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Join a talk about Arctic forecasting systems—refreshments served for in-person guests

May 8, 2026

On Thursday, May 21 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm MT, join the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM) at NSF NCAR for a presentation on regional modeling. The talk is entitled, “Development of the UFS-Arctic: A Unified Forecast System Pan-Arctic Research Capability.” Kristin Barton, Christopher Cox, and Lisa Bengtsson will discuss NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) efforts to dev...

Watch a virtual seminar about the global atmospheric footprint of wildfires

May 8, 2026

On Wednesday, May 20, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MT, join NSF NCAR’s Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS) for a virtual discovery seminar. The talk is entitled, “From Regional To Global: The Far-Reaching Impacts Of Wildfires On The Atmosphere And Climate.” Dr. Yaowei Li will discuss how smoke from intense fires travels across the globe and alters the atmosphe...

Read the article: Mya Sears demonstrates how GDEX streamlines ESS research

May 8, 2026

For Earth system science (ESS) researchers, data acquisition is often a massive bottleneck. In a new CISL News article, learn how Mya Sears of the Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) used the Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX) to solve this problem and overhaul her research workflow. The article demonstrates how Sears used GDEX to reduce a multi-day process to under a minute, allowing her to priorit...

HPC Resources Scheduled Outage: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 12-13 2026

May 6, 2026

All HPC resources, including Derecho, Casper, and JupyterHub, will be unavailable from 6:00 AM Tuesday, May 12 through 6:00 PM Wednesday May 13 MDT. This work is required primarily to perform disruptive upgrades on the Derecho Scratch filesystem 'Destor' and to apply necessary PBS Server updates. Systems teams will work diligently to restore services as soon as practical within the planning ...

Sign up for a May 22 new user training on HPC resources

May 5, 2026

On Friday, May 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. MT, join NSF NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) for the tutorial, “New User Training—HPC Resources.” Daniel Howard of the CISL Consulting Services Group will introduce participants to the Derecho high-performance computing system and the Casper cluster, which are used for data analysis, visualization, and machine learni...

Join a seminar about solar corona diagnostics

April 27, 2026

On Friday, May 15 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm MT, join the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at NSF NCAR for a technical presentation on solar physics. The talk is entitled “Probing The Solar Corona With The Solar Orbiter/Metis Coronagraph: From Instrumentation To CME Diagnostics.” Yara De Leo will discuss the dual-channel imaging capabilities of the Solar Orbiter Metis coronagraph, focusing on its ...