NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory

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Panoramic view of the Barrow, Alaska site showing the old and new observatory buildings from the 30m tower, August 2021

The GRAD team installing Radiation System instruments at Kettle Ponds near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte, Colorado.

A traditional Hawaiian rainbow over the Mauna Loa site

Radiometers at the NOAA Table Mountain Test Facility

Global Monitoring Laboratory
Taking the Pulse of the Planet

The Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conducts research on:

Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
Changes in Surface Radiation, Clouds, and Aerosols
Recovery of Stratospheric Ozone

Research

Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases

Measurments and modeling of the spatial and temporal distributions of greenhouse gases, providing constraints to our understanding of the global carbon cycle.

Greenhouse gases and Ozone-depleting Substances

Quantifying the distributions and magnitudes of the sources and sinks for important ozone-depleting and greenhouse gases.

Global Radiation and Aerosols

Empirical and theoretical research of the Earth's surface radiation budget and characterizing variability and trends of climate-forcing properties of aerosol particles.