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In 1967 a new institute was born at the University of Colorado, a vision of government and academic researchers and administrators who created an environment within which NOAA and University scientists from diverse fields could conduct interdisciplinary research. Thirty-five years later, CIRES is the largest of the NOAA Joint Institutes program, now with 13 institutes throughout the country. From a nascent organization of a handful of scientists, we have grown to comprise over 500 individuals, from undergraduates to professors emeritus, conducting pacesetting research in a broad range of environmental topics. In 2002, we celebrated our 35th year and published CIRES,1967-2002. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. Pioneering a Successful Partnership. The entire volume is available here and in PDF (1.3 MB).

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CIRES,1967-2002
Pioneering a Successful Partnership

Written by Carl Kisslinger

with chapters by Alexander F. H. Goetz, Roger G. Barry, Howard P. Hanson, and Uwe Radok, John Birks William M. Lewis, Jr., Susan Buhr and an epilogue by Susan K. Avery

Published by
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0584
© 2002 by Carl Kisslinger et al. - All rights reserved

Editing: Annette Varani, CU-Boulder CIRES
Design and Production: Polly Christensen, CU-Boulder Publications and Creative Services

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Table of Contents

Foreword | Acknowledgments | Prologue

Epilogue: A Vision of the Future

Chapter One 1967-1972, The Beginning: Out of Chaos, Order, then Complexity
Chapter Two 1972-1980, Youth: The Early Years of Growth
Chapter Three 1980-1993, Maturity: The Years of Broadening and Deepening
Chapter Four 1993-2002, Focusing Our Unique Capabilities
Chapter Five Solid-earth Sciences
Chapter Six Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES)
Chapter Seven Atmospheric and Oceanic Research in CIRES: Atmospheric Physics, Cryospheric and Polar Processes, Climate Dynamics
Chapter Eight Environmental Chemistry
Chapter Nine Biology and Water Science
Chapter Ten Education and Outreach




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