National Newsletter for the
Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science
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IN THIS ISSUE
- Hello from Hanne
- Congratulations New NOAA Climate & Global Change Fellows
- Space Weather Workshop
- CPAESS Year in Review
- New Heliophysics website
- Many Facets of Carbon Science
- Reuters Hotlist
- Inclusivity of Virtual Meetings
- New Arrivals
- Welcome to CPAESS
- Open Sky and Your Publications
- Who Is CPAESS?
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May 2021
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Hello Everyone!
I truly appreciate your continued efforts and remain hopeful that our world is slowly moving into a healthier future. As you know we have remained very busy and are currently adding people to our team both in the Boulder office and across the country in our many partner offices.
A warm welcome to all of our new co-workers. We are pleased to have Gina Roberti, Heather Koch, and Catherine Pavilanis join our Boulder staff, and a big welcome back to Michelle McCambridge. I would also like to extend my congratulations to Donna Cummings for being selected by Tony Busalacchi as UCAR's new Delphi Coordinator.
Know that in spite of the pandemic, we haven't missed a beat with our work. Go here or below in an article for an annual review of last year's accomplishments.
As you know our Performance Evaluations are in process right now. We have requested that you share with us your Network Feedback by April 23. Instructions are here in case you have yet to complete this process. Self Evaluations will be due by May 28th. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The CPAESS Boulder staff and our UCP co-workers have been hard at work on two different proposals of late. They are the NOAA Scientific Collaboration Program and the NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation cooperative agreements. Your excellent work has certainly given us a great deal to highlight.
I would like to personally welcome our new nine fellows to the NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral program. We are delighted to have you on board and look forward to seeing your new research.
As many of you know our Senior Program Manager, Melanie Russ has recently left CPAESS. She served UCAR for twenty years and will be missed. As part of a goodbye to her, we created this wordle below.
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I hope you are all getting a taste of spring where you live. My sincere thanks to each of you for all that you do. |
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Congratulations 2021 NOAA Climate & Global Change Fellows |
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A hearty congratulations to our new class of NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellows! This prestigious postdoctoral fellowship produces the next generation of leading climate scientists. This is the 31st class that we have partnered with NOAA on for this program and we couldn't be more proud. |
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Here is a brief overview of each new fellow and the research they will be embarking upon.
Yue Dong
- Research Topic: Understanding the pattern of recent tropical Pacific sea-surface temperature trends
- PhD Institution: University of Washington
- Host: Dr. Lorenzo Polvani, Columbia University
Henri Drake
- Research Topic: Parameterization of Bottom Mixed Layer Eddies and Their Impact on Climate
- PhD Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Host: Dr. Sonya Legg, Princeton University
Brittany Hupp
- Research Topic: Utilization of Northern California Current Historical Records for Paleoproxy Development
- PhD Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Host: Dr. Jennifer Fehrenbacher, Oregon State University
Laura Larocca
- Research Topic: An Arctic-wide assessment of glacier and ice cap lifespans
- PhD Institution: Northwestern University
- Host: Dr. Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University
Lindsay McCulloch
- Research Topic: Can canopy gaps resolve the large uncertainty in tropical forest nitrogen cycling and carbon capture?
- PhD Institution: Brown University
- Host: Dr. Ben Taylor, Harvard University
Mukund Palat Rao
- Research Topic: The fate of forest carbon from photosynthesis to biomass under drought and climate change
- PhD Institution: Columbia University
- Host: Dr. Troy Magney, University of California, Davis
Lettie Roach
- Research Topic: Hemispheric contracts in the seasonal cycle of sea ice
- PhD Institution: Victoria University of Wellington
- Host: Dr. Ian Eisenman, University of California, San Diego
Katherine Siegel
- Research Topic: Impacts of forest management types on wildfire severity, ecological assemblages, climate change resistance, ecosystem processes, and socially vulnerable communities in the western US
- PhD Institution: University of California, Berkeley
- Host: Dr. Laura Dee, University of Colorado, Boulder
Barbara Wortham
- Research Topic: Assessing the role of global CO2 variability on plant function throughout the last 55ka in California
- PhD Institution: University of California, Davis
- Host: Dr. Daniel Stolper and Dr. Todd Dawson, University of California, Berkeley
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The overarching purpose of the program is to help create and train the next generation of leading researchers needed for climate studies. The program focuses on observing, understanding, modeling, and predicting climate variability and change on seasonal and longer time scales. This includes the documentation and analysis of past, current, or possible future climate variability and change as well as the study of the underlying physical, chemical, and biological processes.
Over the past 30 years, the fellowship program has hosted 247 NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellows and has developed an outstanding reputation of attracting the best and the brightest PhDs in the sciences relevant to the NOAA Climate Program Office. Appointed fellows are hosted with mentoring scientists at U.S. universities and research institutions to work in an area of mutual interest. Check out NOAA's Announcement here. More information on the program can be found here.
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A wonderful democratization is occurring due to virtual meetings, and a fine example of this is this year’s Space Weather Workshop. Traditionally this event is held annually in Boulder and garners an international group of scientists and students. This year the workshop was virtual and free. Registration was over 1,000 people, which is about three times its typical attendance. This year the workshop was held on April 20-24th.
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The Space Weather Workshop is an annual conference that brings industry, academia, and government agencies together in a lively dialog about space weather. What began in 1996 as a conference for the space weather user community, Space Weather Workshop has evolved into the Nation's leading conference on all issues relating to space weather. Efforts are consistently made to include students and foster the next generation of scientists.
The conference addresses the remarkably diverse impacts of space weather on today's technology. The program highlights space weather impacts in several areas, including communications, navigation, spacecraft operations, aviation, and electric power. The workshop will also focus on the highest priority needs for operational services that can guide future research and new high-value capabilities that can be transitioned into operations. The conference fosters communication among researchers, space weather service providers, and users of space weather services.
The 2021 conference had 1095 registrants from 47 countries. It included 80 oral presentations, with 18 poster lightning talks, and 80 posters. Participants also included 193 graduate students and 55 undergraduates who participated in an evening networking session and lunch session. There were 21 session chairs. Poster presentations utilized VirtualPosterSessions software which enabled numerous scientists to show their poster while giving a 3-5 minute lighting talk. Opportunities for questions and answers followed.
Workshop sessions included a breadth of topics relevant to space weather and its potential impacts here on earth. Sessions included: Space Weather Policy, Space Weather Programs, Space Situational Awareness, Support for Human Space Exploration, Meeting the Needs of the Energy Sector, Meeting the Needs of Global Aviation Services, Observing and Modeling the Ionosphere: Supporting Communications and Navigation; O2R & SBIR selected topics & speakers; New and Future Observations to Advance Understanding and Forecasting; and Advances in Space Weather Modeling and Services.
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CPAESS scientist and NASA Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellow Lindsay Goodwin presents her research at the Space Weather Workshop.
Space Weather Workshop was organized by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS), along with a community-based organizing committee and co-sponsored by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, the NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, and the NASA Heliophysics Division. All in all, this year was quite successful and included this feedback from an attendee. “I was amazed at how well the meeting went in the virtual environment. I have attended many a virtual conference. But this was by far the best from a content and from a seamless running perspective. The poster sessions were really useful. And no major AV/IT issues. Not many groups can say that.”
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This past year has been extremely challenging on many levels. Normally, Hanne Mauriello, Director of SPS and CPAESS, would have had the pleasure of visiting with our many sponsors across the United States, and personally providing them with updates on the excellent work of CPAESS staff. As this is not yet possible, we created a Year in Review update to keep everyone abreast of the fine research that has continued in earnest, in spite of COVID.
Even though the pandemic had most of us working virtually, we adapted to forge ahead whether that meant holding a virtual school over 8 different time zones, working in long shifts to protect communities from increasing hurricane threats, or dissecting fish for research in a garage work station. In spite of it all, the CPAESS team rose to the occasion. CPAESS is tremendously grateful and appreciative to all of CPAESS staff in Boulder, Colorado and across the country. They have proven themselves in these difficult times -- continuing to ably serve this country and our global community through scientific excellence -- in spite of these challenges.
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This publication can be found in flip book form here and as a pdf here. It includes a sampling of this great work from the past year. Highlighted in these articles is the work of CPAESS’ three service areas. These include:
- Scientific Partnerships — with staff serving across the breadth of federal agencies and the private sector;
- Scientific Programs — such as the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program and U.S. CLIVAR, as well as early career programs like the NASA and NOAA fellowships, the NOAA Explorer in Training Program, and the NCEP Collaborative Research program.
- Scientific Community Building efforts — including conferences, the NASA Heliophysics Summer School, and a host of other scientific meetings.
To our many valued sponsors Hanne Mauriello, Director of the SPS Center and CPAESS, said “The hard work of the entire CPAESS team has enabled us to enter 2021 in a strong position. I have no doubt this excellent work will continue. I look forward to our ongoing collaborations and innovative efforts. Thank you for your partnership and support. You are the reason we strive to always deliver the very best scientific programming possible.”
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CPAESS has a long relationship with NASA, managing some of their critical heliophysics programs. This relationship was borne from NASA scientist Madhulika “Lika” Guhathakurta’s working with CPAESS (JOSS/VSP) to promulgate the value of the interdisciplinary science known as heliophysics, and create programs that will usher in the next generation of heliophysicists.
We were recently asked to redesign the heliophysics website to better tell the fascinating story of this partnership, and how this critical new science is serving our world through these programs. Please see and hear for yourself what the many brilliant minds who have worked with us over the years have to say about heliophysics science and our programs.
Heliophysics Home The new homepage introduces both the layperson and scientist to the uniqueness of the interdisciplinary field of heliophysics and its great value to our society, along with our heliophysics programs and outreach: the Heliophysics Summer School, the Jack Eddy postdoctoral fellowship program, the Living With A Star Institute meetings, and our Heliophysics Resources.
History Page This page tells the unique and innovative story of how Lika and other leading scientists chose to foster this brand new interdisciplinary science. As Lika had worked with NCAR’s High Altitude Observatory (HAO), a partnership with UCAR | CPAESS to create these programs was a natural evolution.
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Vision Page As this interdisciplinary science has grown, its value in space weather and its effects on Earth’s weather, GPS, and our technological infrastructure continue to be critical. However, its relevance is much grander, including how heliophysics can inform the behavior between exoplanets and stars in future space exploration.
Heliophysics Summer School Page Here we dive into the Heliophysics Summer School, which is the cornerstone of our partnership with NASA and has a wonderful international presence. It has even inspired former students to bring the field of heliophysics into college curriculums across the globe.
Jack Eddy Explore Page Inspired by Jack Eddy and his open-minded, interdisciplinary approach to this science, this fellowship has enabled postdoctoral students to explore unique niches in the science and pursue breakthrough discoveries.
Resources Page This section of the site hosts a wealth of knowledge freely available to universities across the globe. In addition to textbooks, there are videos, labs, and problem sets from past Summer Schools, and much more.
We would like to extend a special thank you to all the scientists who generously shared their time to speak with us about these programs including Lika Guhathakurta, Karl Scheiver, Dick Fisher, Tom Bogdon, George Siscoe, Jan Sojka, Nicholas Gross, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Dana Longcope, Andres Munoz-Jaramillo, Fran Bagenal, Ericka Palmerio, Maurice Wilson, and Ryan McGranaghan.
The team who executed this work includes Tania Sizer, Steve Deyo, Dawn Mullally, and Sylvia Quesada who did the lion’s share of the work. A sincere thank you to you all.
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The Many Facets of Carbon Science |
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CPAESS is proud to support the critical work of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program, whose goal is to help coordinate and facilitate activities relevant to the carbon cycle science, climate and global change issues in North America with the Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG) under the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).
Each Friday in March, the U.S. Carbon Cycle program hosted the North American Carbon Program’s 7th Open Science Meetings. These meetings consisted of a welcome session, the keynote talks, agency updates, numerous discussions, student poster speed talks, and break-out sessions, depending on the day. The topics addressed in these talks touched on the breadth and depth of their work: issues from climate change and extreme hydrologic events; to Indigenous peoples and multinational experiences; to vulnerability, resilience, adaptation, and mitigation in the context of carbon-climate feedbacks. A wide range of topics was covered, with expertise shared by a host of different speakers.
The keynote talks included the following (click the name of the talk to watch the recording):
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Keynote speakers during the “What does the carbon science community owe communities of color, future generations, and other underrepresented groups?”: Crystal Chissell, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Darcy L. Peter, Sarra Tekola, and Alexandria Villaseñor.
Scientists from federal agencies, universities, businesses, and the public sector presented and shared their unique perspectives on a wide variety of carbon science-related issues. Their ongoing collective work informs federal decision-making as it pertains to the carbon cycle and strives to advance this interdisciplinary science.
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Congratulations to CPAESS scientists Hiroyuki Murakami & Anthony Rosati, both of whom made Reuters Hot List of the world’s top climate scientists! Both Anthony and Hiroyuki work at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
This list illustrates Reuter's ranking of "scientists who are having the biggest impact on the climate-change debate – their lives, their work and their influence on other scientists, the public, activists and political leaders."
"To identify the 1,000 most influential scientists, we created the Hot List, which is a combination of three rankings. Those rankings are based on how many research papers scientists have published on topics related to climate change; how often those papers are cited by other scientists in similar fields of study, such as biology, chemistry or physics; and how often those papers are referenced in the lay press, social media, policy papers and other outlets." Source Congratulations gentlemen for this recognition of your hard work.
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The Inclusivity of Virtual Meetings |
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We are all familiar with some of the work and education challenges the pandemic has brought with it. However, every cloud has a silver lining, and virtual meetings may well be one of them. Traveling to conferences to learn from worldwide experts has long included expenses, both time and money, that were not within reach for every scientist, particularly students. Virtual meetings have changed that.
One of CPAESS’ three service areas is scientific community building. These efforts include managing conferences, a summer school and summer institute, and a host of other scientific meetings. The nature of this work changed dramatically when in-person meetings were no longer permissible or advisable. Nevertheless, CPAESS has continued to help foster excellent science and research with the use of virtual meetings. The metamorphosis of these meetings through technology has also created an unforeseen opportunity.
Many of the virtual meetings we are managing are available at little or no cost. This is opening wide the doors of opportunity to people who might otherwise not have been able to immerse themselves in the wealth of knowledge these community-building events provide. Here are some upcoming free events, along with links to registration information.
May 10-14, 2021
May 24-26, 2021
June 7-10, 2021
June 20-25, 2021
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CPAESS is delighted to welcome some new little ones to the team. Above NOAA Climate and Global Change fellow, Uday Thapa sits with his eldest son Vivaan (pronounced as BeeVaan), next to his wife, Suzu, who is holding their new baby boy, Hridaan ('H' silent). |
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Top left: CPAESS Boulder staff member Dan Burge holds his new little one, Luke Montgomery. Top right: National Hurricane Center scientist Laura Alaka's new daughter, Ariana Juliet. Left: NASA Jack Eddy fellow William Longley's new daughter, Valerie Ann Longley. A sincere congratulations to all your families on your wonderful new arrivals.
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CPAESS is pleased to welcome these new employees. We are delighted to have you on board.
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Rachel Kremen, Science Communications Lead, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
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Courtney Cochran, Program Specialist, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP)
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Michelle McCambridge, Project Coordinator, CPAESS Business Office
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Catherine Pavilanis, Project Coordinator, CPAESS Business Office
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Jennifer Le, Associate Scientist, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER)
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Camilla Scolini, Postdoctoral Fellow, Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Héloïse Frouin-Mouy, Postdoctoral Researcher, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
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Murali Nageswara Rao Malasala, Visiting Scientist, National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
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Gina Roberti, Budget & Award Analyst, CPAESS Business Office
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Open Sky and Your Publications |
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Part of your employment expectations is listing your publications in OpenSky on the UCAR/NCAR website. Please make sure you list all your publications there. If you haven't yet, you can list them now and catch up.
The purpose of this digital archive is to provide free and open access to the scientific output and other intellectual resources created at NCAR/UCAR for the advancement of the atmospheric and related sciences.
In the Acknowledgements section scientists note the agency and grant number that supported their research. Please go to our CPAESS "For Staff" Information page and click on the Citing Language and Information tab. Your CIT login is the same as your WorkDay login info. If you have any questions please let us know. Thanks very much!
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Recent Publications
Palmerio, Erika, Emilia K. J. Kilpua, Olivier Witasse, David Barnes, Beatriz Sánchez‐Cano, Andreas J. Weiss, Teresa Nieves‐Chinchilla, Christian Möstl, Lan K. Jian, Marilena Mierla, Andrei N. Zhukov, Jingnan Guo, Luciano Rodriguez, Patrick J. Lowrance, Alexey Isavnin, Lucile Turc, Yoshifumi Futaana, Mats Holmström, 2021: CME Magnetic Structure and IMF Preconditioning Affecting SEP Transport. Space Weather, OpenSky.
Faye, Mbaye, Abdoulaye Dème, Abdou Kâ Diongue, Ibrahima Diouf, 2021: Impact of different heat wave definitions on daily mortality in Bandafassi, Senegal. PLOS ONE, OpenSky.
Kante, Ibrahima Kalil, Ibrahima Diouf, Tamba Nicolas Millimono, Jean Moussa Kourouma, 2021: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Conakry, Republic of Guinea: Analysis and relationship with meteorological factors. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, OpenSky.
Lanzante, John R., Keith W. Dixon, Dennis Adams‐Smith, Mary Jo Nath, Carolyn E. Whitlock, 2021: Evaluation of some distributional downscaling methods as applied to daily precipitation with an eye towards extremes. International Journal of Climatology, OpenSky.
Paulot, Fabien, David Paynter, Vaishali Naik, Sergey Malyshev, Raymond Menzel, Larry W. Horowitz, 2021: Global modeling of hydrogen using GFDL-AM4.1: Sensitivity of soil removal and radiative forcing. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, OpenSky.
Bhaskar, Ankush, David Sibeck, Shrikanth G. Kanekal, Howard J. Singer, Geoffrey Reeves, Denny M. Oliveira, Suk-Bin Kang, Colin Komar, 2021: Radiation belt response to fast reverse shock at geosynchronous orbit. The Astrophysical Journal, OpenSky.
Zhang, Gan, Hiroyuki Murakami, Xiaosong Yang, Kirsten L. Findell, Andrew T. Wittenberg, Liwei Jia, 2021: Dynamical seasonal predictions of tropical cyclone activity: Roles of sea surface temperature errors and atmosphere-land initialization. Journal of Climate, OpenSky.
Karanam, Ramesh, Anne K. Smith, 2021: Long‐term variability and tendencies in non‐migrating diurnal tide from WACCM6 simulations during 1850-2014. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, OpenSky.
Aarons, Zoe S., Suzana J. Camargo, Jeffrey D. O. Strong, Hiroyuki Murakami, 2021: Tropical cyclone characteristics in the MERRA‐2 reanalysis and AMIP simulations. Earth and Space Science, OpenSky.
Zhang, Liping, Thomas L. Delworth, William Cooke, Hugues Goosse, Mitchell Bushuk, Yushi Morioka, Xiaosong Yang, 2021: The dependence of internal multidecadal variability in the Southern Ocean on the ocean background mean state. Journal of Climate, OpenSky.
Cooper, M. B., A. J. Gerrard, L. J. Lanzerotti, A. R. Soto‐Chavez, H. Kim, I. V. Kuzichev, Lindsay V. Goodwin, 2021: Mirror instabilities in the inner magnetosphere and their potential for localized ULF wave generation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, OpenSky.
Longley, William J., Juha Vierinen, Michael P. Sulzer, Roger H. Varney, Philip J. Erickson, Phil Perillat, 2021: An explanation for Arecibo plasma line power striations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, OpenSky.
Liu, Terry Z., Yufei Hao, Lynn B. Wilson, Drew L. Turner, Hui Zhang, 2021: Magnetospheric multiscale observations of Earth's oblique bow shock reformation by foreshock ultralow‐frequency waves. Geophysical Research Letters, OpenSky.
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Even people employed by CPAESS ask about the breadth and depth of the programs and opportunities we provide. Here is a super brief primer. CPAESS is a part of the UCAR/NCAR family. Specifically, we are within UCAR’s Community Programs (UCP). CPAESS is the largest of UCAR's Community Programs.
CPAESS’ provides early career opportunities including employment at federal labs across the nation. We also host multi-agency programs and have partnerships with federal agencies –take a peek to get an idea of some of them listed here. CPAESS provides postdoctoral and educational programs. Lastly, we convene scientific communities to help promulgate scientific information and foster collaboration across the earth system science community. Here is a list of our upcoming events.
CPAESS has approximately 125 employees, over 100 of which are spread across the United States as seen on the map below. If you go here you can click on a location and you'll see staff grouped by program work. Many of our co-workers are in federal labs. Our staff's skill sets are impressively diverse. We appreciate you and your talents being a part of the CPAESS family.
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