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National Sea Grant Office - http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/
The program provides a bridge between government, academia, industry, scientists, and private citizens to help Americans understand and sustainably use the Great Lakes and ocean waters for long-term economic growth. |
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Climate Program Office - http://www.climate.noaa.gov/
Focuses on developing a broader user community for climate products and services, provides NOAA a focal point for climate activities, leads NOAA climate education and outreach activities, and coordinates international climate activities. Includes library, news and events. |
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Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) - http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/
Lab carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography, marine meteorology, and related subjects. Topics include interannual climate foreasts, environmental change, and tsunami warning systems. |
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Space Environment Laboratory (SEC) - http://www.sec.noaa.gov
SEC is the Nation's official source of space weather alerts and warnings. The Center continually monitors and forecasts Earth's space environment; provides solar-terrestrial information; and leads programs to improve services. |
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Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) - http://www.cdc.noaa.gov
Advances the understanding and predictions of climate variability through research, emphasizing state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques, directed at identifying the causes and potential predictability of important climate phenomena such as floods, droughts, the El Niņo - Southern Oscillation and its global impacts, and decadal to centennial climate variations. |
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Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR) - http://www.oar.noaa.gov/
The primary research arm of NOAA, providing scientific information and tools toward a clearer understanding of the oceans and atmosphere, and how human activity can affect them. |
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Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) - http://www.aoml.noaa.gov
Miami, Florida. Conducts research in oceanography, tropical meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic chemistry, and acoustics. Provides information on forecasting of and research on hurricanes and other severe storms. |
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Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) - http://www.glerl.noaa.gov
Conducts integrated, interdisciplinary environmental research in support of resource management and environmental services in coastal and estuarine waters, with a special emphasis on the Great Lakes. |
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National Undersea Research Program (NURP) - http://www.nurp.noaa.gov/
NURP supports undersea science and technology. Researchers from around the world use scuba, underwater observatories, and submersibles to study marine environmental problems. |
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National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) - http://www.nssl.noaa.gov
Conducts research to improve accurate and timely forecasts and warnings of hazardous weather events such as blizzards, ice storms, flash floods, tornadoes, and lightning. |
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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) - http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov
The goal of GFDL's research is to understand and predict the earth's climate and weather, including the impact of human activities. GFDL conducts leading-edge research on many topics of great practical value, including weather and hurricane forecasts, El Niņo prediction, stratospheric ozone depletion, and global warming. |
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Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) - http://www.fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder, Colorado. Conducts meteorological research and development on short-term warning and weather forecast systems, models, and observing technology, including use of supercomputing technology. |
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Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) - http://www.arl.noaa.gov
Researching the processes that affect the quality of the atmosphere, ARL provides scientific advice to elements of NOAA and other Government agencies on environmental problems and emergency response. |
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Aeronomy Laboratory (AL) - http://www.al.noaa.gov
Conducting research on the chemical and dynamic processes of the Earth's atmosphere, the Aeronomy Laboratory seeks to provide a sound scientific basis for decisions made in industry and government related to ozone layer protection, air quality improvement, and climate change. |
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Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) - http://www.etl.noaa.gov
Supports NOAA's environmental monitoring and stewardship charter by performing fundamental oceanic and atmospheric research and developing new remote-sensing systems and techniques. |