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Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR)
Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., CMarSci Assistant Administrator Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Research:Serving Society through Science
NOAA Research
To conduct environmental research, provide scientific information and research leadership, and transfer
research into products and services to help NOAA meet
the evolving economic, social, and environmental
needs of the Nation.
VisionVision
MissionMission
A society that uses the results of our research as the scientific basis for more productive and
harmonious relationships between humans and the
environment.
NOAA Research Tenets
Preeminent Research
Value to Society
Culture of Transparency
Who We Are: OAR Leadership
Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., CMarSci
Assistant Administrator
Craig McLean, Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Programs & Administration
Alexander MacDonald, Ph.D., Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Labs
& Cooperative Institutes
Who We Are: OAR Scientists
Where We Work
Drivers for NOAA Research
Legislative DriversNational Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
Magnuson-Stevens Act
Tsunami Warning and Education Act
America COMPETES Act
Policy DriversOcean Action PlanOcean Research Priorities Plan (ORPP)Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM)
OAR Budget
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President’s Budget Enacted House Mark Senate
($ In Millions)
FY 08 Funding IncreasesClimate National Integrated Drought Information System Water Vapor Research Abrupt Climate Change (Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation)
Weather & Air Quality Research Hurricane Research (tentative increase) Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Ocean, Coastal, & Great Lakes Research Extended Continental Shelf Mapping
Research MattersInvesting in NOAA Research is Investing
in the FutureImproves Environmental PredictionsImproves Quality of LifeSupports Economic DevelopmentAdvances Technology
Weather & Air Quality Research
Research ProgramsScience, Technology, and InfusionAir QualityCoasts, Estuaries & OceansEnvironmental ModelingTsunami
Outstanding Accomplishments in Weather & Air Quality Research
Air Resources Lab – “Pentagon Shield”
Hurricane Rita Surface Winds
DART Buoy Multi-function Phased Array Radar
Future: Weather & Air Quality Research
Hurricane Intensity
Phased Array Radar
Air Quality Forecasts
Climate Research
Research Programs
Observations & AnalysisClimate ForcingClimate Predictions & ProjectionsRegional Decision Support
Outstanding Accomplishments in Climate Research
CarbonTracker
CM2.1 Model
Ocean Acidification Monitoring Buoy
National Integrated Drought Information
System
Future: Climate Research & Services
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Abrupt Climate Change (Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation)
Climate Information Services
Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research
Research ProgramsEcosystem ResearchEcosystem ObservationsHabitatAquaculture
Outstanding Accomplishments in Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research
Telepresence Technology
Great Lakes Operational Forecast System
Coral Reef Research
Future: Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research
Extended Continental Shelf Mapping
Investigating the Deep Ocean
Aquaculture
Research MattersNOAA Research Serves Society through Science
Improves Predictions from Minutes to MillenniaImproves Quality of LifeSupports Economic DevelopmentAdvances Technology