Letter to NSF regarding NCAR

In the winter of my funemployment I didn't expect to receive a research project and homework, but then the Trump administration announced it intended to "dismantle" NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The National Science Foundation published a Dear Colleague Letter requesting input and proposals for splitting up work done by NCAR. Notably absent from that letter was the word "climate," despite the OMB director's announcement that NCAR was a leading source of "climate alarmism."

This proposal to disrupt a key institution in my home town led me to spend weeks researching NCAR's organization structure, mission, computing infrastructure, and data sets so I can craft a persuasive letter to NSF and (more importantly) be useful if someone spins up an effort to save NCAR's data and provide a plan B organization for its valuable services. So far I haven't gotten wind of such an effort, but I'm keeping my ears to the ground. Maybe we'll need to enlist the help of Woody Allen to exfiltrate the data on magnetic tape.

Also, personal message to LinkedIn: if I search for NCAR I do not want to see posts about cars or the auto industry.