Cooperatives

Through these programs, NOAA Research provides the research and technology development necessary to improve NOAA's weather and climate services, solar-terrestrial forecasts, and marine services. OAR's activities provide the scientific basis for national policy decisions in key environmental areas such as climate change, disaster reduction, air quality, non-indigenous species and stratospheric ozone depletion.

Click on the map for locations of the cooperative institues.

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, WA

Northern Gulf Institue (NGI)