Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research

The Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR) formalizes a major collaborative relationship between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and Columbia University.

The CICAR research themes are:

Modeling, understanding, prediction, and assessment of climate variability and change
Development, collection, analysis, and archiving of instrumental and Paleoclimate data
Development of the application of climate variability and change prediction and assessment to provide information for decision makers and assess risk to water resources, agriculture, health, and policy

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