Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
The Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) is an oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical research institute that is sponsored jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and the University of Hawaiʻi (UH). It is one of 16 NOAA Cooperative Institutes (CIs).[1]
Established | 1977 |
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Director | Dr. Douglas Luther |
Location | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
96818 | |
Website | www |
The JIMAR research themes are:
- Tsunamis (and other long period ocean waves)
- Climate
- Equatorial oceanography
- Fisheries oceanography
- Tropical meteorology
- Coastal research
References
- "Cooperative Institutes". NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
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