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The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is a nonprofit consortium of more than 75 universities offering Ph.D.s in the atmospheric and related sciences. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and provides additional services to strengthen and support research and education through its community programs. Its headquarters, in Boulder, Colorado, include NCAR's Mesa Laboratory, designed by I.M. Pei. UCAR was established in 1959 by faculty from 14 leading universities to support and nourish the atmospheric sciences. They were motivated by a newly recognized need for pooled observational and computational facilities and a strong research staff, which together would allow the academic community to carry out complex, long-term scientific programs beyond the reach of individual universities.〔(The first 14, ''UCAR Quarterly'', Winter 08-09 )〕 This group’s first major action, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, was to establish NCAR. Since then, UCAR has managed NCAR on behalf of NSF to address pressing scientific and societal needs involving the atmosphere and its interactions with the oceans, land, and Sun—what is now called Earth system science. == Community programs == UCAR’s role in supporting and complementing the work of academia has grown to include new research, service, and education efforts, including * (COMET Program ) - offers professional training on site and online in meteorology, weather hazards, hydrology, oceanography, emergency management, and environmental science * COSMIC Program () - supports satellite and ground-based observations and research using GPS technology for meteorology, climate, and ionospheric studies * GLOBE Program - provides hands-on, school-based learning and collaboration with a global network of students, scientists, and educators * (Joint Office for Science Support ) - supports community research, conference, and field projects * (National Science Digital Library Resource Center ) and (Digital Learning Sciences ) - supports and sustains community digital education projects * (Unidata Program ) - provides streaming observational data to university classrooms and researchers around the world * (Visiting Scientist Programs ) - places postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists at partner institutions The organization hosts numerous workshops, community meetings, and opportunities for collaboration throughout the year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University Corporation for Atmospheric Research」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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