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Welcome to the advanced Study Program
The Advanced Study Program (ASP) is unique in its encompassing support of NCAR goals and objectives. The ASP mission, broadly defined, is to help NCAR and the scientific communities it serves prepare for the future. We work across scientific disciplines in support of other NCAR units with these objectives:
- to encourage the development of early career scientists in fields related to atmospheric science;
- to direct attention to timely scientific areas needing special emphasis;
- to help organize new science initiatives;
- to support interactions with universities;
- to promote continuing education at NCAR.
Upcoming Seminars
April 6, 2012 - 11:00 a.m. Foothills Lab 2, Large Auditorium
Climate Impacts on Weather Extremes: Variability and Change; Hurricanes to Droughts
Greg Holland (NESL/MMM)
April 18, 2012 - 11:00 a.m. Foothills Lab 2, Large Auditorium
Acceleration of the Water Cycle over the Colorado Headwaters
Roy Rasmussen (RAL)
Our Programs... at a glance
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The postdoctoral program provides an opportunity for recent-Ph.D. scientists to continue to pursue their research interests in atmospheric and related science. The program also invites postdoctorates from a variety of disciplines to apply their training to research in the atmospheric sciences.
Faculty Fellowship Program
The Faculty Fellowship Program provides opportunities and resources for faculty employed at universities to work in residence at NCAR, and enables NCAR Scientists to spend a period of time in residence at US universities.
Graduate Student Visitor Program
The Graduate Student Visitor Program is designed to provide NCAR staff opportunities to bring graduate students to NCAR for 3 to 12-month collaborative visits with the endorsement of their thesis advisors and in pursuit of their thesis research. These visits have the goal of enhancing NCAR partnerships with other public and private institutions.
ASP Spotlight:
Zhensong Cao
High precision measurements of CO2 isotope using difference frequency spectrometer
Over the last three or four decades scientists have paid more attention to the Earth's atmosphere, especially the carbon dioxide(CO2), which is known as one of the most important greenhouse gases; it cycles between Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and soils. We have known that CO2 levels in the atmosphere are on the rise (currently ~390 ppm.), and also know that this increase is caused by burning of fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas - which emit carbon dioxide into the air. Yet only about half of the carbon dioxide produced each year from fossil fuels remains in the atmosphere. The rest is absorbed by the oceans and land plants.