One of the largest, oldest, and best-respected federal labs working on climate, GISS is headed by Dr. James Hansen. It is in New York City.
Another pioneering climate lab that specializes in computer modeling of climate. No longer headed by the now-retired Dr. Jerry D. Mahlman, it is keeping a lower public profile these days. It is near Princeton University.
This is the repository ("world's largest") of much of the raw data about the U.S. and planetary temperature record and other climate data. It is in Asheville, North Carolina.
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/federal-programs-labs/nasa-goddard-institute-space-studies
[2] http://www.giss.nasa.gov/
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[6] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/federal-programs-labs/noaa-geophysical-fluid-dynamics-laboratory
[7] http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/
[8] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/federal-programs-labs/noaa-national-climatic-data-center
[9] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
[10] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A
[11] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=74
[12] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=71
[13] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=72
[14] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=73
[15] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=76
[16] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=77
[17] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=78
[18] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=79
[19] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/list/%2A?page=84