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NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory and CIRES
Understanding our complex atmosphere Mission. The mission of the NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory is to discover and understand the chemical, dynamical and radiative processes that are important in the Earth's atmosphere, to improve NOAA's capability to predict its behavior. The guiding principle of the Aeronomy Laboratory's research is: to meet the nation's most-pressing needs for scientific information about the atmosphere and its relation to the activities of humankind. On the broadest level, the Aeronomy Laboratory's focus within the atmospheric sciences is to advance the scientific understanding of atmospheric processes, with the aim of enhancing the capability to observe, understand and predict the behavior of the atmosphere. During the last two-plus decades, the Aeronomy Laboratory has provided scientific leadership and discovery in studies related to the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer. That research has contributed strongly to the scientific information that has formed the foundation for decisions to protect the ozone layer under the United Nations Montreal Protocol. Over the last decade, the Aeronomy Laboratory's research has increasingly focused on the chemical processes that control the characteristics of greenhouse gases and aerosols (airborne fine particles) in the lower atmosphere and surface-level ozone pollution. Climate and air quality are two topics that are a high priority for decision makers at all levels (private sector, state, national, and international). As in the case of the ozone layer, the Aeronomy Lab plays leading roles in providing decision-support scientific information on these topics. At the NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory, over 120 individuals work as a team to study the chemistry and dynamics of the Earth's atmosphere. This includes scientists, technicians, engineers, administrative and technical support staff, students, postdoctoral researchers, and visitors from other national and international institutions. About a third of the Aeronomy Laboratory personnel are federal employees. Most of the others are employees of CIRES.
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