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

这个奖项给大学大气研究公司（UCAR）定义的方式，其中UCAR将管理国家大气科学中心，一个联邦资助的研究&发展中心（FFRDC）的NSF，以进行和支持在大气科学和相关领域的研究。智力优点：NCAR的使命是支持，提高和扩大大学社区的能力，国内和国际;了解大气科学和相关系统以及全球环境的行为;促进知识和技术的转让，以改善地球上的生活。为了完成这一使命，NCAR将：a）建立、运行和维护广泛访问、共享的观测设施、计算基础设施和数据库; B）确保高质量的数据管理和策展; c）提高社区集体探索、发展和扩展其想法的能力; d）促进社区模型的定义、构建和使用; f）吸引、支持和提高高质量的多样化科学技术人员，并为他们提供适合国家中心的继续培训和职业发展;（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）确保将最佳科学认识应用于社会关注的公认问题和新出现的问题; j）在日益跨学科和跨学科的竞技场中整合研究和教育; k）将开发的技术酌情转让给美国政府和私营部门; l）根据获奖者和NSF的共同约定开展其他活动。更广泛的影响：作为NSF与NCAR战略合作伙伴关系的运营管理者，UCAR将把美国大学的研究人员纳入NCAR的全方位科学活动，支持大气和相关学科的研究生教育，并加强参与大学教师的研究努力。幼儿园到研究生教育活动将为所有年龄和级别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群体的外联方案将帮助他们从事科学事业。将开发和部署与大气和相关科学有关的研究和教育基础设施需求，如超级计算机、研究雷达、卫星、仪表飞行器和教育网络，以支持大学和政府的研究计划。NCAR的研究成果将在科学文献中广泛传播，并在科学会议上提出，有助于国家对环境问题及其社会影响的理解，并使知情的政策和决策成为可能。

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.