The atmosphere is critical to life on Earth. It contains the oxygen we need to survive, it protects us from the sun’s harmful radiation and it produces the weather we experience every day.

The impact of human emissions into the atmosphere affects all life on Earth, leading to harmful air quality, changing our climate and increasing the severity and likelihood of extreme weather events. As society struggles to adapt to the challenges of our changing planet, it is vital to understand how our atmosphere works as part of the whole earth system, to develop innovative solutions that protect future generations.

This strategy outlines our research priorities over the next 5 years that aim to fulfil our vision to be a global leader in atmospheric science, advance the understanding of our changing environment and enable society to adapt for the future.

For more than 20 years, the National Centre for Atmospheric Science has grown in its role as an independent UK research centre. Fundamentally, we strive to understand our atmosphere, how it is changing, and how it impacts life on Earth. Our research, skills and infrastructure provide the evidence needed to develop clean air solutions, resilience to climate change, and early-warning systems for high-risk weather.

Our role is to carry out internationally renowned scientific research, develop cutting-edge novel tools and capabilities for the UK science community, enable access to high quality services and facilities, and provide trusted evidence to help business, government and the public to understand the impact of current and future decisions. 

We are embedded within a consortium of universities and research organisations, and continue to work closely with a wide range of national and international partners to fulfil our role on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council and UK Research and Innovation.

Our fundamental and applied research aims to address critical gaps in our understanding of the atmosphere, and its defining role in the future of the planet. The atmosphere is a critical component of the Earth System and an improved understanding of the interactions with the land, ocean, biosphere and cryosphere is needed. Our National Capability in atmospheric science is long-term in scope, allowing us to provide underpinning science and capabilities that benefits the UK, while pushing the frontiers of current understanding. Scientific excellence is at the heart of our research. We are committed to continued collaboration with the broader research community, supporting the use of our facilities, data, infrastructure, and models.

We have identified three pressing environmental and societal challenges that will drive our research priorities over the next five years:

As climate change continues to challenge and impact society, understanding the atmosphere as part of the Earth system is crucial for developing solutions that protect future generations. Over the next five years, our focus is on advancing innovative scientific research to enhance our knowledge of atmospheric processes, emissions, chemical transformations, and their interactions across various temporal and spatial scales.

We will continue to maintain and develop our modelling capabilities, including the next generation of Earth System and high-resolution atmosphere and ocean models to address key uncertainties in climate processes and variability. Improved model representation of atmospheric circulation will allow better prediction of high impact weather events, including improved simulation of hurricane frequency and intensification and better understanding of the drivers of damaging wind storms in the UK. Our focus on coupled earth system modelling, will allow us to answer urgent questions such as the drivers of recent sea surface temperature increases and rapid ice loss in the Arctic.

We will develop new observational capabilities and datasets to improve our understanding of the current state of the atmosphere and its processes, providing essential data needed for the community to test and evaluate model simulations. We will provide measurement expertise and access to ground and airborne observational capabilities to the UK community. Our world leading experimental facilities for probing emissions and chemical reactions will be used to study emerging pollutants, such as household consumer products, new industrial pollutants and wildfires. Our newly upgraded airborne research aircraft (FAAM) will allow unprecedented observations of the chemical composition of the atmosphere, with a focus on radicals, organic compounds in the gas and particle phase, and the ability to measure at extremely low concentration at pristine and remote locations.

Measurements of physical and dynamical processes will address the observational deficit limiting our understanding and modelling of the dynamical controls on atmospheric variability across scales. Our laboratory and measurement capabilities will allow us to probe key uncertainties in predicting the impact of human induced climate change, such as aerosol-cloud interactions. Our extensive experience in digital technologies will allow us to adopt cutting edge methods and leverage artificial intelligence-based approaches to improve our fundamental understanding of the atmosphere and earth system.

As human activities continue to alter the planet’s environment, the risk of adverse impacts on society grows. We are committed to tackle this challenge by applying an interdisciplinary approach to atmospheric science. We aim to strengthen collaborations so that together we can better understand the effects of atmospheric hazards on human health, eco-toxicity, national and international security and the economy. We aim to provide objective and authoritative evidence-based advice to decision makers on emerging scientific issues in our field and maintain observational and modelling capabilities for short-term responses to national emergencies. 

The increasing frequency and intensity of floods, storms, heatwaves, wildfires and droughts show how much weather can affect our lives and livelihoods. We will enhance our ability to simulate climate variability and weather, including high-impact weather, in order to examine the broader impacts of extreme events and climate change on people and places. 

We will continue our international development work, working in ethical and beneficial partnerships with local organisations, including improved access to early warning systems for high impact weather events in Africa.  We will develop novel approaches to understand how climate change has affected damaging wind and rain storms that impact UK livelihoods and infrastructure and how these may change in the future. 

Exposure to poor air quality affects health at all stages of life, including premature birth rates, lung development, cardiovascular and respiratory health, and neurological diseases. By working collaboratively with health and social scientists, we will develop the long term multidisciplinary methodologies and knowledge that is needed to address challenging air quality questions, such as the toxicity of different types of aerosol particles and the impact of environmental injustice in exposure to air pollution. Our urban atmospheric observatory at the top of the BT Tower in London will provide vital data on the changes in emissions and composition of the air and identify the success of measures to improve air quality. 

Working with partner organisations, including governments, industry, non-governmental and humanitarian organisations, our scientific expertise and outputs can inform activities that will enable a prosperous and healthy society for all. 

By assessing the scale and impact of the unprecedented environmental challenges ahead, we can take meaningful action to create a sustainable future. We aim to enhance our predictive capabilities to anticipate potential future hazards from changing weather and atmospheric emissions and processes.

We commit to leading efforts in understanding the local, regional, and global long-term impacts of atmospheric and climate change through world-class modelling, international collaborations, and contributions to global climate policymaking. Our earth system modelling will continue to act as a vital tool to assess the likelihood and impacts of climate change induced abrupt change, such as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and melting Greenland ice sheet. Our long-term temperature datasets provide the community with the ability to measure changes in the global climate. Our unique capabilities will allow us to evaluate the consequences of current and future climate policies, including the environmental and socio-economic costs of inaction, and using our extensive partnership network we will share our results directly with stakeholders and decision makers.

We will support and maintain our atmospheric observatories at Weybourne and Cabo Verde, ensuring access to long-term records of chemical changes, vital to track the impact of changing emissions and atmospheric transport and chemistry, such the changing oxidative capacity of the atmosphere and identifying the sources of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

To inform climate mitigation strategies, our priority is to analyse both the benefits and unintended consequences of technological interventions, such as carbon capture and storage, solar radiation management and urban greening. Our research will support the transition to Net Zero, including working with industry, regulators and policy makers to maximise innovation while minimising unintended consequences of emerging green technologies.

Our scientific training will develop the next generation of atmospheric scientists across the UK and internationally. Through our courses, we will build a community of researchers, supporting the development of skills and the ability to exploit new technologies to address pressing environmental challenges.

Through our extensive partnerships and collaborations with national and international partners, we will play a key role in shaping the future of atmospheric science and our staff will provide leadership in air pollution, climate and weather science on the global scale.

Our strategy will be delivered through our five inter-linked science programmes that harness our expertise to address the challenges.

This strategy outlines our priorities, science delivery programmes, and our principles for conducting critical research with integrity. 

Changes in global climate and atmospheric composition pose grave threats to humanity, biodiversity and ecosystems. Our emissions are already impacting societies and economies worldwide, with weather and climate hazards worsening with further warming.

Our work to understand natural variability and build the evidence base to support mitigation and adaptation choices will continue, but we must also quantify the potential for abrupt changes that challenge our survivability, and to identify unintended consequences of interventions.

Goal: Support climate science by understanding fundamental processes

Understanding the coupled physical and chemical processes controlling the climate system is imperative to confidently address how climate behaves in the present day and what it will do in the future. Traditional climate models have severe circulation biases, which our research shows to be strongly reduced at high resolution. Our research will use global and regional models at the kilometre scale to understand how clouds and organised propagating convection provide upscale feedbacks on the atmospheric circulation, and on the role of ocean eddies on atmospheric processes. Meanwhile, our unique Earth system modelling capabilities are being used to understand how interactions of the atmosphere, including its chemistry, with the ocean, land surface, cryosphere and biosphere determine the climate and govern its variability. This research will leverage our long-term and unique field-campaign observations to support process understanding.

Goal: Quantify and explain current climate variability and change

Climate variability over weeks to decades exerts powerful impacts, affecting lives, crop yields, water supply, the insurance industry and stock markets. This mission includes the maintenance of climate and chemical data records and attributing patterns of historical climate change. Key challenges include disentangling longer-term variability from externally forced change, enabling subseasonal-to-decadal predictions and informing near-term climate projections. Likewise, the scale interactions between seasonal drivers such as El Niño and subseasonal variability can change circulation patterns and alter the likelihood of high-impact weather such as floods and droughts, heatwaves and windstorms. We will work with our Weather Science programme to further understand the connections between climate and weather patterns, and determine what changes are already emerging. We will exploit our new capability in large ensembles to quantify changing risk, enabling the research of our scientists and partners across sectors including energy, finance and insurance. Work with our Air Pollution programme will quantify how the constituents of the atmosphere are changing as our agricultural, industrial, transport and lifestyle practices evolve, and understand their implications for both climate and air quality. 

Goal: Quantify and explain global and regional climate change of the future, including abrupt change

As global warming continues, changes in regional climates, from the ice sheets to monsoon rains, bring challenges for habitability, economic development and the ability to grow food. Our research targets the coupled processes governing global and regional change: in radiative forcing, sea-level rise, sea ice and ice sheet dynamics, circulation patterns and organised convection. Research questions include how natural and anthropogenic aerosols affect climate, aiming to reduce uncertainties in projections of the next century, as well as quantifying volcanic impacts on climate and understanding routes towards continued recovery of the ozone layer. We will exploit our new capability in large-ensemble modelling to help quantify the risk of what may emerge by 2050, while we will seek to understand whether models designed at the kilometre scale give us a different answer for the future, by representing a realistic interaction between the atmospheric circulation and severe weather. Our unique capability in Earth system modelling will help address the role of climate change on biogenic emissions and radiative feedbacks on climate, the effects of emissions changes in aerosol forcing, and the role of short-lived climate forcers on future climate change. These tools also allow us to assess the risk of abrupt change in the Earth system. New research will consider the effects of possible climate interventions and the long-term implications of policy choices, including the different pathways to Net Zero and of air quality legislation. Our research will directly inform planning for climate adaptation, understanding the remaining carbon budget as part of the Global Stocktake, and for decarbonisation strategies.

Adverse changes to the Earth system resulting from human activity have increasingly evident impacts across the whole planet, with the effects of climate change seen in the frequency, location and intensity of extreme weather events.

For example, warm spells become more frequent and more intense on the global scale. Impacts of changing or hazardous weather are far reaching, affecting life and livelihoods, air quality and a wide range of infrastructures, including those supporting renewable energy and the wider Net Zero agenda. There is therefore an ever growing need for reliable weather prediction, including across the important interface between weather and climate, working closely with our Climate and Global Change programme. 

Our Weather Science programme underpins the development of accurate and trusted weather prediction tools and early-warning systems used for the management of vulnerability, risk, opportunity, and resilience to impacts of changing or hazardous weather. The development of these prediction tools requires a step change in the resolution and reach of our capabilities to observe and model atmospheric processes, pushing the development of new observation and digital technology and infrastructure. Working collaboratively and using laboratory, field and modelling approaches, the Weather Science programme aims to improve understanding, observation systems, and modelling of high-impact weather events, with a particular focus on high-resolution processes and multi-scale interactions.

Goal: Develop an improved scale-aware description of near-surface atmosphere dynamics and its impacts

The processes occurring in the atmospheric layer closest to the Earth’s surface, which emerge as a direct response to forcing at the surface, drive local to regional weather and climate worldwide. This atmospheric boundary layer is the part of the atmosphere where we live and conduct almost all of our activities. The atmospheric boundary layer is therefore at the heart of the complex multi-scale interactions driving our weather and climate. We seek to develop understanding, observation systems, and modelling of atmospheric boundary-layer processes over the variety of Earth surface types, especially at high resolution, across scales and in under-observed and rapidly changing regions such as mountainous, tropical and polar regions. The emphasis of our research is on the representation of dispersion processes, including through turbulent fluxes and “large” structures (eddies), and of the interplay between microphysical and dynamical processes involved in coupled convection–cloud–boundary layer systems. This research involves developing and challenging theoretical and numerical model simulations of physical and dynamical processes, with existing and new laboratory experiments and field observations.

Goal: Develop an improved seamless description of weather systems and their impacts across scales

The meteorological conditions that we experience near the Earth’s surface result largely from the interactions of the atmospheric boundary layer with large-scale weather systems, such as low and high pressure systems, convective and stratiform clouds, secondary cyclones and sting jets. Large-scale weather systems are also influenced by planetary waves and teleconnections, and can interact with the stratosphere. These weather systems often translate to high-impact weather events, with impacts including severe winds, heat waves, droughts, fires and floods. Predicting their controls, intensity, and spatial and temporal evolution is therefore vital for our life and the conduct of our activities, including in early-warning systems. We seek to advance understanding, observation systems, and modelling of atmospheric processes that determine weather systems, their predictability from weather to climate scales, and their contributions to high-impact weather events.  The focus of our research is on controls on atmospheric dynamics and moist processes and their multi-scale interactions, including feedbacks (such as from clouds on radiation and atmospheric circulation, between weather systems and equatorial and planetary waves, and teleconnections). This research involves theoretical and statistical modelling, and analysis of multi-scale suites of observations and seamless numerical model simulations of physical processes across scales.

Air pollution remains the main environmental risk to human health and is continually changing as controls are enacted, peoples’ behaviour changes, economies develop and the climate warms. Air pollutants can also impact ecosystems and have complex effects on meteorology, regional and global climate, in addition to the global impacts of long lived greenhouse gases.

We have a major role to play in improving air quality and predicting and responding to emerging challenges. While many sources of pollution have now diminished, attention has turned to others as they become more important or better understood. 

We are rising to these new challenges, through new observational capabilities, by investigating the fundamental chemical processes that transform air pollution and developing novel models that can predict exposure or be included in larger-scale atmospheric models. NCAS is in an ideal position to address these challenges, through its uniquely coordinated facilities and expertise in this area, including bespoke laboratory facilities designed to study fundamental processes, state of the art atmospheric measurement capabilities, and world leading models for simulating detailed chemical processes and environments, and processing complex datasets. We will build on the relationships with external partners we have forged to develop research into toxicology, exposure, health effects and societal inequalities, support the accurate assessment and predictions of emissions and concentrations, develop solutions with the private sector and engage policymakers at local and national government and beyond.

Goal: Understand the sources, chemistry and impacts of air pollutants that are poorly characterised 

Over time, regulations and technological interventions have successfully mitigated sources of air pollution such as coal burning and vehicle exhausts. As we strive to continuously improve air quality and human health, other pollutants have risen in prominence, such as vehicle non-exhaust emissions, secondary particulate matter, wood burning and ozone. Attention has also turned to specific types of particulates such as ultrafines, organic matter and black carbon. Novel sources of air pollution are emerging as a result of climate change or through changes in behaviour or policy, such as the increasing popularity of domestic wood burners, the use of biomass digesters as part of Net Zero policies, and increased wildfires and dust associated with climate change. We will address this by continuing to improve our fundamental understanding of atmospheric emissions and processes, through the development of new measurement technologies, experiments at our laboratory facilities and targeted field observations. We will also work closely with the health community to assess the impacts of these pollutants through toxicology, epidemiology and exposure estimation.

Goal: Characterise and quantify the sources and processes driving indoor air pollution exposure

People spend around 90% of their time indoors and it is recognised that this is a significant source of human exposure to air pollutants, made worse as buildings have become more airtight and outdoor air pollution has reduced. But the sources and dynamics of indoor pollution are very different to that outdoors, new measurement approaches in the field and laboratory must be developed, building on our experience developing and operating methods of measuring detailed in situ composition outdoors. We will address this through targeted measurements in the indoor environment, novel measurements of the emissions from indoor sources of pollution, and through the development of new models of the indoor atmosphere and associated exposure. 

Goal: Improve our quantitative understanding of atmospheric processes to accurately anticipate the atmosphere of the future

As the sources of air pollution and the Earth’s climate and ecosystems change, so does the composition of the atmosphere. This will profoundly affect the formation of ozone and secondary organic aerosols in ways that cannot be predicted based purely on the behaviour of the atmosphere in past decades. We will address the scientific challenge of understanding these through long-term and intensive observations with our state-of-the-art equipment and the latest data processing techniques, linking with our Digital Atmosphere programme. We will also continue to measure and monitor the emissions and distribution of atmospheric pollutants that will affect these changes. These will be used to inform and improve our models of fundamental chemistry that provide a route to improve atmospheric models. We will work with observations and models across our science programmes to better predict the interplays between climate, weather and air quality. These interactions will work both ways, using linkages within NCAS to study how air pollution is affecting meteorology and climate through processes such as aerosol-radiation and aerosol-cloud interactions, but also how climate may affect air quality, through assessment of the effect of events such as heatwaves.

Central to all of the NCAS Science Programmes is the ability to make and use observations and simulations of the Earth System. NCAS has a strong track record in collecting, analysing and creating new understanding from environmental data. To effectively achieve our research priorities, we will continue to need timely and accessible information, from diverse data sources that span a wide range of spatial and temporal scales.

Rapid advancements in digital technology have the potential to improve our ability to understand processes, make predictions and manage environmental data, whether generated by simulations or instrumentation. The long-term expertise and capabilities within NCAS, makes us ideally placed to play a leading role in harnessing emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, to generate new understanding across our climate and global change, weather science and air pollution programmes.  We aim to use new technologies to build a pipeline through which data can flow from our fundamental scientific research into accessible, usable and actionable evidence needed to generate solutions relevant for today’s societal challenges. 

Goal:  Develop novel data-driven approaches to address atmospheric and climate research challenges 

As higher resolution observations and model simulations are developed, the volume and complexity of environmental data will increase. NCAS plays a key role in supporting the atmospheric science community to store and use data through activities within our Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. We will continue to bring new solutions in data handling, maintain crucial data analysis techniques, and develop innovative methods based on artificial intelligence and machine learning, to enhance the blending of observations and simulations, to improve our ability to understand physical processes, and to predict the impacts of the changing environment. Potential applications encompass enhanced understanding of the distribution of extreme weather events, improved cross-scale predictions of weather and climate and elucidating the links between exposure to poor air quality and its effects on human health. We will integrate physical constraints into data driven models and investigate hybrid modelling strategies to advance climate modelling.  Furthermore, we will explore the use of explainable AI to better understand how these methodologies work, identify opportunities to extend their use and highlight challenges in how and where AI can be used for atmospheric science. By making our data more accessible and working collaboratively with partners and end users across the public, private and third sectors, we aim to increase the use of environmental data for evidence-based decision making. 

Goal: To equip the UK atmospheric science community with cutting edge digital technology, tools and models for atmospheric and Earth system science. 

To effectively advance fundamental atmospheric research and address critical issues like the mitigation of atmospheric hazards and climate change, we will exploit new high-performance computing technologies, develop next generation software, and forge essential partnerships that can provide access to emerging technologies. Recognising the importance of new mathematical techniques and the changing computer hardware environment, we will seek to develop, adapt, and use the best available algorithms, workflow and software for our modelling systems. For observational data, we will combine our expertise in developing novel atmospheric measurement technologies with emerging data science tools to improve the accuracy and types of data that can be generated.  Through our existing and emerging partnerships, we aim to merge industry resources with deep expertise in atmospheric science within NCAS in a transformative manner.  NCAS will continue to provide leadership and set the agenda in the evolving digital research infrastructure landscape, including developing sustainable working practices and bringing together our community of scientists to drive forward new initiatives. This collaborative effort, with big data and technology at its core, will not only accelerate scientific discovery but also promote multidisciplinarity and cooperation. 

Our Scientific Training programme provides essential skills to support and grow the organisation and develop the next generation of atmospheric scientists. Through our scientific training courses and involvement in doctoral training we ensure that researchers have the skills to succeed in their careers while also developing a community of scientists interested in atmospheric and climate science.

Goal: to be the provider of choice for training in the field of atmospheric science for the national and international community. 

Our Scientific Training programme provides essential skills to support and grow the organisation and develop the next generation of atmospheric scientists. Through our scientific training courses and involvement in doctoral training we ensure that researchers have the skills to succeed in their careers while also developing a community of scientists interested in atmospheric and climate science.

We provide a number of courses to academia and industry, covering the fundamental science, tools, and techniques. Our current training ranges from introductory courses in radar remote sensing, aerosol science, atmospheric science, and computational models, to summer schools on climate modelling and atmospheric measurements. We will develop technical and scientific training in data science techniques to upskill researchers to ensure that they are able to use cutting-edge methods when working with environmental datasets.

Training is a brand leader for NCAS as it is often the first part of the organisation that Early Career Researchers interact with as they begin their scientific career. Our courses are developed, delivered, and supported by staff from across the Science, Scientific Services and Facilities, and Operations Directorates. We will arrange for NCAS staff to have sufficient training, time, and recognition when developing courses to ensure that our training programme provides cutting edge content. 

In order to stay current and provide the best student experience, courses are regularly reviewed, revised, and updated to ensure they are fit for purpose for the needs of the organisation and the wider research community. We will exploit new technologies and methods of delivery to enhance our training programme and work with stakeholders, such as local and national government, education, and the general public, to develop courses that address national skills gaps. 

As well as our range of short courses, we will continue to work closely with universities as a collaborative partner in multiple doctoral training programmes across the UK. In these partnerships, NCAS staff co-supervise PhD students, provide bespoke lectures, and guide training through involvement in governance and oversight procedures. Through the NCAS Alumni Network we provide networking and development opportunities to former students of our courses. These activities grow a community across NCAS staff and the wider research community and give NCAS a wide reach, cementing our brand and maintaining the skills base of UK academic science.

External partnerships play a critical role in achieving our vision to be a global leader in atmospheric science, advance the understanding of our changing environment and enable society to adapt for the future. We have a diverse range of national and international collaborations and partnerships that bring complementary skills and expertise to advance the frontiers of atmospheric and environmental science. 

Collaboration with key national and international organisations including the UK Met Office, the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, World Health Organisation and US National Center for Atmospheric Research, allows us to develop joint research activities to address global challenges. We will continue to play a leading role in international research programmes, such as the World Climate Research Programme, and contribute and shape the direction of international assessments including the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change and the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. We will continue to drive innovation in observations and data standards, through our participation in global monitoring networks, including the Integrated Carbon Observing System and the Global Atmospheric Watch programme. We will continue to invest in the UK National Climate Science Partnership, a joint venture between NERC research centres and the Met Office. 

We will work with government departments and regional and local authorities to ensure our fundamental scientific research can feed through to evidence informed policy and regulatory decision making. We will maximise the impact of our research by working with multi-disciplinary partners to ensure our scientific research can be translated into benefits to society. We will seek new collaborations with industry, supporting the transition to green technologies and developing innovative solutions and tools to predict and adapt to the changing climate.  Our long term funding, through our role as a national centre, allows us to create enduring partnerships, building on our extensive expertise and novel capabilities, and our reputation as a trusted and independent research organisation. 

Our science capabilities are built on a dynamic combination of tools, technology, services, and skills – demonstrating that world-leading research relies not just on infrastructure, but on the people and knowledge that drive it forward.

Our research aircraft, advanced ground-based observational facilities, laboratories, state of the art Earth System and climate models and high performance computing provide the infrastructure, data and long-term measurements that enables the UK to stay at the forefront of atmospheric research. At the same time, we remain committed to evolving alongside a rapidly advancing research and technology landscape.

The integrated services we offer the scientific community include access to a specially adapted aircraft equipped with cutting-edge instrumentation, a comprehensive suite of mobile and fixed-site observing facilities, bespoke measurement solutions, extensive data archives, and innovative technologies for data access, interpretation and visualisation.

At the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, we are committed to conducting research with integrity and upholding the highest ethical standards in atmospheric science. Our Science Strategy 2025 -2030 will be delivered through shared principles of creating impactful research without compromising the planet, and putting people first through establishing equitable partnerships and building inclusive staff communities.

Our research addresses critical environmental and societal challenges, from air pollution to extreme weather and climate change. As we drive scientific progress and advance research practices, we commit to taking immediate and ongoing action to ensure our methods and solutions are environmentally responsible and are a signatory of the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice.

By fostering an inclusive and diverse research community, we empower staff at all levels to contribute to a sustainable future, where atmospheric science informs decision-making and leads to real-world solutions for people and the planet.

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