NCAR's Advanced Study Program has been helping future leaders in weather, water, climate, and solar research launch their careers since 1963.

Students and researchers will have access to advanced collaborative resources through the Internet2 consortium, thanks in part to networking support by UCAR.

In a first for NCAR, the center’s Colorado-based S-Pol research radar is being operated from 1,600 miles away. Four students at North Carolina State University are learning about severe storm structure and radar operations at the same time.

Two one-hour webinars on May 20 and 21 will feature nationally recognized hydrometeorologist Matt Kelsch on the science behind flash flooding, including the conditions that lead to extreme rainfall and what happens to all that rain after it falls.

The public is invited for a day of science and Halloween fun at this year's event on October 26 at NCAR's Mesa Lab.