National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA predicts dangerous weather, charts seas and skies, guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources, and conducts research to improve stewardship of the environment.
The data collected worldwide by NOAA researchers aids our understanding of complex climatic systems, as well as ability to forecast changes in these systems. NOAA's research laboratories, Climate Program Office, and research partners conduct a wide range of research on climate systems, to improve their ability to predict climate variation in both the shorter term, and over longer terms like centuries and beyond.
The Climate Program Office manages the competitive research program in which NOAA funds high-priority climate science to advance understanding of Earth's climate system and its atmospheric, oceanic, land, and snow and ice components. The Office supports research that is conducted in regions across the United States, at national and international scales, and globally. (see additional entry)
The NOAA Climate Services Portal (NCS Portal) is designed to enhance the access to climate data and services, timely articles and information, education resources, and tools for engagement and decision-making. (see separate entry for further information).
NOAA's Climate Program Office through an interagency initiative with the U.S. Global Change Research Program operates the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, which is hosted by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Phone: (301) 713-2458
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Related Organizations:
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
- National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- NOAA Climate Program Office
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center - NOAA Fisheries Service
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center- NOAA Fisheries Service
- National Estuarine Research Reserve System
- North Pacific Fisheries Management Council
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
- NOAA Office for Coastal Management
- San Francisco Bay and Outer Coast Sentinel Site Cooperative
- Virginia Sea Grant
- Pennsylvania Sea Grant
- North Carolina Sea Grant
- New York Sea Grant
- Washington Sea Grant
- Wisconsin Sea Grant
- Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant
- National Sea Grant Law Center
- Texas Sea Grant
- University of Southern California Sea Grant
- South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
- National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant)
- Rhode Island Sea Grant
- Puerto Rico Sea Grant
- Woods Hole Sea Grant
- New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
- New Hampshire Sea Grant
- Lake Champlain Sea Grant
- Georgia Sea Grant
- Florida Sea Grant
- Connecticut Sea Grant
- Hawaii Sea Grant
- Delaware Sea Grant
- California Sea Grant
- Louisiana Sea Grant
- Alaska Sea Grant
- Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
- Minnesota Sea Grant
- Michigan Sea Grant
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sea Grant
- Maryland Sea Grant
- Maine Sea Grant
- Ohio Sea Grant
- NJADAPT.org
- Oregon Sea Grant
- Florida Reef Resilience Program
- Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, Snow (CoCoRaHS)
- National Drought Mitigation Center
- Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
- Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA)
- Department of the Interior (DOI): Aleutian & Bering Sea Islands Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC)
- Climate Change Collaboration in the Pacific Northwest (C3)
Related Resources:
- State of the Birds 2011- Report on Public Lands and Waters
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present and Future
- Maryland Coastal Atlas
- Wildlife & Wildlands Toolkit
- Coastal Resilience Index: A Community Self-Assessment
- Priority Agenda: Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America's Natural Resources
- Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) and Portal
- Climate Change and Water Resources Management - A Federal Perspective: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1331
- U.S. GAO report: Climate Change - Various Adaptation Efforts are Underway at Key Natural Resource Management Agencies
- The Future of Research on Climate Change Impacts on Water
- Adapting to Rising Tides: Transportation Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Pilot Project
- Miami-Dade County Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk
- White House Climate Data Initiative
- Cost-Efficient Adaptation in the North Atlantic
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory VisGallery
- Climate Ready Great Lakes Training Modules
- U.S. Drought Monitor
- Current and Future Vulnerability of Sarasota County, Florida to Hurricane, Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise
- EESI-CCAP Report: Preparing Transportation Infrastructure for Increased Climate Risk
- Coastal Resiliency: Adapting to Climate Change in Hampton Roads, Virginia
- Sea-Level Rise Tool for Hurricane Sandy Recovery
- NEClimateUS.org
- Flood Frequency Estimates for New England River Restoration Projects: Considering Climate Change in Project Design
- Florida's Coastal Partnership Initiative
- National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2013 (HR 2431)
- Managing Coastal Watersheds to Address Climate Change: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Options for the Middle Patuxent Subwatershed of the Chesapeake Bay
- Smart Growth for Coastal and Waterfront Communities
- Climate Change and the Florida Keys
- Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force: Recommended Actions in Support of a National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
- Planning for Sea Level Rise in the Northeast: Considerations for the Implementation of Tidal Wetland Habitat Restoration Projects
- Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States
- Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability
- New Hampshire’s Climate Risk in the Seacoast (C-RiSe) Project
- Global Precipitation Climatology Project V2.3 Precipitation
- NOAA State of the Climate Reports
- NOAA Regional Coastal Resilience Grants
- State of the Climate 2015
- NOAA 2014 State of Nuisance Flooding
- NOAA's State of the Coast (SOTC)
- NOAA Climate Services Portal (Climate.gov)
- NOAA State Climate Summaries
- NOAA Economic Framework - What Will Adaptation Cost?
- Patterns and Projections of High Tide Flooding Along the U.S. Coastline Using a Common Impact Threshold
- California Climate Data Archive (CalCLIM)
- NOAA 20th Century Reanalysis (V2)
- Sea Grant Community Climate Adaptation Initiative 2011
- State of the Climate 2014
- Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent
- Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice
- NOAA Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)
- Coastal Community Development Partnership (NOAA and EPA)
- National Drought Resilience Partnership
- Climate Prediction Center .25x.25 Daily U.S. Unified Precipitation
- NOAA Climate Prediction Center Merged Analysis of Precipitation
- Taking Action: A Progress Report on the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
- FEMA, NOAA Draft Interagency Concept for Community Resilience Indicators and National-Level Measures
- Planning for a New Energy and Climate Future
- National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
- NOAA Guidance for Considering the Use of Living Shorelines
- Federal Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans Mandated by Executive Order 14008
- NOAA Coral Reef Climate Change Strategy and Implementation Plan 2014-2016
- U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
- Midwest Climate Hub
- Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan
- NOAA 2017 State of U.S. High Tide Flooding with a 2018 Outlook
- Sea Level Rise and Nuisance Flood Frequency Changes Around the U.S.
- NOAA Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper
- NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program
- NOAA Climate Monitoring Data and Tools
- The Climate Explorer
- NOAA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Climate Projects
- NOAA Coastal Zone Enhancement Grants (Section 309)
- NOAA Coastal Zone Management grants -- Section 306/306a
- 2018 State of U.S. High Tide Flooding with a 2019 Outlook
- NOAA Coral Reef Watch
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