NCAR's new strategic plan for the next five years builds on core research strengths that respond to the scientific and societal challenges of our time. We invite the broad Earth system science community to read the plan and to join with us in realizing its goals. Learn more
Our scientists are working on improving models of wildfire behavior, using research aircraft and other tools to explore the air quality impacts of smoke plumes, understanding how wildfires may change in a warming climate, and much more.