The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is one of the world's premier scientific research organizations. NOAA scientists collect data and provide information to decision makers in the US and abroad. NOAA Central Library has collected NOAA publications and articles in six guides, categorizing them by line office for easy retrieval. NOAA's peer-reviewed articles from journals are included here, with NOAA publications completing the picture of NOAA research. NOAA's scientists release hundreds of publications each year, typically known as technical memoranda (tech memos) or technical reports (tech reports). These in-house publications are subject to peer-review in the same way as publications in well-known scientific journals. We invite you to choose a line office from the menu below and begin exploring the world of NOAA research.
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About the guides: NOAA series from both contemporary and historic offices and labs are included in these guides. Where possible, links are provided to the series through NOAA's Institutional Repository, our agency's central location for NOAA-authored research and other federally funded research. However, in some cases and particularly for ESSA series, materials are only available in the library's catalog. Additionally, while many publications have already been digitized in PDF format, others must be obtained in print.
Research areas: Environmental satellites and data stewardship
Program divisions:
Office of Satellite Ground Services
Office of Satellite and Product Operations
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
GOES-R Program Office Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program Office
Office of Projects, Planning & Analysis
National Centers for Environmental Information
Research areas: Fisheries management, marine ecology and biology, conservation, recovery, seafood safety
Program divisions:
Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Office of Protected Resource
Office of Habitat Conservation
Office of Aquaculture
Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection
Office of Law Enforcement
Office of Science and Technology
Alaska Regional Office
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Southeast Regional Office
West Coast Regional Office
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Research areas: Forecasts and warnings; weather, water, and climate data, space weather; risk communications
Program divisions:
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Office of Science and Technology Integration
Office of Water Prediction
Analyze, Forecast, and Support Office
Office of Observations
Alaska Region
Western Region
Pacific Region
Central Region
Southern Region
Eastern Region
Research areas: Physical, geochemical, and ecological experiments; development of predictive models for weather, air quality, climate, solar, ocean, emergency management, and coastal assessments and predictions; development and deployment of observing technologies; development of weather analysis and forecast tools; science communication
Programs, Offices, Institutes, and Laboratories:
Earth System Research Laboratory
Chemical Sciences Laboratory
Global Systems Laboratory
Physical Sciences Laboratory
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Air Resources Laboratory
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
NOAA Cooperative Institutes
Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Climate Program Office
Weather Program Office
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Ocean Acidification Program
National Sea Grant College Program
Research areas: Charting; geodesy; oil and HAZMAT cleanup; wildlife conservation; resource management
Program divisions:
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
National Geodetic Survey
Office for Coastal Management
Office of Coast Survey
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Office of Response and Restoration
Program areas: Emergency response, support for scientific research missions
Program divisions:
NOAA Corps
Aircraft Operations Center
Marine Operations
NOAA Diving Program
NOAA Small Boat Program
