Vol. 19, No. 43 2 November 1984 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

A NEW INITIATIVE TO STUDY THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE

it's a historical fluke that we've investi- Ralph explains the need for basic research this gated the chemistry of the stratosphere- -only 10% way: "Atmospheric chemists have been asked to give of the atmosphere- -more intensively than that of instant advice on a lot of the troposphere pollution problems. [the bottom 12 kilometers of the It's been fun, but it's left some of us with a atmosphere]," says Ralph Cicerone, director of the feeling of being buffeted Atmospheric Chemistry around. An awful lot of Division. Ralph cochaired a good fundamental research has been stopped when re- scientific panel, which also included Robert searchers got diverted into pollution." Dickinson and Donald Lenschow (both of the Atmo- spheric Analysis and Prediction Division). that NCAR has been involved in the effort to estab- recently issued a report outlining an important lish an international global program to remedy program from the beginning. that imbalance. In March 1981, ten scientists from seven institu- tions met here. In the report, In that meeting, Ralph reported, entitled Global Tropospheric "We considered what types of research were neces- Chemistry: A Plan for Action, the panel members sary and what was possible. We could see that the state, "We believe the time has come to initiate a research was going to be difficult. But we were major international research program aimed at un- enthusiastic and there was a unanimous feeling derstanding that the fundamental processes that control the atmospheric chemistry community was ready to the chemical composition and cycles of the global take on a large goal." troposphere.' They outline a comprehensive program of research, which would include field experiments, The scientists wrote a detailed modeling, and laboratory letter to studies, to track the flow Eugene Bierly, director of the Division of Atmo- of chemicals into, through, and out of the tropo- spheric Sciences of the National Science Foundation sphere. (NSF), explaining the need for a global basic

Laboratory studies, along with field experiments and modeling, will be K components of the proposed Global Tropospheric Chemistry Program. (Photo by Charles Semmer.)

This Week in Staff Notes...

Global Tropospheric Chemistry Plan Visitors Job Openings United Way Drive Library News Calendar Notes Announcements 2/Staff Notes/2 November 1984 research program and asking for help to establish S it. NSF's response was to volunteer money to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to establish a committee that would do a more thorough study of what needed to be done.

The 194-page NAS report sets forth a proposed international program and includes detailed scien- tific chapters written by various panel members, including Bob Dickinson and Don Lenschow. Don explains, "My particular area was dry deposition of various trace gas species at the ground level, and instrumentation to study what goes into and out of the atmosphere." According to Bob, "I was pri- marily representing people interested in modeling, especially in the connection between chemical and meteorological modeling." In response to the report, NSF, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have become involved in studying the feasibility of the panel's recommendations and in making more detailed cost estimates. As to the global outlook, Ralph says, "We're confident that there's tre- mendous international support. In fact, it may turn out that the United States won't contribute the lion's share. Other countries will more than pull their weight." 9CR

Director Wilmot Hess is contributing to United Way UNITED WAY FUND DRIVE ENTERS SECOND WEEK this year by payroll deductions. (Photo by Ginger 0 Wadleigh.) This is the second week of the United Way fund drive. Staff members are reminded to put their mentally ill. It is an independent, nonprofit voluntary contributions in the envelopes that were organization that charges on a sliding scale ac- distributed this week, seal them, and return them cording to ability to pay. Many patients are to the representative named on the front of the treated at no cost to themselves. envelope. Among the center's innovative programs is an The Mental Health Center of Boulder County is unusual community support system for severely dis- one of the 35 local agencies supported by United turbed patients. The system features a variety of Way. Juanita Razo (Information Office) is a dedi- homelike placements that offer round-the-clock cated supporter of the center, serving as president treatment for those needing constant care and some of the board last year. The center provides com- less closely supervised living situations for prehensive mental health services to the county, clients as they become increasingly able to live ranging from individual, family, and group psycho- independently. With this program, the severely therapy to intensive treatment of the acutely mentally ill can sometimes be treated without drugs and usually can avoid hospitalization, while re- ceiving the professional care they need.

Staff Notes is published weekly by the Publications This year the center instituted an infant in- Office of the National Center for Atmospheric tervention program in conjunction with Boulder Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307. County Social Services and Public Health, in re- sponse to the increasing problem of child abuse and Writer/Editor: Lucy Warner child neglect in Boulder County. It also boasts Writer: Carol Rasmussen high-quality outpatient counseling to adults, teen- Production Assistant: Amy Stevens agers, and children.

Copy deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday for publica- "I got involved with the Mental Health Center tion on Friday. Office: Mesa Laboratory room 259. because I wanted to work at a place that provides Phone: 303-497-1173. services to all of us, whether directly or indi- rectly," says Nita Razo. "Mental illness is a problem that doesn't discriminate." 0 3/Staff Notes/2 November 1984

Nita is excited about the center's new initia- Please note that space for these classes is tive to give support to the many local people who extremely limited. If you wish to attend all of have recently been laid off. "Some companies are the sessions, please contact Greg McArthur, SCD providing counselors and trainers to help people training project coordinator, at ext. 1291 to re- get over losing their jobs and find new ones. This serve a seat. Staff members who wish to attend program shows that the Mental Health Center doesn't only selected sessions are encouraged to let the just serve problems that walk through the door; it course instructor know at least one week before does quite a bit to help alleviate stress in the attending the class. You may contact John Szajgin community." oCR at ext. 1288 to indicate your course topic preferences. John is also available to answer any ANNOUNCEMENTS questions you may have about the course. Nov. 12 DCR Intro. to Data Processing 14 CR Intro. to Languages and Compilers MESA LAB BLOOD DRIVE " 16 CR Program Design Concepts, Structure, and Use of Tools The mobile unit from the Belle Bonfils Memorial " 19 DCR The Use of Flow Charts and Blood Center will visit the Damon Room of the Mesa Pseudocode in Program Design Laboratory from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednes- " 21 CR Tree Structured Design, Software, day, 14 November. The Employee Activities Commit- and Documentation; Programming tee (EAC) will provide free coffee, juice, and Style doughnuts for donors, and prizes will be raffled " 26 DCR IBM 4341 Editor (XEDIT), CRAY JCL off. and Compiler " 28 CR FORTRAN 77 The NCAR blood bank is a volunteer donor pro- " 30 DCR Variable Declarations gram sponsored by the EAC. NCAR has participated Dec. 3 DCR Input/Output Mechanisms in the blood bank program since 1973. The blood " 5 CR Arithmetic Operations credits in our "account" are available for use by " 7 DCR Conditional Statements NCAR staff and their immediate families (spouses, " 10 DCR Subroutines, Functions, and children, parents, and parents-in-law); after one Intrinsics year, they are released to the general public. An " 12 CR Common Blocks * ongoing program, with donations every six months, " 14 DCR Looping Mechanisms is therefore needed to replenish the supply. " 17 DCR Dimensioned Arrays " 19 CR Large Software Efforts If you want to be a donor, please return the " 21 DCR Overview, Wrap-Up form that will be distributed next week or call Holly Howard, ext. 1323. Those who wish to offer their help should also call Holly. DIRECTORY UPDATE

Ext. Room FRONT STEPS TO BE REPLACED Cassandra Fesen 1541 ML 590B The crumbling steps in the semicircular stair- Filippo Giorgi 1634 ML 600 case that goes from the Mesa Laboratory's front Ivar Isaksen 1440 ML 160C circle down to the walkway that leads to the parking lot are going to be replaced, and heat mats will be installed underneath them to keep them ice- NOVEMBER ART free in the future. Construction may begin as early as next week. The staircase will be closed Robert Howard's work will be exhibited in the for the duration of the work, which is expected to Mesa Laboratory second-floor gallery during No- take about six weeks. vember. Working with both black-and-white and color film, Howard creates large-format photo- graphs, achieving his effects by manipulation SCD COURSE OFFERED during and after printing. Howard's work has been in recent exhibitions, including the Gilpin County The Scientific Computing Division (SCD) is Arts Association Annual Exhibition, Central City; offering an introductory course in scientific pro- "Images in Silver," University of Colorado, Boul- gramming that emphasizes structured programming der; "Collector's Mart," Jewish Community Center, techniques and the use of FORTRAN 77. No prior Denver; and "Western Vision '83," Foothills Art programming experience is required. The course Center, Golden. His work has appeared in Best of schedule is listed below. All sessions are from Photography Annual (1982 and 1984), Watercolor--See 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. and will meet in either the Di- for Yourself (sponsored by Photographer's Forum rector's Conference Room (DCR) or the Chapman Room magazine), and regional promotional materials for (CR). American Cable Systems West. 4/Staff Notes/2 November 1984

CAFETERIA NEWS Curtis Brown, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Field of interest: Water resources management. The Wednesday lunch special for next week 5 November. ML room 320C, ext. 1615. (7 November) will be macaroni Cajun with cornbread, --Thomas Stewart, Advanced Study Program a small salad, chocolate pudding, and a 251 drink, all for $2.75. Claus Frohlich, World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland. Field of interest: Solar luminosity The breakfast special for next week will be and diameter variations. 25-30 October. French toast and a peach half with coffee or tea -- John Eddy, High Altitude Observatory for $1.75. Rush Holt, Swarthmore College. Field of interest: The winner of this week's free lunch is: Spectroscopic and luminous changes in the sun. 29 October-28 December. ML room 460, ext. 1551. CAROL RASMUSSEN --Andrew Skumanich, High Altitude Observatory

Wendell Nuss, University of Washington. Field of VISITORS interest: Effect of surface heat fluxes on cyclogenesis. 19 September 1984 - 18 September 1985. ML room 208, ext. 1613. Howard Bluestein, University of Oklahoma. Field of --Stephen Schneider, Advanced Study Program interest: Mesoscale and synoptic-scale meteorology and severe storms. 25 October 1984 - 15 April Jose Oribe Rocha de Aragao, University of Miami. 1985. RL-6 room W161, ext. 8919. Field of interest: El Nino phenomenon and the --Richard Rotunno, Atmospheric Analysis and drought in northeast Brazil and monsoon Prediction Division precipitation over India and Sri Lanka. 29 October 1984 - 30 June 1985. ML room 208, Barbara Brown, Oregon State University. Field of ext. 1613. interest: Value of long-range climate forecasts. --Stephen Schneider, Advanced Study Program 30 September 1984 - 30 September 1985. ML room 220D, ext. 1605. Ben Santer, University of East Anglia, Norwich, --Richard Katz, Advanced Study Program England. Field of interest: Climate impacts. 5-9 November. ML room 320, ext. 1620. --Michael Glantz, Advanced Study Program November 2, 1984

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NCAR members located off the Mesa site may borrow new books, reports, and microfiche by checking the item of interest below and returning to Gayl Gray.

NEW BOOKS

New books for the Mesa and the Branch Libraries are in the following list. REFerence material does not circulate.

CALL NUMBER ATLAS OF LANDFORMS. Curran, H.A., 1984. MANUAL FOR WRITERS OF DISSERTATIONS. Turabian, G1046 C2A8 1984 MAR K.L., 1973. LB2369 SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING: APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS T8 1973 AND COMPUTING TO THE Q172 S35 1983 PHYSICAL SCIENCES. Stepleman, R.S., 1983. MODULES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS. Lucas, W.F., 1983. SOFTWARE QA37.2 M6 v.3 1983 REFLECTED: THE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PROGRAMMING OF OUR COMPUTERS. Baber, R.L., 1982. QA76.6 B26 1982 FORTRAN OPTIMIZATION. Metcalf, M., 1982. A PRIMER ON PASCAL. Conway, R.W., 1981. QA76.73 F25M48 1982 c.2 QA76.73 P2C66 8086/8088 16-BIT MICROPROCESSOR PRIMER. Morgan, C.L., 1982. 1981 AN INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM PROGRAMMING--BASED IN THE PDP11. Morris, QA76.8 1292M66 1982 D., 1983. QA76.8 P2M67 1983 RL-6 SOFTWARE MANUAL PRODUCTION SIMPLIFIED. Zaneski, R., 1982. FUZZY SETS, NATURAL LANGUAGE COMPUTATIONS, AND RISK ANALYSIS. Schumucker, QA76.9 D6Z26 1982 c.2 MAR K.J., 1984. QA248 S345 1984 RANDOM PERTURBATIONS OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS. Freidlin, M.I., 1984. QA274 F73 MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (MANOVA): A PRACTICAL 1984 GUIDE TO ITS USE IN QA278 B37 1984 SCIENTIFIC DECISION-MAKING. Barker, H.R., 1984. RANDOM COEFFICIENT AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS: AN INTRODUCTION. Nicholls, D.F., 1982. QA278.2 N5 1982 STATISTICAL METHODS FOR FORECASTING. Abraham, B., 1983. ANALYTIC THEORY OF CONTINUED FRACTIONS: PROCEEDINGS QA279.2 A27 1983 OF A SEMINAR-WORKSHOP QA295 A55 1982 HELD AT LOEN, NORWAY, 1981. Jones, W.B., et al., 1982. New books continued on next page NEW BOOKS Continued CALL NUMBERi

APPLICATIONS OF NUMBER THEORY TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS. Hua, L, 1981. QA297 H83 1981 A HILBERT SPACE PROBLEM BOOK. Halmos, P.R., 1982. QA322.4 H34 1982 NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN APPLIED SCIENCE: PROCEEDINGS QA374 N667 1983 OF THE U.S.-JAPAN SEMINAR, TOKYO, 1982. FAST TRANSFORMS: ALGORITHMS, ANALYSES, APPLICATIONS. Elliot, D.F., 1982. QA403.5 E4 1982 c.2 RL-6 A BRIEF ON TENSOR ANALYSIS. Simmonds, J.G., 1982. QA433 S535 1982 CATASTROPHE THEORY. Arnold, V.I., 1984. QA614.58 A7613 1984 AN INTRODUCTION TO INFINITE DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS--GEOMETRIC QA614.8 H35 1984 THEORY. Magalhaes, L.T., et al., 1984. COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW AND SYSTEMS OF CONSERVATION LAWS IN SEVERAL SPACE QA911 M13 1984 VARIABLES. Majda, A., 1984. SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIATIONS ON ACTIVE REGION TIME SCALES. LaBonte, B.J., QB526 A37S6 1983 1984. ESSENTIALS OF PADE APPROXIMANTS. Baker, G.A., 1975. QC20.7 P3B34 1975 c.2 THEORY OF NONLINEAR LATTICES. Toda, M., 1981. QC176.8 L3T62 1981 MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE PROGRAM: HANDBOOK FOR MAP. Sechrist, C.F., 1984. QC851 M49 1981 v.11 & v.12 REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS: THIRD SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY, AUG. 1981. QC921.6 C6I54 1981 PROCEEDINGS OF THE WESTERN SNOW CONFERENCE. 1984. QC929 S7W4 52nd SELECTIVE GUIDE TO CLIMATIC DATA SOURCES. Hatch, W.L., 1983. QC981 H33 1983 c.2 TREATISE ON ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Kolthoff, I.M., 1984. QD75.2 K64 1978 pt.1 vol. 4 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND THE EARTH: CHEMICAL RESOURCES, THEIR EXTRACTION, QD151.2 F47 1982 USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. Fergusson, J.E., 1982. EARTHQUAKE. Walker, B.S., 1982. QE521.2 W34 1982 THE COLD AND THE DARK: THE WORLD AFTER NUCLEAR WAR. Ehrlich, P.R., 1984. QH545 N83C66 1983 THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR ENGINEERS. Huebner, K.H., 1982. TA347 F5H83 1982 RL-3 ADVANCES IN APPLIED MECHANICS. Mises, R., 1984. TA350 A4 v.24 INTRODUCTION TO RANDOM VIBRATIONS. Nigam, N.C., 1983. TA355 N54 v.1 1983 MECHANICS OF FLUIDS. Massey, B.S., 1983. TA357 M37 1983 ACID RAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR FOSSIL R&D...U.S. Congress., 1984. TK196 A25A278 1984 ELECTRIC MOTOR TEST & REPAIR. Beater, J., 1982. TK4057 B3 1982 MAR HANDBOOK OF RADAR MEASUREMENT. Barotn, D.K., 1984. TK6580 B33 1984 MAR LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT D.A.T.A. BOOK. 1984. TK7874 D43 v.29 Bk.29 1984 RL- ENLARGEMENT AND COMPACTION OF PARTICULATE SOLIDS. Stanley-Wood, N.G., 1983, TP156 C59 E6 1983 ANNUAL REVIEW OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 1984. Z699 A1A65 v.19 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE. 1984. Z1008 A4616 v.21

NEW TECHNICAL REPORTS

PHYSICS

22521. -- DESCHAMBAULT R L, NONSTATIONARY OBLIQUE-SHOCK-WAVE REFLECTIONS IN AIR (1984) 22522. -- MURTY HS (ET AL), ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE FLOW IN A SHOCK TUBE WITH AN AREA CHANGE AT THE DIAPHRAGM SECTION (1984) 22523. -- ROTHWELL P L (ET AL), MODEL FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE WESTWARD TRAVELING SURGE (1984)

22524. -- MARKLUND G (ET AL), ROCKET AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF ELECTRIC FIELDS AND ION CONVECTION IN THE DAYSIDE AURORAL IONOSPHERE (1984)

22525. -- BARFIELD J N, MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA STUDIES USING DATA FROM THE DYNAMICS HIGH AND LOW ALTITUDE PLASMA INSTRUMENTS (1984)

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS 22526. -- BONNIN G M, STANDARD SHEF DECODER VERSION 1.1 (1984)

22527. -- GUERRA J, NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HYPERBOLIC PROBLEMS WITH DIFFERENT TIME SCALES (1984) POLLUTION

22526. -- NATIONAL AIR QUALITY, MONITORING, AND EMISSIONS TRENDS REPORT, 1977 (1978)

22529. -- FITCH B W, CHARACTERISTICS OF AEROSOL VOLUME DISTRIBUTIONS MEASURED AT MEPPEN, W. GERMANY SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY (1983) NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 0 P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, Colorado 80307 (303) 497-8713

October 31, 1984

NCA R is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Salaries for new employees and for current employees receiving reassignments will be between the range minimum and maximum shown for each job. Specific starting salaries are determined by comparing the applicant's qualifications with the job requirements and assessing expected performance levels.

CLERK I - #0320 affirmative action goals, monitors salary review and performance appraisal process, interprets and HAO - Administrative Services provides policy information; assures that normal Non-Exempt Range: 22, $779 - 1,012/month human resources actions occur and that the human DUTIES: Sorts and handles incoming and outgoing resources needs of the divisions are met. mail; copies large documents; serves as key REQUIRES: operator for the copy machine; maintains necessary -- Demonstrated skill in the application of the office supply items; orders and delivers refresh- principles of personnel/human resources ments for seminars and meetings; maintains bulletin administration boards; prepares and distributes seminar notices; --Working knowledge of EEO/AA takes telephone messages; maintains sign-out sheets --Strong effective communication skills, both oral for the HAO meeting room, projectors, and films; and written, particulary in sensitive situations answers written and telephoned information and in discussions of a personal or delicate inquiries of a general nature; types letters and nature memos; and runs errands for the HAO Division. --Skill in establishing and maintaining effective REQUIRES: working relationships with employees, supervisors --Pleasant and cooperative attitude in dealing with and the general public many individuals --Skill in organizing own work and setting --Skill in organizing work priorities priorities for work assignments --Skill at performing basic and repetitious tasks --Demonstrated skill in using good judgment in carefully and thoroughly making decisions and in applying and interpreting -- Accurate typing skill at approximately 45wpm policies under established guidelines --Skill at communicating effectively, both written --Skill in analyzing a given situation and in and orally developing several alternative courses of action DESIRED, BUT NOT REOUIRED: to include researching problems, procedures and --Skill in office practices and procedures policies --Skill at word processing --Skill in detail work, including maintaining Debi Koepke, X8728 complete and accurate records and in preparing reports --Skill in working effectively on a wide variety of concerns in a hectic environment and in handling PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR - #0323 a heavy volume of work --Working knowledge of at least two of the DIR - Personnel/EOP following areas: Recruiting (to include Exempt Range: 71, $20,400 - $30,600/year technical personnel and general employment DUTIES: Under the general supervision of the practices); employee relations; benefits admin- Personnel Services Manager, provides human istration; or compensation administration (to resources support to several NCAR divisions or UCAR include classification methods and performance facilities/groups. Works collaboratively with the evaluation systems) divisions and makes recommendations or provides ALSO DESIRED, RUT NOT REOUIRED: services for the day-to-day personnel operations of --Working knowledge of scientific, engineering, the divisions. Assures consistent implementation research or other technical concepts and jarqon of UCAR personnel policies, procedures and the --Working knowledge of conflict resolution Affirmative Action compliance plan. Assumes techniques primary responsibility for filling staff positions --Familiarity with automated personnel systems, for the divisions or facilities/qroups for which word processing, etc. S he/she is responsible; provides initial level of Nancy Lippincott, X8729 employee relations and FEO services and implements nebi Koepke, XR727 PAGE 2 PERSONNEL ASSISTANT - #0321 microscopic plasma properties and applies these techniques to studies involving theoretical DIR - Personnel/EOP Office modeling and observational interpretation of the Non-Exempt Range: 27, $1,255 - 1,630/month solar interior, solar atmosphere, interplanetary DUTIES: Performs a variety of clerical, medium, and related astrophysical systems; secretarial and receptionist duties for the cooperates and collaborates with other scientists Personnel Services department. netermines in which at HAO and elsewhere to achieve scientific goals; position applicants are interested and processes and publishes regularly in refereed scientific and files the applications. Provides information 1iterature. about policies and procedures to visitors and NCAR REOUIRES: staff. Maintains detailed records of applicants, --Ph.D. with research experience in theoretical hires, performance appraisals, purchase orders, studies of magnetized plasmas advertisinq, and other data and inputs data to --Demonstrated ability to carry out independent various computerized systems. Types and may research relevant to the understandinq of natural compose correspondence, ad copy, weekly Job and/or laboratory physical systems Openings list, position announcements, weekly Job ALSO DESIRED, RUT NOT REOUIRED: Status Report, monthly job openinqs list, reports, --Demonstrated skill in working effectively on a and statistical tables/forms in draft and final variety of solar and astrophysical problems form using various word processinq systems. Upon --Demonstrated skill in the application of request, searches applicant files for appropriately techniques of both magnetohydrodynamics and qualified candidates for specific openinqs. microscopic plasma physics to the understanding Determines appropriate skill codes for filinq of natural plasma systems applications. May make telephone reference --Demonstrated ability to participate effectively checks. Generates and distributes computer reports in collaborative research as needed. Handles difficult and sensitive NOTE: This position will be available September 1, communications with applicants, employees and 1985. Scientist I appointments are for terms of up hiring supervisors, referring problems as needed to to three years. Individuals may be appointed to the Administrators, Manager, or other appropriate the next higher level of Scientist in accordance members of the Personnel/EOP Department. Maintains with the UCAR Scientific Appointments policy. confidentiality of information. Acts in ways which Debi Koepke, X8728 minimize NCAR's potential liability in the area of equal employment/fair employment practices. REQUIRES: --Knowledge of standard office methods and SCIENTIST III OR SR. SCIFNTIST - #0328 procedures --Skill in developing and maintaininq records, CSD - Mesoscale Interaction Group files and reports Exempt Range: 84, $39,030 - 58,544/year (Level --High level skill in setting priorities for work III) assignments 85, $40,998 - 68,330/year (Sr. --High level skill in effective, responsive Level) communication, especially in sensitive and DUTIES: Conducts research using one or more of a difficult situations spectrum of techniques to increase understanding of -- Typing skill of approximately 60 wpm the structure and evolution of mesoscale convective --Skill in the proper use of the Enqlish language, systems, to include data analysis and conceptual punctuation and qrammar modeling, and numerical modeling. Assists in the --Skill in working under pressure and with constant determination of lonq-term goals of the Convective interruptions while accomplishinq a heavy work Storms Division and it's Mesoscale Interactions load Group. May participate in the planning and --Skill in workinq with confidential information execution of the STORM-Central and other field --Skill in paying close attention to detail, experiments. Collaborates with scientists at NCAR appreciating the importance of accuracy and and elsewhere to further the understanding of exactitude mesoscale systems. Publishes reqularly in ALSO DESIRED, BUT NOT REQUIRED: scientific journals. Participates in scientific --Knowledqe of personnel office functions meetings. --Skill in use of word processinq equipment (NBI ADDITIONAL DUTIES (Sr. Level): Conducts original and MICOM preferred) and terminals for data input and independent individual/team research using one and retrieval or more of a spectrum of technigues, including data analysis and conceptual modeling, and numerical Nancy Lippincott, X8729 modeling. Plays a major role in determining the long-term plans of the Convective Storms Division and it's Mesoscale Interactions Group. May act as SCIENTIST I - #0315 head of the Mesoscale Interactions Grotip. May take leadership role in planning and execution of the HAO - (Program to be determined) STORM-Central and other field experiments. Exempt Range: 82, $27,104 - 40,656/year Initiates collaborations with scientists at NCAR DUTIES: Develops analytical and numerical and elsewhere to further understanding of mesoscale techniques for the description of macroscopic and systems. Participates vigorously in scientific PAGE 3 O meetings. Manages employees in ways consistent processinq systems. Maintains knowledge of journal with UCAR policies and Affirmative Action Program. style requirements as appropriate. Assists in the REQUIRES: assemblage of material for publications and for -- Nationally recognized record of independent or technical and administrative reports. Maintains collaborative accomplishments as shown by awareness of necessary deadlines and schedules and publications provides assistance and follow-through where -- Demonstrated leadership in one or more subfields required. Maintains appointment schedule, answers of the atmospheric sciences involved with telephone, and takes messaqes, assuring timely mesoscale meteorology, individual convective responses to inquiries using available sources of clouds, or microphysics information. Makes travel arrangements. Prepares -- Demonstrated skill in undertaking research itineraries and assembles necessary documents and leading to increased understandinq of mesoscale background material for trips, requests advances, convective systems and files claims. Maintains the HAO publication -- Sufficient breadth and depth of knowledge to process and reprint files. Maintains a high skill initiate productive interactions with scientists level in clerical areas, with a strong command of or related but not necessarily congruent Fnglish grammar, spelling, composition, and specialties punctuation. Handles discretely and responsibly -- Demonstrated skill in research techniques such confidential and personal matters. Assists in as data analysis and conceptual modeling, and sharing work loads with other secretaries, as numerical modeling necessary. ADDITIONAL RFOUIRES (Sr. Level): REOUIRES: -- Expert scientific reputation established -- Skill in typing approximately 60 wpm nationally and internationally as shown by -- Skill in the application of English grammar, publications in one or more subfields of the punctuation, spelling and form atmospheric sciences involved with mesoscale -- High level skill in organizing and establishing meteorology, individual convective clouds, or work priorities microphysics -- Willingness and enthusiasm to learn word -- Demonstrated breadth and depth of knowledge processing and technical typinq necessary to sustain the long-term scientific -- Demonstrated skill in following office practices leadership of NCAR and procedures -- Extensive record of exceptional research, -- Skill in accomplishing several tasks leadership, and service simultaneously and with accuracy, often in the -- Skill at managing others, especially scientists midst of interruptions and conflicting deadline -- Demonstrable willingness and interest in requirements undertaking research leading to increased -- Skill in interfacing pleasantly and understanding of mesoscale convective systems cooperatively with many individuals ALSO DESIRED, BUT NOT REOUIRED: -- Skill in handling confidential information -- Demonstrated skill in analysis and conceptual -- Skill in typing lengthy documents modeling or numerical modeling of mesoscale -- Skill in proofreading convective systems -- Skill in transcribing from a dictaphone -- Skill at understanding and exploiting data -- Willingness to work occasional overtime gathered from aircraft, ground-based and -- Willingness to handle a variety of miscellaneous airborne Doppler radar, and other measurement tasks as needed in addition to those described systems to be used in the STORM-Central above, such as: running a copy machine, sorting experiment mail, and obtaining supplies -- Demonstrated skill at planning and execution of -- Skill in working effectively with minimal field experiments supervi sion -- Willingness to participate in the planning, DESIRED, BUT NOT REOtJIRED: field, and data analysis phases of STORM-Central -- Skill in technical typing, including skill in -- Interest in the dynamics of hurricane bands and typing equations their impact on hurricane evolution -- Skill in word processing, particularly with the Debi Koepke, X8728 UNIX system Debi Koepke, X8728

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY - #0325

HAO - Administrative Services SECRETARY - #0326 Non-Exempt Range: 27, $1,255 - 1,630/month DUTIES: Establishes and maintains administrative, AAP - Mesoscale Research Section scientific, and personal files as required. Non-Fxempt Range: 26, $570.54 - 741.04/month Prepares typewritten drafts and final copies of (.50 FTE) letters, memoranda, and other material from written DUTIES: Types letters, memoranda, and reports for or dictated material. Composes and prepares scientists. Types lengthy manuscripts involving correspondence for signature, taking oral scientific equations and symbols. Performs general .directives of general content. Types drafts and secretarial duties, including filing, copying, and final copies of scientific papers, reports or other accurately relaying messages; provides support and publications usinq computer-assisted word back-up to the Administrative Assistant. PAGE 4

REQUIRES: SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER III - #0283 -- Thorough knowledge of English grammar and spelling SCO - IOS System Software -- Demonstrated skill in editing all typewritten Exempt Range: 62, $29,499 - 44,249/year work DUTIES: Performs system generation and maintains -- Typing at approximately 60 wpm back-up systems for the IOS system. Provides -- Skill in working with frequent interruptions. service on a daily basis as a consultant in solving ALSO DESIRED, BUT NOT REQUIRED: problems presented by users and Operators. -- Skill at using a word processor Monitors IOS system behavior on a daily basis, Debi Koepke, X8728 discussing perceived problems with other 10S Group members and the lOS Group head and taking such action as is proper to insure efficient operation. Collaborates with Operations Department personnel SECRETARY/RECEPTIONIST - #0324 in solving software related operational difficulties. Codes and implements necessary local ADM - Finance modifications. Maintains LOS system logs. Non-Exempt Range: 26, $855.75 - 1,111.50/month Cooperates with the Consulting Office on user (.75 FTE) problems. Gathers the accounting information DUTIES: Provides primary secretarial assistance produced by system operation and modifies the for Administrative Computing and Office Automation system to produce additional information as departments and back-up secretarial assistance for requested by SCD management and the Accounting the Finance Office; performs word processinq duties Section of SCD. Implements software as necessary on the administrative computer and the Philips to prevent any interactive users from running large MICOM word processing system; schedules the 55A computer time programs to the detriment of the conference room; makes special arrangements for system's interactive response. Sets up system equipment and seating for scheduled meetinqs; keeps parameters so that certain systems or processor records of equipment that is removed from the packages have restricted use, e.g., conference room for use in other departments at compilers/loaders are to be made available to 55A; acts as key operator for Xerox copier, to in-house users only. Assists with the maintenance include ordering of supplies and service calls; of RSCS and Uninet software on the IOS. assists users and provides daily maintenance of the REOUIRES: copier and copier room; sorts and distributes mail --M.S. in computer science, mathematics, twice daily; directs visitors, receives small engineering or physical sciences or equivalent packages and deliveries; maintains the experience check-cashing fund and issues refunds to those who --Demonstrated skill in programming, particularly lose change in the vending machines; manages the in the systems area, including a variety of petty cash fund and distributes Petty Cash Voucher hardware systems, which would typically be forms and Cash Advance forms to other petty cash acquired through four to eiqht years of systems custodians at NCAR; makes weekly trips to the bank programming experience and post office to replenish the petty cash and --Demonstrated skill with a VM operating system check-cashing funds; maintains 55A bulletin board Debi Koepke, X8728 and displays; answers telephones for Administrative Computing and Office Automation departments; and purchases office supplies for employees of the Finance and Administrative Computing Departments. SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER III - #0284 REQUIRES: -- Skill in English grammar, spelling and SCO - Communications punctuation Exempt Range: 62, $29,499 - 44,249/year -- Skill in typing approximately 60 wpm DUTIES: Performs system generation and maintains -- Skill at organizing priorities efficiently often back-up systems for the communications systems. in the midst of interruptions and conflicting Provides service on a daily basis as a consultant deadline requirements in solving problems presented by users and -- Skill at establishing and maintaininq effective Operators. Monitors communications system behavior working relationships with other staff members on a daily basis, discussing perceived problems -- Demonstrated skill in meeting the public in a with other Communications Group members and the friently, courteous manner Communications Group head and takes action as is -- Willingness to work 30 hours in a five day work proper to insure efficient operation. Collaborates week with the Operations Department personnel in solving DESIRED, BUT NOT REQUIRED: software related operational difficulties. Codes -- Skill in word processing and knowledge of office and implements necessary local modifications. automation systems Cooperates with the Consultinq Office on user Debi Koepke, X8728 problems. Gathers the accounting information PAGE 5 . produced by system operation and modifies the system to produce additional information as requested by SCD management and the Accounting Section of SCD. Assists with the maintenance of RSCS and Uninet software on the IOS. REOUIRES: --M.S. in computer science, mathematics, engineering or physical sciences or equivalent experience --Demonstrated skill in programming, particularly in the systems area, including a variety of hardware systems, which would typically be acquired through four to eight years of systems programming experience --Knowledge of an IBM operating system, the RSCS remote job entry and IBM communication protocols Debi Koepke, X8728

CASUAL

STUDENT ASSISTANT II - #0327 STUDENT ASSISTANT II -#0319 CSD - Microphysics Group DIR -Acid Deposition Modeling Project Flat Rate: $6.65/hour Flat Rate: $6.65/hour DUTIES: Provides general research and experimental DUTIES: Provides programming support for the support in performing laboratory experiments and development and use of computer codes for chemical participating in field projects. Develops film, kinetics studies. Runs numerical simulation models makes prints, and obtains measurements from the of both liquid and qas phase chemical systems. films. Collates, classifies and organizes data. Maintains, operates and develops computer programs Draws graphs and prepares figures from data. required for model runs on both the CRAY-I Performs calculations of various kinds. Assists in supercomputer and the VAX II/780 minicomputer. trouble-shooting of experimental electronic Develops data display proqrams with the NCAR equipment to ensure that the data obtained is graphics package. Modifies, creates and maintains accurate. May perform miscellaneous other research general purpose programs on the VAX minicomputer related tasks as requested or required. for the analysis and display of model data. REQUIRES: Transfers data back and forth between computers and -- Must be enrolled for credit in an accredited physical tape. secondary school or post-secondary school, REOIUIRES: college or university; or in a trade school --Must be enrolled for credit in an accredited which has received a Certificate of Approval secondary or post-secondary school, colleqe or from the Colorado State Roard for Community university; or in a trade school which has Colleqes and Occupational Education received a Certificate of Approval from the -- Willingness to work up to 20 hours per week when Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and school is in session and 40 hours per week Occupational Education during breaks --Willingness to work 20 hours per week during -- Willingness to work somewhat irregular hours, periods school is in session and full-time durinq including evenings and weekends breaks -- Willingness and physical ability to work in a --Rasic programming skills in FORTRAN sufficent to cold laboratory (to -20 C) and in severe develop, debug and document programs environmental conditions in the field --Willingness to pay close attention to detail, -- Knowledge of mathematics such as would usually appreciating the importance of accuracy and be acquired throuqh one semester of exact i tude college-level calculus -- Background in chemical engineering, physical -- Willingness to pay close attention to accuracy science or mathematics sufficent to understand and detail, appreciating the importance of data processing and analysis tasks keepinq accurate, exact lab notes --Interest in developinq programminq expertise on a -- Experience in data analysis and in the use of minicomputer and on a supercomputer laboratory and photoqraohic equipment ALSO DESIRED, RUT NOT REOUIRED: -- Some knowledge of basic electronics -- Knowledge of CRAY I and VAX 11/780 systems -- Physical science major with interest or NOTE: This position is for a one year term, with experience in experimental research the possibility of extension NOTE: This position is for a one year term, with Nancy Lippincott, X8729 the possibility of extension. gNancy Lippincott, X8729 November 5 through November 12, 1984

MONDAY, November 5 THURSDAY, November 8 (cont)

OPEN * HAO Seminar -- Mass Loss Mechanisms for Cool, Low-gravity Stars, Tom Holzer, HAO TUESDAY, November 6 3:30 p.m. * United Way Presentation -- Brief talk, short NCAR Mesa Lab, Main Seminar Room film, question and answer period -- Knute Dalseth, United Way FRIDAY, November 9

12:30 p.m. OPEN NCAR Mesa Lab, Main Seminar Room MONDAY, November 12 WEDNESDAY, November 7 OPEN SAAP Seminar -- Dual Forms of the Balanced Vortex Model, Dual Forms of Semi-Geostrophic Theory, and Applications to the Atmospheric Response to Convective Cloud Clusters, Wayne Schubert, Colorado State University

3:30 p.m. NCAR Mesa Lab, Main Seminar Room

* ATD Seminar -- New Measurements from Aircraft - Oceanographic Surveys and Cloud Microphysical Measurements, Paul Spyers-Duran and Darrel Baumgardner, RAF 3:30 p.m. RL-6 Main Seminar Room

THURSDAY, November 8

* United Way Presentation -- Brief talk, short film, question and answer period -- Knute Dalseth, United Way 11:30 a.m. RL-6 Main Seminar Room e Meeting -- Discussion of Preliminary Specifica- tions for NCAR's Future Mass Storage System

1:30 p.m. NCAR Mesa Lab, Main Seminar Room

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