Topics in HAO

HAO in the News:

Sunspots Revealed in Striking Detail by Supercomputers—
In a breakthrough ... an international team of scientists at NCAR has created the first-ever comprehensive computer model of sunspots.
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Sunrise balloon launch successful—
On June 8 at 8:05 a.m., the Sunrise balloon was successfully launched from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna. > more...

Sun & Space Weather—
NCAR highlighted topics...

HAO Staff Highlights:

HAO Welcomes
Wendy Hawkins—
Wendy is the new Administrative Assistant and Web Administrator for the High Altitude Observatory. She started working for HAO in August 2008 as a UCAR casual employee and in early 2009 she was hired into a permanent full-time position.
Her favorite part of her job is the wonderful people she gets to know and work beside...
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Upcoming Events:

2009 CEDAR Workshop
Santa Fe, NM, June 28—
Over 100 graduate and undergraduate students get NSF travel funds to attend the annual CEDAR (Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions) Workshop that focuses on the the Earth's upper atmosphere and its interactions with the magnetosphere and lower atmosphere. A student poster competition is held every year. The 2009 CEDAR Workshop will be held in Santa Fe, NM starting on Sunday, June 28 with the Student Workshop and ending on Thursday July 2. There are several tutorial talks, two poster sessions, and multiple concurrent workshops. Dr. Ray Roble of HAO/NCAR will give the first annual CEDAR Distinguished Lecture titled— The NCAR Thermosphereic General circulation Models (TGCMs): Past, Present and Future.
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