MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH RELATED TO ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE IS WORKSHOP TOPIC

NATIONAL CENTER

FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Vol. 12, No. 26

1 July 1977 05

Workshop paticipantc chat indonmatty outside the Mesa Labona-tory. Left to ight ae Richard Katz (NCAR Environmentat and Societa. Impacts Group), Clatence Sakamoto, NOAA/CenteA 4or

Climatic and Environmental Assessment, Columbia, MissouLi), Dana Thompson (JAYCOR, Alexandria, Virginia), Royden Nakamuwa

(SoutheasteAn Masachuets Univesity), EviLe Gotham (Uni-vesLity o6 Minnesota), John Adanm (Rice University), Donaed NeLeon (Univeuity od Colotado), Stantey State (University o

Pittbuwgh), MLchaet Glantz (wotkhop cooAdinator, NCAR), and

Diane Johnson (NCAR Inormation Ofice). (Photo by Ginge

Wadleigh.)

Last week at the Mesa Laboratory, if you spent any time in the common meeting spots like the cafeteria, and if you listened to the conversations around you, you probably heard terms like "aqua-culture," "multiple cropping," and "agrometeorology." Chances are also good that those words were coming from some of the participants in a workshop entitled

Muftidsciplinary Reseach Related to the AinospheAic

Sciences, which was held here all last week. The workshop was sponsored by the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG) and the Advanced Study Program (ASP) and was coordinated by Michael Glantz of ESIG and Maurice Blackmon, chairman of ASP. There were some 30 visiting participants, and a number of NCAR staff members attended the sessions.

The participants were welcomed to NCAR by Mickey Glantz, UCAR president Francis Bretherton, and Maurice Blackmon. In his remarks, Francis discussed NCAR's missions and several research highlights, including studies of coronal holes, chlorofluorocarbons, and severe storms. He said,

"I'm acutely aware of how little our community realizes the impact weather information really has on society and the world in which we live." He also noted a tendency for physical scientists to be un-aware of the social, economic, and legal impacts of their work, and mentioned how institutional and departmental pressures and values can make it difficult for interdisciplinary researchers, who are

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This Week in Staff Notes. . .

Workshop on Multidisciplinary Research Announcements Job Openings

West Addition is Completed Visitors Calendar Notes

Computing Facility Statistics Memo from Francis Bretherton

2/Staff Notes/l July 1977

"neither fish nor fowl." Francis concluded, "Frankly, we're looking for good ideas, and that's what this meeting is all about."

In his introductory remarks, Maurice Blackmon described the Advanced Study Program and opportuni-ties for visitors at NCAR and expressed hopes that

the participants would become aware of possibilities for interacting with NCAR staff on a variety of problems related to weather and climate. He said that NCAR has brought people from other fields here so that they can learn some atmospheric science. In addition, he said, we should make the most of the expertise in a variety of fields by communicating with people outside NCAR who are in other disciplines and finding out what we might give them to help their research. Maurice continued, "We want to know what information you could use and then how valuable it proves to you. We want to learn from you and to find ways to interact and disseminate information more effectively."

Among the fields represented at the workshop were agricultural meteorology, engineering, economics, sociology, law, ecology, and biology, as well as atmospheric sciences. A common thread in the diverse presentations was assessment of the impact of human activities on the environment (with special emphasis on the atmosphere) and the impact of the environment on humans.

At the summary session led by Mickey on Friday, there was a lively discussion of prospects for interaction between the atmospheric sciences and other disciplines. Here are some highlights of that discussion:

Thomas Waltz of the National Oceanic and Atmo-spheric Administration (Rockville, Maryland) pointed out that a common problem of multidisciplinary re-search is the lack of a clearinghouse for topics related to each field. He suggested that NCAR could take on that role for research related to atmospheric sciences. Robert Horst Jr. of the Los Alamos

Scientific Laboratories noted that an advantage of multidisciplinary workshops is that people from a variety of fields can become involved in a research problem from the beginning. Royden Nakamura of Southeastern Massachusetts University said that workshops tend to be very specialized, and in

multi-disciplinary meetings it is especially important for the participants to remember that their purpose is to cross disciplinary lines; thus, their presentations should be directed to a wide audience.

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Eville Gorham of the University of Minnesota said he felt that NCAR should put forth a greater effort to reach the public and that the organization has much to offer in a social context as well as a purely

scientific one. A professor at Minnesota's Depart-ment of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, Gorham said that he had not even been aware that his university was a member of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and that now that he knew, he would be glad to contact his UCAR member's repre-sentative. Having UCAR members' representatives

inform the various departments at their universities about NCAR and its programs would be a good way for

"The Sociat Impact o6 Innovative Technology in an Isolated Communty: The Lummi Indian

Aqua-cuLtU e Project" was the tite o6 a wotkshop presentation by Royden Nakamta o6 Southeatern Massachwstt6 University. Here a Lummi Indian

ptoudly diaptays a

steethead

salmon

RAaied

his community

u6ing

iL being revived with modern scientiic methods to help alleviate intenational pioblems such as food shottages, ovetexploitation o6

fish-eAites, and polttution. The Lummi Indian project,

one o6 the fLit targe-scale efo',5 to apply

modern aquacuituAe within a

socioeconomicatly

poblems a communty acceptance and the

tran.-Jef o6 technotogy. (Photo by Guy Kramet,

3/Staff Notes/i July 1977

NCAR to encourage multidisciplinary research related to atmospheric sciences, Gorham said.

In his concluding remarks, Mickey Glantz told the participants, "The next initiative for collaboration on problems related to atmospheric science should

come from you. And NCAR, in turn, needs to let you know that there are opportunities here for collabora-tion by way of workshops and other meetings,

visiting appointments, and through communication between individual researchers at various institutions." 9 LM

WEST ADDITION IS

COMPLETED

Beneath the floor of the new computeA room, shown hexe during construction last month, is a network o6 pipes a6socated with the equipment that witt be instatled. The floor' consts

o6 square caxvpeted panets that can be %emoved ea&ty for

maintenance oL to add, subtract, o& move equipment. (Photo

by ChwLe SemmeA. )

It has been one year since UCAR president Francis Bretherton and Boulder mayor Frank Buchanan broke ground for the west addition to the Computing Facility. Now the addition, which will house the CRAY-I computer and associated equipment and provide additional office space primarily for facility visitors, is completed. Construction took a month longer than originally expected because of the complex engineering and installation of electrical and mechanical systems to interface with the computer.

The CRAY-I is scheduled for delivery on 11 July, according to Paul Rotar, head of the Computing Facility systems group. Installation is expected to take two or three days. Later in July, the facility's 40,000-reel tape library will be moved into the new computer room, and other equipment will be installed there by fall.

The Computing Facility is planning to give tours of the new addition this summer for staff members

4/Staff Notes/l July 1977

and NCAR visitors. Some tours

will

be scheduled in

the evenings so that family members

can also attend.

The large boulders that were

removed during the

excavation and piled west of the

site will be used

to border the roof of the new

addition,

preventing

vehicles from driving over it.

However, the "roof"

will eventually become indistinguishable

from the

rest of the Mesa property since

it is at ground

level and will be seeded in the

fall with "Mesa mix,"

a seed mixture of the natural

vegetation

that covers

the Mesa.

Only two small sections of the 1400 m

(15,000 ft

) addition are visible on the

outside--an enclosed stairway outside--and ramp connecting the

mezzanine and the first basement, and an area for

ventilation ducts.

The ramp will give people in

wheelchairs easy access to the mezzanine. The

addition includes several other features designed

for the handicapped, including drinking fountains

and restroom facilities.

The new 700 m

(7,500 ft

_{) computer room will}

house new computer equipment, the computer tape

library, and Cray customer engineers. It is still empty except for eight self-contained air condition-ers designed _{to maintain the constant humidity (40%)} and temperature (700

F + 20) needed by the equipment. The floor and walls, which are carpeted, and the coffered ceiling are all acoustically treated to minimize the noise from the equipment, and each ceiling coffer is equipped with a sprinkler and smoke detector. In the winter, heat will be re-covered from the computer equipment and used to help heat the Mesa Laboratory. This will save about 7,600 MBTU of natural gas per year, about 16% of NCAR's total gas consumption in FY 76.

To the north of the new computer room is the 216 m2 (2,330 ft2) user support area that will house Computing Facility visitors and several staff members from the facility's operations group. The present keypunch room will become an input/output area, and a new keypunch area will be constructed east of the original computer room.

A model of the addition may be viewed in the Mesa Laboratory lobby. * LM

COMPUTING FACILITY OPERATIONAL STATISTICS

CRU 3 Total RJE Tape TLIB TBM TBM its

Date Uptime Downtime (Xl0O) Jobs Jobs Mounts Requests Requests (Xl0

6/20 19.8 Fl.,Pl.,V2.2 29.5 1424 495 488 986 163 14.0 6/21 19.8 F1.1,P1.2,Vl.9 28.1 1262 445 473 932 145 9.2 6/22 20.9 F.5,Pl.,Vl.6 28.3 1345 454 529 1206 239 17.8 6/23 20.6 F.4,P.8,V2.2 24.7 1000 300 449 932 141 11.2 6/24 48.0 F3.,Pl.,V2.0 25.6 1310 419 464 1050 211 11.9 6/25 23.1 F.5, V.5 36.4 391 4 207 499 64 4.7 6/26 23.9 F.1 41.9 418 0 188 472 53 3.4 1

Downtime is given in hours and is of three types: P (preventive maintenance), F (hardware failure), and V (other downtime, various causes).

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Herbert Riehl of the GATE Project reports that the NOAA-4 Mercator grid satellite photographs for 25-31 August 1975 are missing from the files in the GATE office. If you know their whereabouts, please return them to Herb in Mesa Lab room 202D or call him at ext. 238.

LOST: A STRIPED CANE

Ed Zipser of the GATE Project reports that he lost his cane last Friday, 24 June. The cane is Haitian mahogany and is striped. If he left it in your office, please call Ed at ext. 239.

MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY

The staff is reminded that Independence Day (Monday, 4 July) is a national holiday.

NEW STAFF MEMBERS

Michael Delaney: Editorial assistant with the High Altitude Observatory. HAO room 217, ext. 381-24.

Dana Johnson: Library assistant in the Mesa Lab library. ML room 237, ext. 430.

5/Staff Notes/l July 1977

PROMOTION

Griffith Morgan: from scientific

visitor with the

National Hail

Research

Experiment (NHRE) to

scientist with NHRE. ML room 466, ext. 321.

PHONE AND ROOM CHANGES

The following staff members have new phone and

room numbers. Please correct your NCAR

Dtectoy.

Ext. 242 242 338 550 252 325 602 334 251 245 213 Ra Aman Ronald Blatherwick Paul Crutzen William Curtis Adolf Ebel David Fulker Kenneth Hansen William Kohri Fuku Murphy Edward Patterson Verrill Rinehard DEPARTURES William Carley William Hoke James Klimchuk Tracy Pierce David Webb

28

24

8

17

22

VISITORS

SHORT-TERM

W. R. Atkinson,

Lamar Community College.

Field of

interest:

Atmospheric science.

22-25 June.

--ESIG Workshop

Thor Bjarne

Bore, Oslo, Norway.

Field of interest:

U.S. research

institutions.

24 June.

--

Henry Lansford,

Information Office

John Geisler,

University of Miami.

Field of

interest: Steady

longitudinal circulations.

11-16

July.

Computing carrels, dial "0" for paging

service.

--Computing Facility

Arsalan Vaziri,

Desert Research Institute, Reno,

Nevada. Field

of interest: Mesoscale modeling

of airflow

over

inhomogeneous terrain.

22-28 June.

--

Computing Facility

LONG-TERM

Timothy Bigelow, University of Tennessee. Field of

interest: Electrical engineering.

13

June-16 September. PSRB-3 room 219, ext. 738.

--Vincent Lally, GAMP

Phil McDonald, University of Oklahoma. Field of

interest: Investigation of mesoscale experimental

design. 20 June-31 August. Computing carrels,

dial

"0"

for

paging

service.

--Computing Facility

Joseph Oliger, Stanford University. Field of

interest: Numerical analysis and applied mathematics.

20 June-20 July. ML room

lOOD,

ext. 605 or 670.

--Paul Swarztrauber, Computing Facility

Akira Kasahara, Atmospheric Analysis and

Prediction Division

6/Staff Notes/i July 1977

UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

BOULDER, COLORADO 80307

Office of the President

Member Institutions University of Alaska University of Arizona California Instituteof Technology University of California Catholic University of America University of Chicago Colorado State University University of Colorado Cornell University University of Denver Drexel University Florida State University Harvard University University of Hawaii University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign iowa State Univrsity Johns Hopkins University University of Maryland Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of Nevada New Mexico Institute of

Mining and Technology State University of New York

at Albany New York University Ohio State University University of Oklahoma Oregon State University Pennsylvania State University Purdue University Rice University Saint Louis University Stanford University Texas A&M University University of Texas University of Toronto Utah State University University of Utah University of Washington University of Wisconsin Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institution University of Wyoming 27 June 1977 Memo to: From: Mailing Address: UCAR, P. O. Box 3000 Tel: 303-494-5151 All Staff Francis P. Bretherton '

Each year, as an institution committed to equal employment

opportunities for all people, UCAR issues a public statement of that commitment. This memo is to reiterate the statements made by me a

year ago, in order to reaffirm those commitments. As we are in the early part of the affirmative action reporting year, and as Bill

Curtis has accepted appointment as the Director of Personnel and Equal Employment Opportunity Programs, this is an especially appro-priate time to remind each employee of the responsibilities we have

for affirmative action and equal employment.

The policy is straightforward: UCAR will provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals and will take affirmative action to

do so. UCAR will not discriminate on the grounds of the race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, handicap, Vietnam veteran or

disabled veteran status of any individual considered for employment, appointment, promotion, termination, or during job performance evaluations.

While such a statement is a simple one to make, we all recognize that implementation of it is complex, difficult, and sometimes

frus-trating. The past year at NCAR in terms of affirmative action plan-ning and progress, has been uncertain because of the changes you are all aware of in the personnel office directorship. With new, though

familiar hands now at the helm, I believe we can look forward to good

progress and careful planning, and I invite, and encourage, your active cooperation with Bill and the personnel office staff to help

bring our pledge of affirmative action to fruition.

UCAR's formal plan for affirmative action for the 1977 reporting year is in final preparation now, and will be available to all staff members within the next few weeks. The plan will lay out institutional

hiring goals, will describe plans for intern programs, several of

them already under way, and will highlight many of the positive steps

that I believe we have already made at NCAR, such as the ASP Minority

Summer Student program.

I am personally pleased to have the opportunity to continue work-ing with each of you towards the important goals we have set for our-selves and thank you for your cooperation to date.

End of Memo

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research operates the National Center for Atmospheric Research under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation.

as of 29 June1977

NCAR is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minority qpplicants are encouraged to identify themselves.

A copy of our Affirmative Action Plan is available for review.

Staff members and those on lay-off who wish to be considered for a position should contact the Employment Coordinator within two weeks after the job is first posted. If qualified, these persons will be given first consideration; if possible, the position will be filled from this group. After the two-week period, if no current or laid-off employee is selected to fill the position persons from outside NCAR will be considered. For more information, please contact the Personnel Office (ext. 555 or 569).

CORRECTION: We apologize for inadvertently switching the requirements for the Data Engineer and the Programmer/Analyst I in last week's publication of the NCAR job list

REGULAR (Full-time)

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: To provide secretarial support for the staff and visitors of the Advanced Study Program. (ASP averages more than 100 short-and long-term visitors per year.) Responsibilities include: typing correspondence and, at times, initi-ating correspondence; typing scientific papers, including symbols and equations; handling travel arrangements, authorizations and vouchers; com-pleting visitor authorization and information forms; maintaining division files; gathering information for and typing the "Papers Submitted" section of the Quarterly Management Report and ASP publications list for the Annual Report; maintaining mailing list for ASP educational programs and assisting with mailings; and assisting the Administrator in other areas when needed. Requirements include: at least 4 years of progressive secretarial experience; usual office skills; thorough knowledge of English, spell-ing, grammar and composition; ability to establish and maintain good working relations with all types of people; ability to exercise initiative and judg-ment with regard to scheduling work priorities and to make decisions in accordance with NCAR policies and procedures. Preferences include: technical/

scientific typing experience and/or secretarial business school. Secretarial/business education may be substituted for 1 or 2 years of experience.

Non-exempt range 19. Anticipated hire-in salary: $805-925/month. This position may be filled after 5 July 1977.

ARCHITECTURAL PLANNER (ENGINEER II): For the Plan-ning and Design Department to prepare documents and reports related to planning/construction of new and remodeled facilities, including preparation of de-sign sketches, working drawings, specifications, cost estimates, construction inspection and other duties normally associated with production in the general practice of architecture. Requirements include: B.S. in architecture or architectural engineering; 4 years of experience under the

super-vision of a registered architect; and demonstrated capability in the following areas: space planning working drawings, specifications and cost estimat-ing. Also desirable are a background in remodel-ing of existremodel-ing structures and an architect regis-tration by examination. Samples of applicant's work may be requested at the time of the interview. Exempt range 56. Anticipated hire-in salary: 13,900-17,400/year. This position may be filled by an in-house applicant after 28 June 1977 or after 12 July 1977 by an outside applicant.

CHIEF, PROJECTS GROUP: For the Research Aviation Facility to plan and manage field projects, will also play a lead role in the development of near and mid-term operations plans. Will coordinate the ef-forts of five distinct RAF Resource Groups in support-ing twenty-five research projects per year; will com-municate with and assist approved and potential scienti-fic users of the RAF in developing their research plans and requests for support; will evaluate RAF abil-ity to support proposed projects, originate correspon-dence and make formal presentations concerning these evaluations and recommendations and will supervise three assigned engineers and others temporarily desig-nated as support team members. Occasional travel,

including trips to foreign countries may be required. The individual will be expected to fly on the RAF air-craft, pass the FAA 3rd Class physical and fly above

14,000 feet using oxygen in an unpressurized aircraft (which requires high-altitude physiological training).

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Requirements include: PhD or equivalent in meteor-ology or other related physical science; 5 years participation in atmospheric research; experience in: management of field operations, atmospheric measurements instrumentation, planning and manage-ment of research projects, preparation and presenta-tion of oral and written communicapresenta-tion, and famili-arity with data processing and aircraft operations. Substantial experience in the qualifying areas for this position and a record of significant scientific contributions to research efforts may substitute for the PhD. Exempt range 60. Anticipated hire-in salary: $20,900-31,400/year. This position may be filled by an in-house applicant after 12 July 1977 or after 26 July 1977 by an outside applicant.

DATA ENGINEER: For the Data Management Group of the Research Aviation Facility (RAF) to be responsible for the modification, development, and maintenance of all mini and microcomputer software for data acquisition systems and processing modules carried aboard NCAR aircraft. Will be responsible for the development of CRAY-l/CDC 7600 off-line programming capabilities for the types of mini and microcomputer systems used by the RAF (DGC, DEC, Rolm, Zilog, and

Intel); will assist in the interfacing of various equipment to the onboard systems by providing the necessary software elements; will formulate design specifications for new or revised onboard software operating systems; will be responsible for aiding

in the evaluation of RAF data products through the

use of various time-series analysis techniques including both temporal and frequency domain methods; will aid in developing stochastic, dynamic models of airborne sensors and sensing systems, and in devel-oping optimized, predictive filtering modules for both on- and off-line signal processing applications. Travel may, upon occasion, require absence from the Denver/Boulder area for a substantial period of time. Such travel may be to foreign countries and may involve living conditions below United States stan-dards. May occasionally require flying in an un-pressurized aircraft above 14,000 feet or a pressur-ized aircraft (which requires high-altitude physi-ological training). Requirements include: M.S. in electrical or control systems engineering; profi-ciency in FORTRAN programming for both small and

large scale computing systems; 1 year of experience in assembly language programming of minicomputers utilizing interrupt drivers or equivalent academic coursework; familiarity with the analysis of dynamic systems and conversant with state variable approaches to system analysis and modeling; a working knowledge of the derivation and application of digital

filter-ing techniques; and ability to maintain effective working relationships with others in a tasked, team environment. Prefer experience with real-time

oper-ating systems being used for physical data acquisition and display and at least 1 year of applicable, non-academic work experience. Exempt range 56. Antici-pated hire-in salary: $14,300-17,900/year. This position may be filled after 7 June 1977 by an in-house applicant or after 21 June 1977 by an outside applicant.

MACHINIST TECHNICIAN III: For the Machine Shop to fabricate prototype and experimental instrumentation to be used in research aircraft, balloon equipment and meteorological instrumentation. Will operate conventional machine shop tools and other materials fabrication equipment. Will be working from verbal instructions from scientists as well as formal specifications. Requirements include: basic machinist skills; journeyman to master machinist

level with broad range of prototype and develop-ment experience; skill in dimensional tolerance

capability primarily on milling machines, lathes drilling machines, with familiarity in surface and cylindrical grinding; skill in at least one of the following processes is required: tool and die making, metal joining (such as brazing, soldering,

welding), plastic part fabrication, mold making, aircraft sheetmetal parts and assembly fabrication; skill at working from sketches as well as formal drawings; 7 years as journeyman machinist and machine operator and 3 years as prototype and development machinist; and ability to lift 100 pounds. Machinist technical schooling is desirable. Non-exempt ranges 21-22. Anticipated hire-in salary: $975-1225/month. This position may be filled after 12 July 1977.

SECRETARY: For the Atmospheric Quality and Modifi-cation Division to answer call director, distribute mail, make travel arrangements and type/process travel vouchers. Will maintain files, assist in general office procedures and xerox. May be occa-sionally required to type and edit technical manu-scripts. May be responsible for additional duties during the Administrative Secretary's absence. Re quirements include: minimum of 2 years secretarial experience; typing 60+ WPM; ability to edit papers, reports and letters; and high school diploma or equivalent, Preferences include: scientific secre-tarial experience and technical/scientific typing experience. Related secretarial training may sub-stitute for part of the experience requirement. Non-exempt range 18. Anticipated hire-in salary: $725-835/month. This position may be filled after 12 July 1977.

REGULAR (Part-time)

CUSTODIAN (half-time): For the Plant Maintenance Department to dust, wash walls, wash and polish furniture, dump trash, wash ash trays and trash receptacles, and clean, wax and buff floors. Appli-cants must have the physical endurance to lift 5 gallon buckets and must be able to operate 1,000 pound floor cleaning machine and 20 inch buffing machine. Applicants must be available to work 4 hours between 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Hire-in salary: $317.50/month. This position may be filled after 5 July 1977.

DATA CLERK (.half-time): For the Research Aviation

Facility Data Management Group to assist with project correspondence and tabulating. Will prepare user data sets (written documentation, magnetic tapes and microfilm) for shipment. Will assist in

pre-paring magnetic tape copies and supervising microfilm copying by an external vendor. Will perform archivin

of project documentation and master magnetic tapes and all correspondence under supervision of RAF/DMG Meteorological Engineer. Will provide occasional typing of project documentation. Applicants must type 40 WPM. Preferences include: some previous data processing (business or scientific) experience; familiarity with computers; familiarity with IBM 026 or 029 keypunches. Experience in data processing, i.e. keypunch, tape librarian, etc, will be con-sidered in lieu of high school diploma. The hours

to be worked are flexible, but at least some of the time needs to be included between 8-5. Non-exempt range 16. Anticipated hire-in rate: $590/month. This position may be filled after 12 July 1977.

SPECIAL PROJECT (Full-time)

Ph.D. SCIENTIST: For the Nimbus 6 and Nimbus G Infra-red Limb Scanning projects in the Upper Atmosphere Project. Will provide scientific support to the

development of the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Strato-sphere (LIMS) experiment for the Nimbus G research satellite and aid iii the interpretation of results from the Nimbus 6 Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer (LRIR). Duties will include developing techniques to determine the effects of instrument parameters upon derived atmospheric variables, calculating atmospheric transmittances with line-by-line methods, improving radiative transfer models, developing, improving and testing inversion algorithms, improving and comparing objective analysis schemes, developing programs to compare satellite with in-situ data, and developing and using programs for data application. Require-ments include: a Ph.D. in atmospheric science or

physics, 1 yearexperience in modeling infrared radiative transfer, facility in FORTRAN programming, a working knowledge of remote sensing and inversion

theory. Also required is an ability to work in a cohesive group, and provide direction of a programmer. In addition, experience in interpreting satellite measurements of infrared emission and some knowledge of infrared instrumentation is desirable. Experience may be substituted for education if relevant to the

position and is of sufficient nature and duration to have elevated the applicant to a level of

sophisti-cation equal to the Ph.D. in the area of radiative transfer. Initial appointment will be made for 1 year, with possibility of extension through September

1980. Exempt range 58. Anticipated hire-in salary: $16,800-21,O00/year. This position may be filled by an in-house applicantafter 31 May 1977 or by an outside applicant after 14 June 1977.

PROGRAMMER III: For the Solar Maximum Mission to implement and modify existing FORTRAN algorithm for observing the solar corona with a spaceborne coronagraph/polarimeter. Will design, formulate, implement, check out and document software for reduction, processing and analysis of scientific and engineering data. Will check out and implement data link between the spacecraft mission control center and NCAR. Generation of FORTRAN programs for data reduction, processing and analysis will be accomplished using PDP 11-70, CDC 7600 and CRAY I systems at HAO; these programs must be converted to routines to be utilized on a PDP 11-34 at the

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mission control center. Successful candidate must

Center during the spacecraft mission currently scheduled for calendar 1980. Requirements include:

previous experience with mini-computer and large computer programming techniques; demonstrated compe-tence in the ability to translate scientific

prob-lems into functioning software on an independent basis; and MS in computer science, mathematics, engineering or physical science. At least 5 years experience in computer (both mini and large)

pro-gramming with 2 of those years in space-borne data processing may be substitued for MS degree. This appointment is expected to last through December of

1981. Exempt range 58. Anticipated hire-in salary: $16,800-21,000/year. This position may be filled after 12 July 1977 by an in-house applicant or after 26 July 1977 by an outside applicant.

G Infrared Limb Scanning special projects in the Upper Atmosphere Project. The job will be to pro-vide scientific support in the development of the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) experiment for the Nimbus G research satellite and to aid in the interpretation of results from the Nimbus 6 Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer (LRIR). Duties will include interpreting instrument para-meters in terms of their effect upon derived atmos-pheric variables, interpreting instrument calibra-tion data, development of programs to calculate atmospheric transmittances and outgoing limb radi-ances and the development of and test of algorithms to invert radiometric limb data. Minimum require-ments include completion of all course requirerequire-ments for M.S. in atmospheric sciences, physics or engi-neering, a working knowledge of remote sensing tech-niques and inversion theory and knowledge of FORTRAN programming. In addition, 1 year experience in either modeling infrared radiative transfer or in interpreting satellite measurements of infrared emission is required; however, comprehensive grad-uate courses in these areas may be substituted for experience. Some knowledge of infrared instrumen-tation is desirable. This position is expected to last through September of 1979 and probably through September of 1980. Exempt range 56. Anticipated hire-in salary: $14,300-17,900/year. This position may be filled at any time.

TECHNICIAN II: For the FGGE Dropwindsondes Project to test complete dropwindsondes for speci-perfor-mance, both mechanical and electrical. Will dis-assemble dropwindsondes and test performance of modules as well as inspect the dropwindsonde for conformance to workmanship and other standards. This person will carry out assignments under general supervision. Requirements include: familiarity with the means of recording data; knowledge of both

instrumentation needed to test the performance; 4

CASUAL (On-cal 1-as-needed)°

CLERICAL ASSISTANT; For the Research Aviation

Facil-ity

(Broomfield) to type correspondence and other

types of documents, process incoming and outgoing

mail, answer telephones and other general office

duties on an on-call-as-needed basis. Requirements

include:

high school diploma or equivalent; 2

years

general office experience or equivalent level of

know-ledge gained through related business coursework; and

ability to type a minimum of 60 WPM accurately.

Short-hand capabilities highly desirable. Prefer someone

from Broomfield or close proximity to JEFFCO.

Hire-in

salary: $3.84/hour. This position may be filled

after 14 June 1977.

CUSTODIAN: For the Plant Maintenance Department to

dust, wash walls, wash and polish furniture, dump

trash, wash ash trays and trash receptacles,

and

clean, wax and buff floors. Applicants must have the

physical endurance to lift 5 gallon buckets and must

be able to operate 1,000 pound floor cleaning machine

and 20 inch buffing machine. Applicants must be

available to work on-call-as-needed for either

6:00-10:00 PM or 6:00-2:00 AM. Need for availability will

be the greatest during the summer. Hire-in salary:

$3.64/hour. This position may be filled after 28

June 1977.

July 4 through July 11, 1977

MONDAY, July 4 Holiday TUESDAY, July 5

*ATD/Computing Facility, Seminar -- Output Processors and Data Structures for Lare Models, Dave Fulker, ATD

3:00 p.m.

NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Main Seminar Room WEDNESDAY, July 6

e Boulder Solar Energy Society Meeting -- Local Solar Architectural Projects, Joint Venture Architects, Environmentalists, Visionaries,

Inc.

MONDAY, July 11

* Meeting -- UCAR Board Personnel Committee 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

NCAR Mesa Laboratory Director's Conference Room

9 Meeting -- UCAR Board Audit Committee 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Chapman Room e Meeting -- UCAR Board of Trustees

2:00 p.m. Monday to 12:00 noon Tuesday NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Damon Room

12: 00 noon

NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Main Seminar Room * ATD/Regional, Advanced Numerical Analysis Seminar Series -- The Method of Nested Dissection for Solving Large Sparse Systems of Equations, R. Sweet, ATD

3:30 p.m.

NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Chapman Room THURSDAY, July 7

Open

FRIDAY, July 8

* ATD/Computing Facility Seminar -- Solving Systems of Hyperbolic Equations When Only Some Components

Can Be Measured, J. Oliger, Computer Science Department, Stanford University

10:00 a.m.

Fleischmann Building

Walter Orr Roberts Seminar Room

* ATD/Computing Facility Seminar -- Syntax for DATA, PARAMETER and IMPLICIT Statements, Dave Kitts, ATD

3:00 p.m.

NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Main Seminar Room

Calendar Notes announcements may be mailed to Vonda Giesey, ML 141. Wednesday at 12:00 noon is