Executive Summary of Significant Accomplishments
Scientist-I Search
Another search began in 2002 and appointments will be announced in 2003.Summer Colloquium
ASP and the Climate and Global Dynamics Division (CGD) hosted a summer colloquium in July 2002 on "Interactions among Aerosols, Climate and the Hydrological Cycle." William Collins coordinated the sessions, which were presented by 16 lecturers from 10 different universities or institutions and from NCAR. The 33 student participants represented 21 different universities. The colloquium focused on the properties and distributions of aerosols on regional and planetary scales; the transport, direct radiative forcing, and biogeochemical role of aerosols; and the interactions of aerosols with atmospheric chemistry and cloud microphysics. The workshop emphasized new results from satellite and field programs, new methods for modeling aerosols, and emerging issues regarding aerosol feedbacks on climate. Topics covered included Regional and Global Climate Effects of the Great Indo-Asian Haze, Aerosol Chemistry and Its Implications, Biogeochemistry Impacts of Desert Dust, The Relative Importance of Aqueous Chemistry to the Global Sulfur Cycle, The Effects of Mineral and Forest-Fire Aerosols, Some Considerations on the Aerosol Indirect Effect, Comparison of Large Scale Models Simulating Atmospheric Sulfate Aerosols (COSAM), Radiative Effects of Mineral Dust, The Contributions of Smoke to Aerosol Concentrations in the US, and Long Range Transport of Aerosols.Geophysical Turbulence Program
GTP was the recipient of initiative money which served two purposes:
1. to support the GTP workshop on Sub-Filtering Closures in Turbulence (see GTP web site for more information)
2. to supplement core money in order to hire a project scientist to help in the development of the GASPARD code.
In the latter case, since GTP decided to compete in the NCAR-wide search for Scientist-I in the hope that one candidate will make the short list to fill the need of code development, the available money was used for inviting scientists to work on specific problems of turbulence and sub-grid scale modeling, as well as identifying a test problem for the code, in two space dimensions.
In addition, GTP hosted numerous visitors and conducted several seminars during the year. The GTP web site includes additional details on these activities and on the scientific agenda that guides the program.The ASP Postdoctoral Fellowships
During FY-02 37 postdoctoral fellows conducted research at NCAR in the Advanced Study Program. These postdocs work in all divisions and programs at NCAR, so many of the details of their scientific achievements appear in the reports from those divisions and programs. We include brief examples of their contributions to NCAR science in our section on Postdoctoral Research Summaries. A brief description of this program can be found in the ASP Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement.Senior Research Associates
ASP's current Senior Research Associates (SRAs) are Jeff Anderson, Guy Brasseur, Hans Friedli, John Latham and Jerry Mahlman. In addition to providing a resource for current postdocs and graduate fellows, these SRAs also represent NCAR in their community work. Brief examples of their contributions to NCAR science and community service are included in our section on Research Summaries