Research Divisions
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Atmosphere-Ocean Processes and Predictability
Investigates the roles of ocean processes, air-sea interaction, and tropical-extratropical exchanges on climate variability and predictability.
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Boundary Layer Observations and Processes
Advancing the understanding of atmospheric boundary-layer processes.
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Data, Instrumentation, and Field Campaigns
Contributes decades of expertise in developing and deploying state-of-the-art instruments, and providing online data access and web tools.
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Hydrology Applications
Transforms cutting-edge hydrologic science into actionable information for water resource management.
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Modeling and Data Assimilation
Research and development to improve NOAA operational forecast products.