2024 NSF NCAR Explorer Series

A woman stands at a lectern in front of an audience and delivers a science talk

Thank you for your interest in past NSF NCAR Explorer Series lectures from 2024! We hope you enjoy the abstracts, bios, short videos, and the archived lectures from these talks and look forward to seeing you at a future event!

Our world interconnected by yellow lines.

Geography matters! Meeting the challenges of climate resilience with geospatial technology

Wed, Dec 4 2024, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
GOES satellite image of an atmospheric river flowing across the northern Pacific Ocean

Longmont Museum - Atmospheric rivers in a changing climate: How rivers in the sky could change

Thu, Oct 17 2024, 7 - 8:30pm
Longmont Museum
Derecho supercomputer at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC)

Deep dive into the heart of the Derecho supercomputer

Wed, Oct 16 2024, 1:30 - 2:30pm
Virtual
A weather forecast for North America, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

Inside a weather modeling system: What can go wrong?

Wed, Oct 9 2024, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
Cartoon of a satellite in space, with Earth below

¡Descifrando los secretos de la atmósfera con GPS!

Thu, Sep 26 2024, 1 - 2pm
Virtual
A man holds a sparkler over a mason jar filled with water.

Kids show: Science is magic (but better!)

Sat, Sep 21 2024, 10 - 11:30am
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab
A scuba diver swims over a coral reef

When the lobsters march north: From complex models to collaborative solutions to save America’s coral reef

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
Evening city scape with both a tornado and lightning in the background.

Tormentas por todo el mundo: ¿cómo las observaciones pueden ayudar a salvar vidas?

Thu, May 16 2024, 1:30 - 2:30pm
Virtual
A composite of four images created using the WRF model

Beyond the forecast: The expansive role of community weather models

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
A total solar eclipse

Longmont Museum - Total Solar Eclipses

Thu, Mar 28 2024, 7 - 9pm
Longmont Museum
Map of the earth showing NO2 in the atmosphere

Air Quality from Space

Wed, Feb 7 2024, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online