Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) is a laboratory in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). It is one of seven NOAA Research Laboratories (RLs).[1] The PMEL is split across two sites in the Pacific Northwest, in Seattle, Washington and Newport, Oregon.

Research

PMEL carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography and atmospheric science to improve our understanding of the complex physical and geochemical processes operating in the world oceans, especially the Pacific Ocean, to define the forcing functions and the processes driving ocean circulation and the global climate system, and to improve environmental forecasting capabilities and other supporting services for marine commerce and fisheries.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NOAA Research Laboratories". NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

PMEL projects

  • El Nino
  • Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) project
  • "Ocean Acidification". pmel.noaa.gov. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  • Carbon Program
  • Argo Profiling CTD floats, ocean weather system
  • Earth-Ocean Interactions Program, underwater volcanoes & deep sea ecosystems
  • Acoustics Program, underwater volcanoes & deep sea ecosystems
  • EcoFOCI, Fisheries Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Chemistry Group
  • Ocean Climate Stations (OCS)
  • Arctic
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