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Climate
Change & Global Warming
climates
of the past, greenhouse
effect & global warming, climate
of the future, regional
climate, El
Niño & La Niña, drought
and wildfires
Computer
Modeling
community
& developmental models of Earth
system processes, Joint
Numerical Testbed
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Computing
& Cyberinfrastructure
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& mass storage, TeraGrid
partnership, applied
mathematics for geoscience, computational
science, consulting
& user support, data
analysis & visualization
Data
Sets
Community
Data Portal, field
expedition data catalog
Facilities
& Instrumentation
instruments
& observations, NCAR
Library & Archives, Research
Aviation Facility, community
supercomputing, access
grid & visualization lab, campuses
& buildings
Meteorology
& Weather Forecasting
from
nowcasts to 48-hour forecasts, 1–10
days, long
range, seasonal, physics
of precipitation
Pollution
& Atmospheric Chemistry
chemistry
of the atmosphere, air
pollution components, pollution's
global reach, emission
lifetimes
& cycles, air
chemistry & climate, "good"
& "bad" ozone
Research
Expeditions
observing
the atmosphere, staging
expeditions, after
the field campaign
Severe
Storms
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& typhoons, winter
storms
Societal
Impacts
people
+ climate + environment, coping
with hazards, problem-solving
tools, support
for decision making
The
Sun & Space Weather
solar
radiation & solar constant, solar
interior, solar
atmosphere, solar
storms, space
weather, solar
variation & Earth's climate
Technology
Development & Transfer
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weather, hydrometeorology, Joint
Numerical Testbed, national
security, decision
support & assessment
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Whole Earth System
climate
ingredients, oceans
+ atmosphere, land
+ atmosphere, water
cycle, cryosphere/ice
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Constellation
Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate, COSMIC's
Data Analysis and Archive Center, ground-based
GPS for atmospheric & Earth system
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content, NCAR
GPS dropsonde development
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Science Digital Library, Windows
to the Universe
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