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Acid Rain (EPA Program) - Provides information on traditional and market-based approaches for controlling air pollution. [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Acid Rain Effects - Provides links to detailed information on acid rain effects on surface waters (e.g. lakes and streams), forests, automotive coatings, materials, visibility, and human health [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
Aeronomy Laboratory - Conducts scientific research on the chemical and dynamical processes of the Earth's atmosphere [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)]
Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) - Carries out research on processes that affect the quality of the atmosphere - primarily related to transport, transformation and removal of trace substances [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)]
Antarctic Projects Home Page - Provides information about the various projects occurring in Antarctic [National Science Foundation (NSF)]
Ask a Scientist About the Earth's Environment or Climate - Designed especially for students [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) - Conduct a basic and applied research program in oceanography, tropical meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic chemistry, and acoustics [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)]
Atmospheric Laser Spectroscopy - Seeks to understand the photochemistry, dynamics, and evolution of Earth and planetary atmospheres [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)]
Atmospheric Research Acronym List - [National Science Foundation (NSF); University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)]
Atmospheric Sciences Data Center - Processing, archiving, and distributing Earth science data [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center (LaRC)]
Atmospheric Sciences Research - Studies atmospheric radiative, chemical, and dynamical processes for understanding global change and quantifying human impact on the atmosphere [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center (LaRC)]

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Benchmark glaciers - Summary of the USGS benchmark glacier program to intensively monitor climate, glacier motion, glacier mass balance, glacier geometry, and stream runoff at three glacier basins, Gulkana and Wolverine in Alaska and South Cascade in Washington. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]

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Climate Change and Carbon Management - Conducts research to increase the scientific foundation for prediction, impact assessment, and prevention of climate change, with projects in carbon sequestration in geologic, oceanic, and terrestrial systems. [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]
Climate Database Project (CLIMDB) - A centralized server to provide open access to long-term meteorological records from a collection of research sites [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service; National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA)]
Climate Prediction Center (CPC) - Assesses and forecasts the impacts of short-term climate variability, emphasizing enhanced risks of weather-related extreme events [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Centers for Environmental P]
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) - Data of both solar-reflected and Earth-emitted radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the Earth's surface [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center (LaRC)]
CoastWatch Program - Makes satellite data products and in-situ data from NOAA environmental buoys available [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]

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Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) for Biogeochemical Dynamics - Data related to biogeochemical dynamics which are the result of the interactions between the biological, geological, and chemical components of the Earth's environment [Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]
Drought Information Center - A roundup of various Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]

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Earth Observatory - Obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]
Earth Sciences Portal (ESP) - A searchable links directory and a web crawler search engine that spans all the web-based information of the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Directorate [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)]
Earth Surface Processes - Homepage for Earth Surface Processes Team with research studies in two general categories: climate change and geologic mapping. Links to research activities, available data sets, workshop, and programs. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
El Nino - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) - Contains information on both the warm and cold extremes [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
El Nino Theme Web Site - Access to information about El Nino [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) Reports and Publications - Provides access to a searchable web site with links to environment-related research accomplishments, reports, project fact sheets, posters, summary fact sheets, exhibit materials, and press releasesposters, summary fact sheets, exhibit materials, and pres [Department of Energy (DOE)]
Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) - Research in data assimilation and global, mesoscale, ocean, and climate modeling [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)]

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Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) - Conducts atmospheric and oceanic research [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)]

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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) - Research expands the scientific understanding of the physical processes that govern the behavior of the atmosphere and the oceans as complex fluid systems [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)]
Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) - Provides data ingest, archive, and distribution services [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC)]
Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) - Makes available a variety of earth science data products including satellite imagery of the Earth, classified images of the Earth's land cover, coastal marsh health data, and tropical deforestation maps [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]

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Hurricane and extreme storm impact studies - Homepage for programs of the Center for Coastal Geology on hurricanes and extreme storms with links to technology, related aerial photography, hurricanes, El Nino, northeasters, and specific storms. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Coastal and Marine Geology Program.]
Hydrologic Information Center - Current and historical information on flooding and other hydrologic conditions [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Weather Service (NWS)]

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Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) - Develops test methods and standards for emerging and rapidly-changing information technologies [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]

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Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity Research - Investigates the causes and effects of lightning as well as analyze a wide variety of atmospheric measurements related to thunderstorms [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC)]

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Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) - Focuses on measurement methods, standards, and technologies to improve U.S. manufacturing capabilities [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]

N:
NEWTON BBS - Ask a scientist a question about math, science or computers or search through more than 15,000 previously answered questions [Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)]
NIST Database for the Isotopic Composition of Selected Atmospheric Constituents - Contains over a thousand reported measurements of CH3D, 13CH4, and 14CH4 at sources and in tropospheric air. [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)]
NOAAServer - Search various NOAA environmental databases [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (NADP/NTN) - Access data from a nationwide network of precipitation monitoring sites [Multiple agencies involved]
National Center for Atmospheric Research Digital Media Catalog - Images are available as individual color photos, B&W; prints, and films and video including climate, clouds, pollution, equipment, and weather phenomena [National Science Foundation (NSF); National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)]
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) - Locate current and historical weather data [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
National Data Buoy Center - Provides hourly observations from a network of ocean buoys [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Weather Service (NWS)]
National Drought Mitigation Center - Forecast of U.S. drought conditions [Multiple agencies involved]
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - Access geophysical data covering glaciology, marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solid earth geophysics, and habitat and ecosystems [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
National Ice Core Laboratory - The U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) is a facility in the Denver Federal Center, Colorado, for long-term storage, curating, and studying ice cores recovered from the polar regions of the world with information on public tours. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC) - Research on effects of climate change and the measurement of change [Department of Energy (DOE)]
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) - Conducts research to improve accurate and timely forecasts and warnings of hazardous weather events such as blizzards, ice storms, flash floods, tornadoes, and lightning [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)]
National Water Information System (NWISWeb) Data for the Nation - NWISweb homepage for the National Water Information System providing access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico [Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey.]
National Weather Service (NWS) - Provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]

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Ocean Earth Science Information Partner (Ocean ESIP) - Provides improved satellite data products and simulation model output in support of coastal and global change studies of the oceans [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]
On-line data and reports on acid rain, atmospheric deposition, and precipitation chemistry - Access to map of data collection sites of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (NADP/NTN)with links to other maps and reports on wet atmospheric deposition (chemicals deposited via rain, sleet and snow). [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Operational Significant Event Imagery - Find high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events such as fires, floods, icebergs, severe weather, volcanoes [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]

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Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) - Carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography and atmospheric science and offers access to its ocean data [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)]
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Publications - Provides access to citations and references of publicly-announced Pacific Northwest National Laboratory publications since 1999 with links to the documents [Department of Energy (DOE); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL)]
Paleoclimatology Program - NOAA - Paleoclimatic data, research, and information [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Climatic Data Center]
Passive Microwave Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) - Enables researchers to interactively customize and receive hydrologic data sets derived from the newest space-based passive microwave instruments [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]

R:
Reports Catalog - Contains citations of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-authored scientific and technical documents published since July 1989 [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)]

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San Francisco Bay Wind Patterns. - Real time and historic wind pattern data. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]
Science and Technology Research Areas at Lawrence Livermore - Provides links to information about research in advanced defense technologies, energy, environment, biosciences, and basic sciences [Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)]
Space Environment Center (SEC) - Official source of space weather alerts and warnings [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Jointly operated with the U.S. Air Force. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric]
Storm Prediction Center (SPC) - Provides timely and accurate forecasts and watches for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes over the contiguous United States [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Centers for Environmental P]
Students On-Line Atmospheric Research (SOLAR) - Focuses on introducing students to science and technology topics related to stratospheric aerosol and gas experiments [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center (LaRC)]

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Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project (TAO) - Real-time data from moored ocean buoys for improved detection, understanding and prediction of El Nino and La Nina [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC) - Provides Landsat and other high resolution satellite remote sensing data as well as digital deforestation maps and databases [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]

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Visible Earth - A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations to the Earth [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]

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WINDandSEA - A gateway to oceanic and atmospheric issues [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
Weather Satellite Data - Interactively zoom and animate weather satellite imagery from multiple geostationary satellites from around the world [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC)]
Weather Subject Bibliography - Provides information about weather publications available for sale from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore [Government Printing Office]
Weather.gov - Provides graphics to real-time weather information including local, national, world, and national warnings [Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Weather Service (NWS)]
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Field Center - Site with links to projects of the field center of the Woods Hole Coastal Marine Geology Program on underwater areas between shorelines and the deep ocean, off the U.S. East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and in parts of the Caribbean and Great Lakes [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]


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