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The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). OAR is also referred to as NOAA Research.

NOAA Research is the research and development arm of NOAA and is responsible for developing products and providing information to support the mission of NOAA and its constituent parts such as the National Weather Service and National Ocean Service.

Contents 1 What NOAA Research does 1.1 Climate research 1.2 Atmospheric research 1.3 Ocean and coastal research 2 NOAA Research laboratories 3 Joint Institute research partners 4 External links

NOAA Research's works in partnership with other divisions of NOAA and university partners across the United States to develop advanced technologies, methods of information distribution and cutting edge research to provide a better understanding of the weather and ocean systems of Earth, better weather forecasts and earlier warnings for natural disasters.

The components and programs of NOAA Research are:

• 7 NOAA laboratories
• 11 Joint Institute research partners
• Office of Global Programs
• Climate Observations and Services
• Office of Weather and Air Quality
• Arctic Research Office
• Office of Ocean Exploration
• National Undersea Research Program
• National Sea Grant Program

NOAA Research has three primary research areas: climate, atmosphere and oceans.

NOAA'a research laboratories, Office of Global Programs and research partners conduct research into complex climate systems and how they work. The goal is to improve climate models to facilitate better prediction of short term and long term climate variations.

Research is done on the upper and lower atmospheres as well as the space environment in order to better understand the processes that create weather. This research has led to improved technologies and weather modelling for predicting severe weather.

NOAA Research investigates ocean habitats and resources to help manage fisheries, conserve and protect coasts, and advance biotechnology and aquaculture.

The 7 laboratories that are part of NOAA Research are located throughout the United States near their areas of focus.

• Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) - Miami, FL
• Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) - Silver Spring, MD
• Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) - Boulder, CO, formed from the consolidation of:
  • Aeronomy Laboratory (AL)
  • Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
  • Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL)
  • Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL)
  • Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL)
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) - Princeton, NJ
• Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) - Ann Arbor, MI
• National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) - Norman, OK
• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) - Seattle, WA and Newport, OR

NOAA Research partners with research-oriented universities and institutions to share data and resources to advance the goals of NOAA.

• Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) - Fairbanks, AK
• Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications (CIASTA) - Las Vegas/Reno, NV
• Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR) - Palisades, NY
• Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR) - Woods Hole, MA
• Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS) - Princeton, NJ
• Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER) - Ann Arbor, MI
• Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) - Miami, FL
• Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) - Norman, OK
• Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) - Fort Collins, CO
• Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) - Boulder, CO
• Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) - Honolulu, HI
• Joint Institute for Marine Observations (JIMO) - La Jolla, CA
• Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) - Seattle, Washington

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