In 2006, a team led by Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) predicted that the approaching solar maximum would be the most intense in fifty years.

FORBES: Sky Full of Trouble; Bracing for Super Solar Storms

The data, from NASA's TIMED mission, show that Earth's thermosphere (the layer above 62 miles or 100 km above the Earth's surface) "responds quite dramatically to the effects of the 11-year solar cycle, " Stan Solomon of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.

MSN: Earth's upper atmosphere cooling dramatically

Roger, you are the head of what is perhaps the most prestigious atmospheric science laboratory on the planet, and, as such, I presume that you will always go the extra mile to protect the reputation of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and its related University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).

FORBES: Climategate II: An Open Letter to the Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

On February 2, 38 more scientists signed a note listing Kevin Trenberth of the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research as the first author.

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He's a senior scientist and the head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research - that's NCAR - in Boulder, Colorado.

NPR: Can Climate Change Explain Odd Weather?

But the research, conducted by the U.S.-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), demonstrates that the 18 models on which the IPCC has based its current recommendations could already be out of date -- and that the retreat of the ice could already be 30 years ahead of the IPCC's worst case scenario.

CNN: Arctic melt worse than predictions