- D NCAR No. 261 Staff Notes June 25, 1971 This formidable apparatus is not used to exterminate mosquitoes, clean concrete floors, or control riots. Instead, it is perhaps the most effective mobile fire extinguisher that has yet been devised for laboratory use. The unit was delivered to NCAR about six weeks ago. Since then, under the supervision of Tony Lamb of our plant security group, NCAR firefighters have been trained in its use. The purpose of the new unit is to enable our people to extinguish laboratory fires faster and more effectively than before and with less cleanup after the fire has been put out. The unit can completely fill -more-
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NCARNo. 261
Staff NotesJune 25, 1971
This formidable apparatus is not used to exterminate mosquitoes,clean concrete floors, or control riots. Instead, it is perhaps the
most effective mobile fire extinguisher that has yet been devised for
laboratory use.
The unit was delivered to NCAR about six weeks ago. Since then,
under the supervision of Tony Lamb of our plant security group, NCAR
firefighters have been trained in its use.
The purpose of the new unit is to enable our people to extinguish
laboratory fires faster and more effectively than before and with less
cleanup after the fire has been put out. The unit can completely fill
-more-
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a large room with gaseous CO2 in minutes, to smother any fire and keep itfrom spreading. In the past, NCAR relied on hand-held fire extinguishersthat can produce 2.3 kg (5 lbs.) to 11.3 kg (25 lbs.) -- only enoughto extinguish small fires at short distances. The new extinguisher willhold 340 kg (750 lbs.) Of CO2 and will deliver 136 kg (300 lbs.) per minuteat a range of 7.6 m (25 feet).
Our photograph shows (from left to right) Tony Lamb, Harold Smithand Duane Williams operating the extinguisher. According to Tony,several high fire hazard laboratories will be outfitted with ceilingdiffusers and quick-couplers to which the big extinguisher can beattached. Thus, in these critical labs a fire could be extinguishedwithout even entering the area.
The FAL summer computer seminar series will be on model developmentand will begin on Tuesday, June 29 (see Calendar Notes). These lectureson computer models developed at NCAR will be given by various staffmembers and visitors. Topics will include discussion of equations used andsome of the logistics of a large-scale model, as well as specific modelssuch as the Great Lakes model and the general circulation model.
Anyone who is interested in more information concerning this seminarseries can contact Jeanne Adams in room 5 or on extension 523.
Two "footnotes" to this week's Calendar Notes section:
The special noon movie to be shown Tuesday, June 29, Dropsonde:A Research Projec, is available to all NCAR staff members from theInformation Office. Check the film's synopsis in' Calendar Notes, andif you are interested in borrowing the film or wish further details,contact Diane Johnson or Vicki Macgregor in room 135, or call on extension260 or 258.
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An Ampex reel-to-reel tape recorder, NSF #11182, Model #890,Serial #24405, has been misplaced. If you know the whereabouts ofthis machine, please contact Randi Opsahl, extension 279.
According to Frank Plyley of the NCAR Construction Planning andDesign department, the construction work presently being done on thebuilding will probably continue until the beginning of September. NCARemployees can expect the present hammering to end by the beginning ormiddle of next week, and two more periods of jackhammering will subsequentlytake place: one stretch of work on the fountain plaza, which will takefrom one to two weeks; and another on the tree plaza, which will take aboutthe same amount of time. The construction crew is taking the top layerof concrete up so that they can install new waterproofing material.The concrete will then be repoured, and hopefully a good seal will result.
And now, from those people who brought you the Christmas PartyMemo and other marvelous entertainments:
The Employee Activities Committee has purchased two sets ofhorseshoes and stakes for staff use here at NCAR. This equipment iskept at the loading dock, and the pitching courts are located at theloading dock end of the parking lot on the edge of the mesa. All NCARstaff members are free to use this equipment.
Another EAC announcement: Watch for information about an EAC-sponsored Jaycee Chuckwagon which will be held on August 19 at the topof Flagstaff Mountain, with entertainment provided by a barbershopensemble.
And a reminder from the EAC: Staff members are reminded thatElitch's has been reserved again this year for the evening of July 7,from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. There will be free refreshments, free
admission and parking, and discount rides. For tickets, contact thefollowing EAC representatives: Sue Atkinson--ASP; Rose Bridgewater--ADMIN; Gary Emerson--HAO; Joyce Teter--LAS; Gael Sullivan--DIR; FrankRobitaille--NHRE; and John Dee--FAL.
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Some corrections and additions on the room and telephone changeslisted in last week's Staff Notes:
Sandi Hoff's correct extension number is 508.
Rose Bridgewater's extension number is the same as before hermove: extension 354.
And Donna Befus and Fred Roecker are now in room 251, and theirextensions are 516 and 515, respectively.
Visitors
Joseph Podzimek, State University of New York at Albany, AtmosphericScience Research Center. June 30 thru July 2, 1971.-- J. Doyne Sartor
Harold D. Orville, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Instituteof Atmospheric Sciences. June 26 thru June 29, 1971. Computer user /Cloud Dynamics.-- J. Ivarie
C. A. Reddy, Centre National D'Etudes des Telecommunications, France.June 28 thru July 2, 1971.-- S. Matsushita
Robert Kaylor, University of Maryland, Institute for Fluid Dynamics andApplied Mathematics. June 17 thru August 1971.- - Laboratory of Atmospheric Science
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Calendar NotesJune 28 thru July 5, 1971
MONDAY, June 28
* Institute on Planetary Magnetospheres and Auroras --Plasmapause Control of Magnetic Storm Depression, Red Arcs, andRelativistic Electron Precipitation, C. F. Kennel, Department ofPhysics, University of California, Los Angeles
10:00 a.m.Business Building, C.U., room 201
Topics in Plasma Physics, Rene Pellat, Centre d'Etudes Nucleairesde Fontenay-Aux-Roses
e FAL Summer Computer Seminar Series on Modelling -- Introduction toModelling, J. J. O'Brien, Florida State University
10:00 a.m.NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Damon Room
* Special Noon Movie -- Dropsonde: A Research Project. This NCAR-producedfilm explores in detail the role of the dropsonde in gathering datafor one part of NCAR's hail research program. Documents the instru-ment's calibration in the laboratory, its use in field experimentsand the analysis of the data from the sondes in NCAR's laboratory.Color. 18 minutes. 1971.
12:20 p.m.
NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Seminar Room
WEDNESDAY, June 30
* Institute on Planetary Magnetospheres and Auroras --Convection, the Plasmasphere, and the Polar Wind, W. I. Axford,Department of Applied Physics and Information Science, Universityof California, San Diego
10:00 a.m.Business Building, C.U., room 201
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WEDNESDAY, June 30 (Cont'd.)
" Noon Movie -- The Fifth Estate. TV special showing scientific,industrial and governmental installations along the foothillsof the Rocky Mountains from Fort Collins south to Pueblo. Thefilm includes details of NCAR, NBS, Ball Bros., and others.Color. 28 minutes. 1965.
12:20 p.m.NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Seminar Room
" HAO Seminar -- Meridional Neutral Winds in the 150-225 km Region asDeduced from Incoherent Scatter Radar Observations, C. A. Reddy,Centre National d'ttudes des Telecommunications, France
1:30 p.m.HAO Classroom 138
" Institute on Planetary Magnetospheres and Auroras --
The Geomagnetic Tail and Current Sheet Acceleration, TheodoreSpeiser, Department of Astro-Geophysics, University of Colorado
3:30 p.m.
Business Building, C.U., room 301
THURSDAY, July 1
* LAS Atmospheric Physics Department Seminar -- Cumulus Dynamics andCirculation, Charles Anderson, Department of Meteorology, Universityof Wisconsin
10:30 a.m.NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Seminar Room
" Institute on Planetary Magnetospheres and Auroras --Modulated Electron Precipitation, C. F. Kennel, Department of Physics,University of California, Los Angeles
10:00 a.m.Business Building, C.U., room 201
Magnetic Merging Modelis, Vytenis Vasyliunas, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology
3: 30 p.m.Business Building, C.U., room 301
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FRIDAY, July 2
* Institute on Planetary Magnetospheres and Auroras --lonospheres and Magnetospheres of Other Planets, W. I. Axford,Department of Applied Physics and Information Science, Universityof California, San Diego
10:00 a.m.Business Building, C.U., room 201
Energetic Particles in Jupiter's Magnetosphere, J. W. Warwick,Department of Astro-Geophysics, University of Colorado
3:30 p.m.
Business Building, C.U., room 301
MONDAY, July 5
Holiday
Calendar Notes announcements may be called to Anne Garrelts, Ext. 281.Wednesday at 12:00 noon is the deadline for items to be included in the
* Calendar for the following week. Other Staff Notes information or commentsshould be addressed to Diane Johnson or Vicki Macgregor, Ext. 260 or 258.
