Conduct theoretical and analytical studies and laboratory and field experiments to improve NOAA'ss capabilities, and provide leadership on environmental science issues of national and international importance. The Environmental Research Laboratories include the following: Aeronomy Laboratory, Air Resources Laboratory, Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory, Climate Diagnostics Center, Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory, Environmental Technology Laboratory, Forecast Systems Laboratory, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, and the Space Environment Center

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