UCAR is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1959
by research institutions with doctoral programs in the atmospheric
and related sciences. UCAR was formed to support and enhance
the computing and observational capabilities of the universities,
and to understand the behavior of the atmosphere and related
systems and the global environment.
Representatives from UCAR's 68 Member and 20 Academic Affiliate
institutions govern UCAR research and Service activities
through the Board of Trustees, Member committees and a number
of advisory committees.
UCAR carries out its mission through two organizations:
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and
the UCAR Office of programs (UOP).
NCAR maintains resources such as state-of-the-art weather
and climate computer models, radars, and aircraft that are
used by research scientists around the world; the areas
of scientific research extend from the center of the earth
to the center of the sun.
The UCAR Office of programs supplies real-time weather
data to colleges and universities for use in the classroom,
trains weather forecasters in the latest research results
and technologies, and helps organize international experiments
in remote areas of the world, among other services.
The principal sponsor is the National Science Foundation
(NSF); funds also come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), the Department of Defense (DOD), Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), and other agencies and organizations.
NCAR is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center
sponsored by NSF.
For further information please visit the UCAR Web
site-www.ucar.edu.
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