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Colorado Water Science Center
Description: As one of 48 Water Resources Districts of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Colorado District is an integral part of a Federal agency devoted to scientific research, applied science, data collection, and information dissemination. In addition to the District program, the water resources activities of the USGS in Colorado include a Research Program, the National Water Quality Laboratory, and several project offices.
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Department of Chemistry @ UOW
Description: Our students and staff come from diverse backgrounds, many from overseas. They share a culture that respects openness, inclusiveness, collegiality and diversity. I am proud of our talented, motivated and energetic staff - many of whom are leaders in their field nationally and internationally.
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University of New Hampshire
Description: The Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a multidisciplinary scientific research institute dedicated to understanding the integrated behavior of the Earth and its surrounding universe. Established in 1985, the Institute has become a world leader in the fields of space science, terrestrial ecosystems, oceanography, atmospheric science and global climate change.
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Institute of Environmental Physics
Description: The University became a veritable well-spring of new ideas and intellectual currents. Martin Luther's disputation in April 1518 made a lasting impact and his adherents among the masters and scholars soon became leading Reformationists in Southwest Germany. Notably after the Palatinate's turn to the Reformed faith, reforms in the spirit of humanism had immense influence on the intellectual climate of the day. The Heidelberg Catechism drawn up by professors from Heidelberg is famed throughout the world as the seminal document of the Reformed Church. The University represented a haven of undogmatic thinking, attracting professors and students from all over Europe.
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Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies
Description: The Atmospheric Trace Gas Laboratory and the Atmosphere-Ocean Exchange Laboratory collaborate with each other in their research activities, in which extensive measurements of the concentrations and isotopic ratios of various greenhouse gases (GHGs) are carried out by using suchplatforms as ground-based stations, ships, aircrafts, and balloons, to elucidate their temporal and spatial variations. Polar ice cores are analyzed to reconstruct the past variations of GHG species. We also investigate the exchange processes of the GHG related materials, heat and momentum between the atmosphere and the ocean. On the basis of the results from these observational studies, numerical models are developed to provide a quantitative understanding of the global cycles of GHGs. The Radiation and Climate Physics Laboratory is aimed at improving our understanding of the processes involved in aerosol/cloud-radiation-climate interactions. The research activity includes observational studies on the radiative properties of such atmospheric constituents as aerosols, clouds, and water vapor, as well as their effects on climate. Theoretical modeling and numerical simulation studies of the interaction processes are an important component of the research activity. The research activity also includes advanced remote sensing analysis of the optical and physical properties of aerosols and clouds by synergy use of passive and active sensors and satellites. The Satellite Oceanography Laboratory is conducting researches on the ocean environment by using a variety of satellite data. The research topics include air-sea interactions, regional oceanic circulation, and bio-geophysical interactions, in which the study employs the methods of satellite data analysis as well as numerical simulations by various ocean models. A large wind-wave tank is also used for laboratory experiments of the air-water boundary processes and microwave remote sensing.
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Meteorological Research Institute
Description: Global change and environmental issues are one of the urgent and common subjects human beings should solve; global warming issue due to the increment of greenhouse-effect gases like carbon dioxide according to enhancement of human activity, destruction of ozone layer by CFCs, acid rain and desertification, etc. Also every year we have a severe damage due to heavy thunderstorms and typhoons in our country. To prevent the damage is very important. In addition, as our country is a typical volcanic and earthquake country,we are highly required to establish the forecast technique for big earthquake and volcanic eruption.
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Climate Research Group
Description: The climate research group (GRC) responds to the need to know more about our climate, its history and its functioning, and also the need to improve our capacity to predict climatic changes in the short term (seasonal and inter-annual), and to learn to use such predictions for the benefit of society. The ideas underlying climatic predictions are no different from those of meteorological predictions: they need appropriate data, suitable models, appropriate initialising methods and continuous research in order to improve all parts of the process. The main differences between climatic and meteorological predictions are the time scale involved, the initialising data are mainly oceanic and the prediction models basically couple the atmosphere and the oceans (Coupled GCM).
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Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Description: Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research is New Zealand's foremost environmental research organisation specialising in sustainable management of land resources optimising primary production, enhancing biodiversity, increasing the resource efficiency of businesses, and conserving and restoring the natural assets of our communities. Landcare Research is one of nine independent Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) founded in 1992 from a reorganisation of Government funded research in New Zealand. We have about 390 staff, approximately 320 of whom are involved in research. We have strong collaborative links with other CRIs and universities so we can use the most effective combination of skills on each project. Our researchers are supported by sophisticated technology, analytical laboratories, and specialised support such as legal and graphics services, communications and business development, and an extensive specialised library.
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Universit� Pierre et Marie Curie - Science and Technology - Paris
Description: With 4000 researchers and teaching academics/researchers, and some 700 doctorates awarded on thesis work, 3000 postgraduate degrees and diplomas every year, UPMC stands as a unique university research center in both France and Europe, with 180 research laboratories including 130 working in association with prominent research bodies (e.g. CNRS and INSERM).
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Instituto Geol�gico y Minero de Espa�a
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