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Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-713-2458
NOAA Strategic Goal: Climate Variability and Change
Climate Observations and Services ProgramClimate Reference Network
NH-1 (Durham)
NOAA is installing the U. S. Climate Reference Network across the country, to measure weather and climate. About 110 stations are envisioned for the network and more than 80 stations are presently operating in 40 states, including New Hampshire. The network is intended to operate for many decades, providing highly accurate and well-documented measurements of key variables such as air temperature and precipitation. Data is used operationally to put climate anomalies into historical perspective and to detect climate change. The effort is supported by the NOAA Research Climate Observation and Services Program and the Air Resources Laboratory, which designed the stations and has been assembling, calibrating, deploying, and maintaining the network sites in collaboration with NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service. A list of the operational sites and links to their data are available at this URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly.
General website: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/uscrnNOAA Strategic Goal: Weather and Air Quality
Earth System Research LaboratoryNew England Air Quality Study
NH-1 (Portsmouth, Durham)
The Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) funds research on air quality, weather, and climate-related issues in New England through AIRMAP (Atmospheric Investigation, Regional Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction). AIRMAP involves researchers from NOAA and from several New Hampshire institutions. It has established one of the country's most comprehensive air quality monitoring networks. Data from the network are being used to identify the causes of climate variability, predict air quality changes as an addition to daily weather forecasts, and are demonstrating new forecasting technologies.
General website: www.al.noaa.govNOAA Strategic Goal: Ecosystems
NOAA's National Sea Grant College ProgramNew Hampshire Sea Grant College Program
NH 1, serves, all (Durham)
NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program is a federal-university partnership that integrates research, education, and outreach (extension and communications). Sea Grant forms a network of 32 programs in all U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico and Guam. New Hampshire Sea Grant supports research and extension activities designed to promote the wise use of the state’s marine resources, as well as those of the region and the nation. Current research projects focus on aspects of marine economic development, including a range of fisheries and aquaculture topics, and coastal ecosystem health and safety issues, such as beach erosion control and coastal wetland ecosystem health. The public, industry, media, policy makers and other stakeholders are kept informed on these activities and on New Hampshire Sea Grant Extension activities in marine education, commercial fishing, coastal water monitoring, aquaculture and other related areas through outreach programs, news releases, publications, videos and the Program web site. Over 200 of the area’s residents serve as volunteers with one of two Sea Grant-supported programs, the University of New Hampshire Marine Docent Program and the Great Bay Coast Watch. For more information see http://www.seagrant.unh.edu.
General website: www.seagrant.noaa.gov
