The Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2009 details the major events, projects, and research focuses that occurred in 2009. Descriptions of events, projects, and achievements fall under six headings: Accelerated Scientific Discovery, US Western Water and Environment, Science Serving Society, Taking Sc... Show moreThe Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2009 details the major events, projects, and research focuses that occurred in 2009. Descriptions of events, projects, and achievements fall under six headings: Accelerated Scientific Discovery, US Western Water and Environment, Science Serving Society, Taking Science to the Field, Cutting-edge Research, and Metrics, which contains quantitative statistics about NCAR's achievements in the past year. Additionally, this report contains a brief section titled "About NCAR" as well as a PDF download of the full annual report. Links to the annual reports of NCAR's labs and programs are also available through this website. Articles in this report focus largely on research surrounding climate and climatic changes and weather. Additional articles in this report touch on solar research, information visualization, and items specific to research centered on given communities and geographic regions. Show less