UCAR - The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Research ServicesColorado, United States501-1000 Employees
UCAR is a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado, serving the atmospheric and related geoscience communities. It conducts and supports work across meteorology, weather forecasting, water cycle hydrology, oceanography, solar physics, atmospheric chemistry and air quality, climate science, computer science, environmental science, and STEM education. The organization provides research, observing and computing facilities and services to enable collaboration among universities, laboratories and other research partners, in partnership with NCAR. UCAR's customers are researchers and institutions in the atmospheric and geosciences who rely on its facilities and networks to advance understanding of the Earth's atmosphere and its interactions with other systems. In 2026, UCAR member institutions engaged in external collaborations, including a data integration partnership to incorporate 3D-PAWS observations into Synoptic Data's platform, illustrating ongoing network expansion and cross-organizational cooperation.