Operation of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Support of Other Scientific Activities

这份授予大学大气研究公司（UCAR）的合同规定了UCAR管理国家大气科学中心的方式。国家大气科学中心是美国国家科学基金会下属的一个由联邦政府资助的研究与发展中心（FFRDC），旨在开展和支持大气科学及相关领域的研究。知识价值：NCAR的使命是支持、增强和扩展国内和国际大学社区的能力；了解大气科学及其相关系统和全球环境的行为；促进知识和技术的转移，以改善地球上的生活。为了完成这一任务，NCAR将：a)建立、运营和维护广泛访问的共享观测设施、计算基础设施和数据库；b)确保高质量的数据管理和管理；c)提高社会集体探索、发展和扩展其思想的能力；d)促进社区模式的定义、构建和使用；e)教育和发展多样化的人力资本，以满足国家的科学和工程需求；f)吸引、支持和促进高素质、多样化的科学和技术工作人员，并为他们提供适合国家中心的持续培训和职业发展；g)促进跨学科和多学科研究；h)解决具有挑战性的科学问题，这些问题需要在全球、区域和地方范围内长期关注和整合；(i)确保将最好的科学理解应用于社会关心的已确认的和正在出现的问题；j)在日益多学科和跨学科的领域内把研究和教育结合起来；k)酌情向美国政府和私营部门转让已开发的技术；l)开展获奖者与NSF共同同意的其他活动。更广泛的影响：作为NSF与NCAR战略合作伙伴关系的管理者，UCAR将把美国大学的研究人员纳入NCAR的全面科学活动，支持研究生在大气和相关学科的教育，并加强参与大学教师的研究努力。从幼儿园到研究生的教育活动将为所有年龄和水平的研究和教育的整合提供原始材料和培训机会。专门针对代表性不足的群体的外展计划将帮助他们在科学领域追求事业。为支持大学和政府的研究计划，将开发和部署对大气和相关科学（如超级计算机、研究雷达、卫星、仪器飞机和教育网络）感兴趣的研究和教育基础设施需求。NCAR的研究结果将在科学文献中广泛传播，并在科学会议上提出，并有助于国家对环境问题及其社会影响的理解，并促进知情的政策和决策。

This award to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) defines the manner in which UCAR will manage the National Center for Atmospheric Sciences, a Federally Funded Research & Development Center (FFRDC) of NSF, in order to conduct and support research in atmospheric sciences and related fields.Intellectual merit:The NCAR mission is to support, enhance and extend the capabilities of the university community, nationally and internationally; to understand the behavior of the atmospheric sciences and related systems and the global environment; and to foster the transfer of knowledge and technology for the betterment of life on Earth. To fulfill this mission NCAR will: a) Build, operate and maintain broadly accessible, shared observational facilities, computational infrastructure and databases; b) Ensure quality data stewardship and curation; c) Enhance the ability of the community to collectively explore, develop and extend its ideas; d) Facilitate the definition, construction and use of community models; e) Enable the education and development of diverse human capital for the nation's science and engineering needs; f) Attract, support and advance a quality, diverse scientific and technical staff and provide for their continued training and career advancement as befits a national center; g) Foster interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research; h) Address challenging scientific problems that require long term focus and integration across global, regional and local scales; i) Ensure the application of the best scientific understanding to recognized and emerging problems of interest to society; j) Integrate research and education in an increasingly interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary arena; k) Transfer developed technology to the U.S. Government and the private sector as appropriate; l) Conduct other activities as the awardee and NSF mutually agree upon.Broader impacts:As manager of the operation of NSF's strategic partnership with NCAR, UCAR will include the nation's university researchers in the full range of NCAR's scientific activities, support the education of graduate students in the atmospheric and related disciplines, and enhance the research endeavors of participating university faculty. Kindergarten to postgraduate educational activities will provide source materials and training opportunities for the integration of research and education at all ages and levels. Outreach programs specifically targeting underrepresented groups will assist them in pursuing careers in the sciences. Research and educational infrastructure needs of interest to the atmospheric and related sciences such as supercomputers, research radars, satellites, instrumented aircraft, and educational networks will be developed and deployed in support of university and government research programs. The results of NCAR research will be broadly disseminated in the scientific literature and presented in scientific meetings, and contribute to the nation's understanding of environmental issues, their societal impacts and enable informed policy and decision making.