The 'High Altitude Observatory' (HAO) conducts research on solar and
heliospheric physics, and the effects of solar variability on the Earth's
magnetosphere,
ionosphere, and upper atmosphere for the
United States.
[http://www.hao.ucar.edu/]
It is a division within the
Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory (ESSL) at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR is managed by the
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and receives substantial funding from the
National Science Foundation (NSF).
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