Support of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

大学大气研究公司（UCAR）运营着国家大气研究中心（NCAR）。 在UCAR的领导下，NCAR将为加强大气科学做出贡献。 NCAR和UCAR也将继续为NSF战略计划的总体目标做出巨大贡献。 NCAR在未来五年的优先事项分为六个主要领域：（1）基础研究。 为了与NSF的使命保持一致，NCAR计划的基础是基础研究，特别是足够复杂的研究，以掌握国家中心的资源。 该计划包括太阳物理学，流体动力学和湍流，云和降水物理学，大气化学中尺度气象学和气候。 (2)了解和预测地球系统。 在基础研究的广泛基础上，NCAR及其许多大学合作者将开展重大的跨领域工作，以了解和预测地球系统。 这包括在短时间和小空间尺度上预测天气的研究，月和季节平均值的长期预测，以及人类、太阳和其他强迫过程对天气和气候的影响的研究。(3)先进的科学设施。 NCAR将继续高度重视开发新的和尖端的科学设施，这些设施可以由国家中心有效和具有成本效益地提供。 这项工作将包括计算系统、仪器和观测系统、社区模型、数据集、先进的联网和通信工具，以及向社区提供这些设施。(4)人的因素和社会影响。 NCAR将越来越重视研究气候和天气对社会的影响;人类对气候系统的影响;社会科普天气和气候相关影响的能力;以及在各种情况下气象，气候和其他大气相关信息的使用和价值。 (5)教育培训 NCAR将继续并加强其在教育方面的努力。 高级研究计划将支持强大的博士后奖学金计划和研究生研究助学金，以鼓励年轻科学家的创造力，独立性和广度的发展。 其他教育活动将增加大气科学的多样性。 (6)应用程序和技术/信息转让。 NCAR将以三种主要方式向公共和私营部门以及大学同事和选民转移信息，技术和研究成果。 通过直接转让、公共领域访问，使信息免费提供给最广泛的受众，以及许可证。

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) operates the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR, with UCAR's leadership, will contribute to strengthening the atmospheric sciences. NCAR and UCAR will also continue to contribute strongly to the overarching goals in NSF's strategic plan. NCAR's priorities over the next five years fall into six main areas: (1) Fundamental Research. In keeping with the mission of NSF, the foundation of NCAR's program is fundamental research, particularly research of sufficient complexity to command the resources of a national center. This program includes solar physics, fluid dynamics and turbulence, cloud and precipitation physics, atmospheric chemistry mesoscale meteorology, and climate. (2) Understanding and Predicting the Earth System. Building on the broad base of fundamental research, NCAR and its many university collaborators will carry out major crosscutting efforts toward understanding and predicting the earth system. This includes research on prediction of weather on short temporal and small spatial scales, longer-term prediction of monthly and seasonal means, and studies of the influence of human, solar, and other forcing processes on weather and climate.(3) Advanced Scientific Facilities. NCAR will continue to put a high priority on developing new and cutting-edge scientific facilities that can be efficiently and cost-effectively supplied by a national center. This effort will include computing systems, instruments and observing systems, community models, datasets, advanced networking and communications tools, and provision of these facilities to the community.(4) Human Dimensions and Societal Impacts. NCAR will place increasing emphasis on studying the impacts of climate and weather on society; on human influences on the climate system; on society's ability to cope with weather- and climate-related impacts; and on the use and value of meteorological, climate, and other atmospheric-related information in a variety of contexts. (5) Education and Training. NCAR will continue and strengthen its efforts in education. The Advanced Study Program will support a strong postdoctoral fellowship program and graduate research assistantships to encourage the development of creativity, independence, and breadth in young scientists. Other educational activities will increase diversity in the atmospheric sciences. (6) Applications and Technology/Information Transfer. NCAR will transfer information, technology, and research results to the public and private sectors and to university colleagues and constituents in three major ways. Through direct transfer, public domain access to make information freely available to the broadest audience, and licensing.