Supporting the Future of Science
A focus for NCAR is ensuring development and support for the next-generation of scientists. NCAR achieves this through a variety of efforts, which includes summer colloquia and internship programs, partnerships with community universities, as well as provision of state-of-the-art computing to both the existing and upcoming generations of scientists.
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and universities across the country are launching a series of initial scientific projects on the center’s flagship, a 1.5-petaflop IBM supercomputer known as Yellowstone. These first projects focus on a wide range of Earth science topics, from atmospheric disturbances to subterranean faults, that will eventually help to improve predictions of tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, droughts, and other natural hazards.