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DOE Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center [1]

DOE Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center [2]

An arm of the Energy Dept.'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the CDIAC focuses on research and data collection about carbon dioxide and the Earth's carbon cycle. It also tracks other greenhouse gases through its World Data Center for Atmospheric Trace Gases.

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NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory [6]

NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory [7]

This research component of NOAA conducts all kinds of basic monitoring programs to compile long-term series of measurements and observations of the conditions that may be involved in climate change. The CMDL has now been merged into the Global Monitoring Division of the Earth System Research Laboratory.

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NOAA National Climatic Data Center [8]

NOAA National Climatic Data Center [9]

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.

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NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory [10]

NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory [11]

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.

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NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies [12]

NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies [13]

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.

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US Climate Change Science Program [14]

US Climate Change Science Program [15] (Interagency)

The coordinating point for all federal agencies working on climate science, the CCSP reports to the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy via NOAA and the Commerce Department.

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