Along with the theoretical underpinnings of that committee, we also had the experience of seeing what NCAR was doing in global climate modeling. These two things were key. GIS technician Robert Damm and UNH graduate student Al Pratt examine maps. The building was created before virtual collaborations became commonplace. However, it still serves as a prime place for informal interaction.
Many offices face a central atrium.
This is such an interdisciplinary field. We've had technicians go from terrestrial ecosystem field campaigns to atmospheric chemistry campaigns, from developing instruments for solar monitoring to doing the same for ocean modeling. Analysis by UNH's Suzanne O'Brien and colleagues hints at several significant global coolings since the last ice age, and Mayewski has hypothesized that abrupt climate swings evident on a 1,450-year cycle may be driven by solar waxing and waning. UNH researchers, led by Dibb, continue to trek to a semipermanent base camp near the center of Greenland each summer for atmospheric sampling. UNH also now houses the science management office for the National Ice Core Laboratory, whose storage facility remains in Denver.