INCAR Staff NotesVol. 10, No. 37~ September 12, 1975

SUMMER IS A BUSY TIME AT NCAR

"Summertime, and the livin' is." If Gershwin had been at NCAR this

past season, the lyrics would have toend ". . . busy." Not as poetic, per-haps, but certainly a more accurate de-scription of activities on the Mesa,which was the scene for a variety ofcolloquia, seminars, guest lectures, andstudent programs.

Foremost among these was a two-monthASP/UAP colloquium on "The Stratosphereand Mesosphere: Dynamics, Physics, andChemistry," coordinated by John Clark ofPennsylvania State University. The mainlecture series was supplemented withafternoon seminars by visiting scien-tists and NCAR staff, who discussedtheir research pertinent to the theme ofthe colloquium, and with a week-longworkshop that focused on satellitemeasurements of the upper atmosphere.

Cuddapah Prabhakara of NASA/GoddardThe Climate Project also held a expounds on a point to John Clark of Penn-

workshop in July for about 40 visitors sylvania State University, during theand staff members, on "The Role of ASP/UAP Workshop.Cloudiness in Climate Change." One ofthe major results of this workshop was a set of proposals for further research to beconducted by the workshop participants.

As last year, summer programs for minority students and faculty were offered.Participants in the Advanced Study Program's (ASP) fellowship program spent sevenweeks working with NCAR scientists on specific projects, as well as taking coursesin atmospheric science and computing. At the end of the session, each Fellow gave ajoint seminar with his or her NCAR advisor. Programming internships were also

This Week in Staff Notes. ..

Summer Is A Busy Time at NCAR Short AnnouncementsDenver AMS Chapter Officers Elected VisitorsNCAR Staff Urged to Drive Carefully Job OpeningsThe 12 Most Wanted List Calendar Notes

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awarded by the Computing Facility, which pre-sented two series of lectures--on basic com-puter use and design of large computer models--as part of its summer student program.

The High Altitude Observatory (HAO) helda number of colloquia throughout the summer,conducted by visiting and NCAR scientists;and held the advisory committee planningsession for an upcoming series of Skylab SolarWorkshops that will address themselves to thevoluminous data returned from the Apollo Tele-scope Mount (ATM).

If you add a miscellany of special semi-nars on topics ranging from eddy viscosity tofrontogenesis, combined with meetings of vari-ous advisory panels and GARP groups, it didn'tseem much like vacation season for NCAR. Ofcourse, it wasn't all work, as anyone wouldagree who attended the UCAR receptions forvisitors and summer participants, or theTWERLE picnic to celebrate the launch ofNimbus 6. But hopefully, now that fall is Robert Kraichnan, Dublin, New Hamp-upon us, large numbers of scientists and stu- shire, conducts an ASP Specialdents have returned to their home institutions Seminar on "Eddy Viscosity in Two

Dimensions."

little bit wiser.

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Edward Benton, UCAR Special Assistant forUniversity Relations, lectures at an HAOcolloquium.

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DENVER AMS CHAPTER OFFICERS ELECTEDTwo Boulder people were elected officers for the 1975-76 year for the Denver

chapter of the American Meteorological Society at the first meeting of the season onTuesday, September 9, at the United Airlines Flight Training Center, Stapleton International Airport, Denver.

The new president is Bob Bushnell, formerly associated with NCAR, now self-em-ployed in the solar energy field. Vice-president is Neil Kelley, of NCAR's ResearchAviation Facility. The former president was Stephen Cohen, Metropolitan State Col-lege, Denver; and vice-president was Margaret "Peggy" LeMone, NCAR.

The new chapter secretary is Christopher Mendola, forecaster at Buckley AirNational Guard Base, Aurora. Former secretary was David Whiteman, Colorado StateUniversity, Ft. Collins.

A five-member committee was formed to revise the membership list, compile a di-rectory of meteorologists and organizations in the state, and propose chapter programtopics and other chapter activities. David Whiteman, as secretary, urged an effortto increase membership and meeting attendance and proposed increasing annual dues

* from $2 to $5 a member to solve a continuing financial problem.

Speaker for the evening was Lee R. Hoxit, Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Lab-oratory, NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories, Boulder, who described the labor-atory's case study of the super-outbreak of 148 tornadoes in the mid-west, east ofthe Mississippi River, April 3-4, 1974. The outbreak killed over 300 people, andinjured 6,000 in parts of 13 states, and caused one-half billion dollars in damage.Combined length of the tornado tracks on the ground was 2,598 miles.

The Denver chapter meets the second Tuesday of the month, although a change inthe meeting day will be considered. More frequent meetings in Boulder are planned.

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NCAR STAFF URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY THROUGH SCHOOL ZONE

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School is back in session and many more children are on thestreets, especially in the morning and evening when theNCAR staff is going to and from work. Be especially watch-ful and alert. Obey the speed limit. Don't tailgate thedriver who is obeying the law in an effort to hurry thatdriver. Be very careful about passing. The law does notpermit a driver to exceed the speed limit while passing.You are reminded that Vassar Drive, used by many staff liv-ing north of NCAR, is a residential street. Drive defen-sively!

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THE 12 MOST WANTED LIST

Here are the titles of 12 of the books and technical reports that are missingfrom the NCAR library. These titles have been checked out to individuals, each ofwhom claims that he or she no longer has the item. If you have any of the missingbooks or reports, the library staff would greatly appreciate it if you would returnthem or, if you still need them, let the library know their whereabouts.

Each week Staff Notes will publish about a dozen of the known missing titles.

Books

Time And Its Mysteries: Eight Lectures Given On The James Arthur Foundation, New YorkUniversity

Topping, J.: Errors Of Observation and Their Treatment, 3rd Edition

Tudor, J.: The Pacific Islands Year Book

U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Valley, Shea L. (ed.): Handbook OfGeophysics And Space Environments

U.S. Air Resource Laboratory, Slade, David H. (ed.): Meteorology And Atomic Energy,1968

United States Committee On Extension To The Standard Atmosphere: U.S. Standard Atmo-sphere, Supplements, 1966

Technical Reports

W.M.O. : Windbreaks and Shelterbelts

Whitney, L. F. Jr.: Cloud Motions in Baroclinic Zones, October 1972

Young, R. A.: Measurement of Nitric oxide in the Earth's Atmosphere, Final Report

Yung-San, C.: Numerical Study of the General Circulation of the Atmosphere

Zeis, J. F.: Analysis of Prime Electrical Power Sources for Space Vehicles

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SHORT ANNOUNCEMENTS

OSA WILL HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET MEETING

The Rocky Mountain Section of the Optical Society of America will hold its annualbanquet meeting on Thursday, September 18, at 6:00 p.m. at the Greenbriar Restaurant.The Optical Society of America promotes knowledge of, and interest in, optics; theRocky Mountain Section meets monthly (except during the summer) for a program onsome phase of optics. Membership is open to anyone interested in optics, whether ornot a member of OSA. Gerry Grams is the outgoing president. The dinner will befollowed by a brief business meeting and a program presented by Gerrit Verschuur,director of the University of Colorado's new Fiske Planetarium. Verschuur, a wellknown radio astronomer, is an excellent speaker and popularizer of astronomy.Spouses and guests are invited. Please phone Bill Mankin (ext. 217) for informationor to make reservations for dinner.

MORE ON BICYCLES

The hazard of bicycles on the NCAR road will be considered at the next NCARSafety Committee meeting to be held in the Damon Room South, Tuesday, September 16,at 10:00 a.m. A resource person from the Boulder Transportation Department willattend. Interested staff members are also invited to attend and offer suggestions.

SAFETY SHOES

The safety shoe van will be at the Mesa Lab near the loading dock on Monday,September 15, between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m.

GRAPHICS: ASSIGNMENTS IN AND OUT

The Graphics Group's workload information is printed each week in Staff Notes to

assist scientists and other staff in planning ahead for graphic services.

As of September 9:99 pieces of artwork completed for 9 scientists since the last report51 pieces of artwork requested by 11 scientists since the last report275 pieces of artwork backlogged as of September 9Estimated starting date for new work submitted after September • 9: September 23

The Graphics Group is accepting input for the standup presentations untilSeptember 19 .

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DEPARTURES

Kathryn K. Brandt September 15

Gordon A. Dean September 5

James Malone September 5

W. Brechner Owens August 29

Eric J. Pitcher July 28

NEW STAFF MEMBERS

Regular

Timothy Brown: Graduate assistant with HAO. Room 0110, ext. 381-68.

Lynn Diana: Accounts payable clerk with Administration. PSRB room 348, ext. 7642.

Karen E. Petrovick: Special project. HAO, ext. 381.

.TemporaryThe following new staff members are research assistants with ATD at PSRB room 206,

ext. 7626:

David L. Andrus Phillip E. Kessler

Stephen M. Colby Tony-Donn E. Lorrich

David E. Dimond

Dorothy L. Kokesh: Switchboard operator with Administration. ML room 34, ext. 0.

VISITORS

Lawrence H. Auer, Yale University Observatory. Field of interest: Radiative trans-fer. September 1, 1975-September 1, 1976. HAO room 202, ext. 44.--L. L. HouseRichard E. Carbone, Meteorological Research Inc., Altadena, California. Field ofinterest: Aircraft and radar studies of precipitation systems. September 6-10.ML corridor #6, ext. 534.-- Computing Facility

C. S. Chen, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Field of interest: A numeri-* cal simulation of a hail cloud. September 11-16. ML corridor #29, ext. 534.

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Chris Curtis, Utah State University. Field of interest: Neutral circulation byauroral electric fields. September 10-13. ML corridor #18, ext. 534.--Computing Facility

Richard Farley, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Field of interest: Anumerical simulation of a hail cloud. September 11-16. ML corridor #30, ext. 534.-- Computing Facility

Giorgio Fiocco, University of Florence, Italy. Field of interest: Radiative equi-librium of aerosols. September 8-October 7. ML room 374, ext. 245.-- Peter A. Gilman, ASP

Ron Harris, Utah State University. Field of interest: Neutral circulation by auroralelectric fields. September 10-13. ML corridor #17, ext. 534.-- Computing Facility

Fred Kopp, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Field of interest: Numericalsimulation of a hail cloud. September 9-19. ML corridor #6, ext. 534.--Computing Facility

David C. Leslie, Queen Mary College, London. Field of interest: Turbulence theoryand subgrid modeling. September 8-21. ML room 520B, ext. 407.-- P. A. Gilman, ASP

Yehuda Salu, University of Iowa. Field of interest: Unstable shear flow and vortexsheets. September 10-17. ML corridor #31, ext. 534.--Computing Facility

Gray Ward, University of Florida. Field of interest: Electromagnetic scattering.September 5-12. ML corridor #8, ext. 534.-- Computing Facility

JOB OPENINGSAs of September 10

NCAR is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.Women and minority applicants are encouraged to identifythemselves. A copy of our Affirmative Action Program isavailable for review. M.L. Bean, Director, Equal OpportunityPrograms.

Staff members and those on lay-off who wish to be considered for a positionshould contact the Employment Administrator within two weeks after the job isfirst posted. If qualified, these persons will be given first consideration;if possible, the position will be filled from this group. After the two-weekperiod, if no current or laid-off employee is selected to fill the positionpersons from outside NCAR will be considered. Each salary will be determinedaccording to the individual's qualifications. For more information, pleasecontact the Personnel Office (ext. 569 or 555).

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REGULAR (Full-time):

CHAIRMAN, ADVANCED STUDY PROGRAM: The Advanced Study Program (ASP) is a divisionof NCAR, the purpose of which is to encourage long-term interaction betweenuniversity and NCAR atmospheric scientisits and to contribute to the developmentof high-level scientific ability for solution of major problems of the atmosphere.ASP programs include:

1. One-year senior postdoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships.

2. Summer colloquia and workshops.

3. Environmental and Societal Impacts Group.

4. UCAR fellowships for graduate students.

5. Summer fellowships for minority students and physical sciences facultyfrom schools with predominantly minority enrollments.

The Chairman of ASP is responsible for the design and overall management ofASP activities. Over the past several years, the shape of the ASP has evolvedrapidly; it is the Chairman's responsibility to conceive and advocate furtherchanges that will insure ASP's maximal contribution to the missions of NCAR.The Chairman's responsibilities and duties also include: (a) recruiting, selecting,and supervising postdoctoral fellows and minority fellows; (b) selecting a topicfor the summer colloquium and supervising its planning and conduct; (c) serviceon the UCAR Fellowship Committee and other tasks involved in the selection andsupervision of UCAR ellows; (d) participation, with the Director, ExecutiveDirector, and other Division Directors, in deliberations concerning UCAR policies,objectives, scientific and budgetary strategies, and overall NCAR performance;(e) all other management, planning, and budgetary affairs of this division.

Candidates must possess an appreciation of the various disciplines withinatmospheric science; broadly defined; a keen sense of the relation of atmosphericscience to other physical science, to social science, and to the concerns ofhumankind; demonstrated research capability adequate to fulfill the requirementsfor an NCAR 5-year scientific term appointment; demonstrated ability to worksmoothly with scientists (at NCAR and in the universities) in situations whereone must win cooperation and commitment; an interest in and ability to workwith students; a strong commitment to increased minority and female participationin atmospheric science; the ability and motivation to personally manage, promote,and evaluate a number of diverse programs simultaneously; and the force ofpersonality necessary to be a strong advocate of NCAR and ASP. Salarycommensurate with experience. This position may be filled after September 23,1975, by an in-house applicant or October 7, 1975 by an outside applicant.

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CHEMICAL PHYSICIST: For the Aerosol Project to study aerosol formation andgrowth from atmospheric trace gases and to study-removal of trace gases bychemical and physical interaction with aerosols and hydrometeors. The selectedcandidate will participate in numerical modeling efforts which focus on theformation of aerosols from gases, and the interactions between gases andaerosols and gases and hydrometeors. He or she must be willing to interact witha multidisciplinary group on theoretical modeling, numerical modeling andlaboratory field experiments. Requirements include: demonstrated ability,through publications, for creative and independent theoretical work; 3-5 yearsexperience in the areas described above; demonstrated expertise in numericalmodeling; and an educational background in chemical physics/physical chemistryat the Ph.D. level (or equivalent experience in the above areas). Exempt range58. Anticipated minimum salary range: $16,000 - $20,000/year. This positionis initially a three-year term appointment and is available beginning January1, 1976.

SECRETARY: For the National Hail Research Experiment to handle a large volumeof typing consisting of memos, letters, reports (including technical documents),travel vouichers, purchase requisitions and other miscellaneous correspondence.Second major duty will be to handle incoming and outgoing calls on a 20-buttontelephone call director and serve as a receptionist. Other duties to beperformed: maintain records and files as assigned, operate office equipment anddistribute mail. Requirements include 1-2 years experience as a secretary andaccurate typing ability of 65 wpm or better. 1-2 years technical typing experienceis preferred. Non-exempt range 17. Anticipated minimum salary: $620/month.This position may be filled after September 16, 1975.

REGULAR (Part-time):

SECRETARY: For the Facilities Planning and Design Department to performreceptionist and secretarial duties including typing correspondence and engineeringspecifications, maintain office engineering catalog and project files; runblueprints, prepare mathematical summaries and arrange meetings and trips. Mayshare duties with Plant Maintenance Secretary. Equipment to be used: typewriter,adding machine, calculator and tape dictating machine. Working hours: 10:00 -12:00 a.m. and 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, totaling 20 hours perweek. Requirements include 2 years experience in general office work withexperience in an engineering office desirable; ability to use office equipmentdescribed above; accurate typing ability of 65 wpm/up, and a good working

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Calendar NotesSeptember 15 through September 19, 1975

MONDAY, September 15

Open

TUESDAY, September 16

ATD Seminar -- Cyclic Reduction Algorithm for Solving Poisson's Equationon a Grid of Arbitrary Size, Roland Sweet, University of Colorado

10:30 a.m.NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Main Seminar Room

0 Turbulence Club Meeting -- Burgers Equation and Subgrid Scale Modeling,Part II, David Leslie, Queen Mary College, London, England

3:30 p.m.Fleischmann Building, Walter Orr Roberts Seminar Room

*WEDNESDAY, September 17

Open

THURSDAY, September 18

0 HAO Colloquium -- On Theories of Solar Rotation, Bernard Durney, AAP

11:00 a.m.HAO Classroom 138

0 Hollow Square -- Energy from Fusion: How Much Difference will it Make,John Holdren, University of California at Berkeley

3:45 p.m. Refreshments4:00 p.m. SeminarNCAR Mesa Laboratory, Main Seminar Room

FRIDAY, September 19

* Turbulence Club Meeting -- Hopeful Applications of the Direct InteractionApproximation to Practical Problems, David Leslie, Queen Mary College,London England, and Jackson Herring, ASP

3:30 p.m.Fleischmann Building, Walter Orr Roberts Seminar Room

Calendar Notes announcements may be mailed to Vonda Giesey, ML 252. Wednesdayat 12:00 noon is the deadline for items to be included in the Calendar Notes.