statement on deadly violence at Tuskegee University

    UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi offers condolences after mass shooting at member institution Tuskegee University.

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  5. a visualization of solar polar vortices

    Swirling polar vortices likely exist on the Sun, new research finds

    Like the Earth, the Sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR). But unlike on Earth, the formation and evolution of these vortices are driven by magnetic fields.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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