2023 NSF NCAR Explorer Series

Thank you for your interest in past NSF NCAR Explorer Series lectures from 2023! 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!

Hydroelectric Séliš Ksanka Ql’ispé Dam (formerly known as Kerr Dam) at Polson, operated by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana. Due to the spring snow melting in the mountains, all gates of the dam are open.

Divided waters: Weathering our changing flood and drought extremes

Wed, Nov 8 2023, 5:30 - 7pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online

An airplane wing with an atmospheric instrument flies over an icy sea

The lifecycle of an NSF NCAR airborne field campaign: Flying around the globe to solve the mysteries of the Earth system

Wed, Sep 13 2023, 5:30 - 7pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online

When you need darkness to see the light: Total solar eclipses

Wed, Aug 30 2023, 5:30 - 7pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online

Digital model of how winds contribute to the progression of a wildfire

Leaving it all behind: Evacuation lessons from wildfires in Colorado

Wed, Aug 2 2023, 5:30 - 7pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online

How ensemble prediction systems can tell us what we know (and don’t know) about the future

Wed, Jun 7 2023, 5:30 - 7pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online

Satellite image of a tropical wave forming off West Africa

La formación de los huracanes en el Océano Atlántico y su importancia

Wed, May 10 2023, 1:30 - 2:30pm

Virtual

Longmont Museum - Hurricane Forecasts: Communicating Risk to Communities

Thu, Apr 13 2023, 7 - 8:30pm

Longmont Museum

From numbers to images: Visualizing space weather

Thu, Mar 30 2023, 2:30 - 3:30pm

Virtual

Satellite image showing the location of wildfires in West Africa

How weather and wildfires interact: Insights from aerosols in Sub-Saharan Africa

Thu, Feb 23 2023, 11am - 12pm

Virtual