美国NCAR的发展及其新动向

美国国家大气研究中心（Nat ionalCenterforAtmosphericResearch，NCAR）是由美国国家科学基金委员会（Nat ionalScienceFoundat ion，NSF）提供主要资助的国家实验室，主要从事大气科学及相关领域研究，其直属管理机构为美国大学大气研究联盟（Universi tyCorporationforAtmospheric Research，UCAR）。作为由NSF提供主要资助的研究中心，NCAR成立40多年来不仅对美国相应政府机构形成科学议案起着重要作用，同时也在基础科学研究上取得了重要的成就，它们分布在相应的分机构中。除介绍NCAR的成立背景、重组前后的机构分布外，重点介绍了NCAR现有机构设置、任务和将来研究方向。

THE CURRENT NCAR DIVISIONS AND THEIR FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTION

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).Since NCAR's inception, this three-node structure has been a unique and successful model of management and partnership. As a federally funded research and development center of the NSF, it has played a key role in helping to shape the scientific agenda for the agency of the U.S. government and made fundamental scientific contributions. Here is the introduction about NCAR divisions and their future research direction.