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2020-07-15 19:45 72.1 59.2 57.1 5.4 128 7.7 137 24.944 5.0 0.00
2020-07-15 19:40 72.2 59.0 57.1 5.2 146 6.9 142 24.942 10.7 0.00
2020-07-15 19:35 72.4 58.5 57.1 5.5 151 8.2 139 24.944 11.8 0.00
2020-07-15 19:30 72.5 58.2 57.0 5.5 141 9.5 127 24.945 11.2 0.00
2020-07-15 19:25 72.7 58.4 57.2 6.4 114 8.8 133 24.945 12.3 0.00
2020-07-15 19:20 72.8 58.3 57.3 5.2 134 8.8 128 24.945 17.1 0.00
2020-07-15 19:15 73.0 57.9 57.3 3.3 120 6.4 132 24.945 19.3 0.00
2020-07-15 19:10 73.3 57.2 57.2 4.4 127 8.0 132 24.944 22.6 0.00
2020-07-15 19:05 73.3 56.8 57.1 6.0 125 9.8 144 24.941 26.1 0.00
2020-07-15 19:00 73.4 56.3 57.0 7.4 144 11.0 142 24.940 27.1 0.00
2020-07-15 18:55 73.5 56.1 56.9 7.6 137 11.4 157 24.942 32.3 0.00
2020-07-15 18:50 73.6 55.7 56.8 7.0 142 11.4 138 24.942 35.3 0.00
2020-07-15 18:45 73.7 55.4 56.7 5.9 151 8.9 126 24.939 37.6 0.00
2020-07-15 18:40 73.8 54.8 56.6 6.4 154 8.9 167 24.941 48.2 0.00
2020-07-15 18:35 74.0 54.6 56.6 6.2 146 9.4 137 24.941 60.5 0.00
2020-07-15 18:30 74.1 54.0 56.4 7.5 157 9.6 157 24.942 71.1 0.00
2020-07-15 18:25 74.2 53.2 56.0 7.5 141 10.8 136 24.941 78.2 0.00
2020-07-15 18:20 74.2 53.4 56.2 6.6 96 13.5 145 24.942 85.5 0.00
2020-07-15 18:15 74.2 52.6 55.8 5.9 149 12.3 149 24.940 96.7 0.00
2020-07-15 18:10 74.3 53.9 56.5 5.9 127 8.9 99 24.939 107.3 0.00
2020-07-15 18:05 74.3 53.5 56.3 6.1 135 9.4 111 24.942 139.8 0.00
2020-07-15 18:00 74.2 53.2 56.1 5.3 89 8.1 92 24.943 136.0 0.00
2020-07-15 17:55 74.4 53.2 56.3 6.0 136 11.3 117 24.943 140.8 0.00
2020-07-15 17:50 74.4 52.8 56.1 7.0 116 10.6 117 24.942 158.5 0.00
2020-07-15 17:45 74.4 52.6 56.0 7.5 108 11.0 108 24.941 192.6 0.00
2020-07-15 17:40 74.5 52.5 56.0 7.1 114 10.3 132 24.941 187.5 0.00
2020-07-15 17:35 74.5 53.0 56.2 7.7 133 12.8 134 24.941 208.8 0.00
2020-07-15 17:30 74.6 52.5 56.1 6.0 104 9.3 100 24.942 214.3 0.00
2020-07-15 17:25 74.3 52.4 55.8 7.7 138 11.4 133 24.943 182.0 0.00
2020-07-15 17:20 74.5 52.0 55.7 10.2 138 13.5 139 24.945 216.1 0.00
CIRA

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

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Letter from Christian Kummerow:

Chris Kummerow, Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of CIRA (The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere), Colorado State University, April 20, 2018

Previous directors have created a vibrant organization that exemplifies CIRA’s mission to conduct research in the atmospheric sciences of mutual benefit to NOAA, Colorado State University and the Nation as a whole. CIRA began with a fundamental understanding that problems related to weather and climate benefited directly from the interaction between theoretical innovation associated with Academic Departments and the practical impetus that a NOAA Institute could provide. This was a visionary viewpoint at the time CIRA was founded in 1980 but it is a viewpoint that has held true for thirty years and is as true today as it was then. Thus CIRA stands today, with manpower versed in weather, climate, data assimilation, and computational infrastructure, ready to realize future gains in Weather and Climate related research and application.

 

CIRA is a Cooperative Institute among NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data and Information System (NESDIS) as well as its Office of Applied Research (OAR) and Colorado State University. Within the University, CIRA is colocated and draws heavily upon the Dept. of Atmospheric Science but has broad connections within the College of Engineering as well as Agricultural and Natural Sciences. In addition to the staff at its Fort Collins campus, a significant CIRA presence exists at NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder focusing on modeling and data distribution with additional staff at NESDIS’ Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) in College Park, Maryland working on satellite algorithm development and at NOAA’s Aviation Weather Testbed in Kansas City, MO.

 

In addition to its staff, CIRA has a number of research groups embedded within its structure. NOAA’s Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB) is embedded at the Fort Collins facility where it conducts research in Tropical Cyclones, Severe Weather, Hazard Detection as well as Satellite Research and Application. CIRA also hosts the Geosciences and Atmospheric Research Center as well as a research group attached to the National Park Service and a representative from the Western Governor’s Association.

 

Scientists working on CIRA and CIRA-related research projects are tremendously productive and continue to discover and publish results in scientific journals, technical manuscripts, and public media. This new knowledge transcends time scales from our understanding of weather to our understanding of climate, climate variability, and climate change. It positions CIRA at the intersection of weather and climate that is likely to grow significantly in importance to both NOAA and the Nation as we start to view not only weather but also climate as having important implications for our local ability to deal with global issues.

 

Christian Kummerow
Director of CIRA and Professor of Atmospheric Science