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The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) is a federal 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. Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

External links

PMEL projects