{"id":71,"date":"2021-11-17T00:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc-new\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:15:49","slug":"sparcy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/sparcy\/","title":{"rendered":"SPARCY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" id=\"what-will-the-sparc-mobile-lab-mascot-look-like\" style=\"color:#246886\">SPARCY Squirrel Explores Atmospheric Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"01 SPARCY Explores Atmospheric Science\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09FvORRgUg4?list=PLWxxOG7WE0CgkG4_7D0ArkpD9cIexzAGv\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SPARCY Squirrel is the mascot of the SPARC atmospheric research trailer, a portable laboratory on wheels equipped with several atmospheric observing instruments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPARCY hopes to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers through the joy of curiosity and hands-on learning. Through science, SPARCY seeks to build a better understanding of our planet, weather, and atmospheric science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SPARC trailer is led by scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, and travels across the continental United States measuring weather and various atmospheric phenomena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The SPARC is supported by the Space Science and Engineering Center and The U.S. National Science Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/07\/NSF_4-Color_bitmap_Logo-1019x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:150px;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/07\/NSF_4-Color_bitmap_Logo-1019x1024.png 1019w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/07\/NSF_4-Color_bitmap_Logo-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/07\/NSF_4-Color_bitmap_Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/07\/NSF_4-Color_bitmap_Logo-768x772.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/07\/NSF_4-Color_bitmap_Logo-1528x1536.png 1528w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/07\/NSF_4-Color_bitmap_Logo.png 1722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPARCY Squirrel Explores Atmospheric Science SPARCY Squirrel is the mascot of the SPARC atmospheric research trailer, a portable laboratory on wheels equipped with several atmospheric observing instruments. SPARCY hopes to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers through the joy of curiosity and hands-on learning. Through science, SPARCY seeks to build a better understanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}