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]

The JIMAR research themes are:

• Tsunamis (and other long period ocean waves)
• Climate
• Equatorial oceanography
• Fisheries oceanography
• Tropical meteorology
• Coastal research

References

External links

• Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR)

Coordinates: 21°17′52″N 157°48′58″W / 21.297911°N 157.816114°W / 21.297911; -157.816114