<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-16214dcf-7fff-a018-9b36-6d47bfedecc1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since October I have been gathering input across NCAR on the Earth System Predictability Across Timescales (ESPAT) Initiative via lab townhalls, small group discussions and most recently and internal workshop with the cross-NCAR working groups (ESPP, AIM, SEAL) and group of leadership from across NCAR. We have arrived at several potential key focus areas and subsequent priority themes for the ESPAT effort  that would provide a unifying direction for work across the center. We’re going to continue to refine these priority themes based on input from NCAR staff as well as the community, in large part at the </span><a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/predictability" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">April 10 - 12 Earth System Predictability Across Timescales Workshop</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’ll be hosting two sessions next week to offer another opportunity for feedback on these priority themes and focus areas and identify additional gaps. Please join me in-person or virtually on </span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">March</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 6</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at Foothills 1 from 1-2:30 p.m. and</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> March 7</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at the Mesa Lab from 10:30 a.m.-noon. Please see the </span><a href="https://sundog.ucar.edu/page/8304" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sundog announcement</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with links to calendar invites. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I invite you to join me in one of those sessions and/or at the April workshop if you’re interested in learning more and contributing your input.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Yaga</span></p></span></font><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><pre><font face="georgia, serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</font><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Jadwiga (Yaga) H. Richter, PhD (she/hers)</b></font></pre><pre><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Special Projects Lead to the NCAR Director</span></pre><pre><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">U. S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR)</span></pre><pre><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">P. O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307   USA</span></pre><pre><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Phone: 303-497-2613</font></pre><pre><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Cell: 303 - 818 - 9883</font></pre><pre><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">E-mail: <a href="mailto:jrichter@ucar.edu" target="_blank">jrichter@ucar.edu</a></font>
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