Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
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The Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) is an oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical research institute that is sponsored jointly National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , pronounced , like "noah", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere...
(NOAA)/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . OAR is also referred to as NOAA Research....
(OAR) and the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
(UH).
The JIMAR research themes are:
- Tsunamis (and other long period ocean waves)
- Climate
- Equatorial Oceanography
- Fisheries Oceanography
- Tropical Meteorology
- Coastal Research