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Panoramic view of the Barrow, Alaska site showing the old and new observatory buildings from the 30m tower, August 2021

GRAD team installing Radiation instruments at Crested Butte

The GRAD team installing Radiation System instruments at Kettle Ponds near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte, Colorado.

A traditional Hawaiian rainbow over the Mauna Loa site

Radiometers at the NOAA Table Mountain Test Facility

Global Monitoring Laboratory

Taking the Pulse of the Planet

The Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conducts research on:

Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
Changes in Surface Radiation, Clouds, and Aerosols
Recovery of Stratospheric Ozone

Research

Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases

Measurements and modeling of the distributions of greenhouse gases, providing constraints to our understanding of the global carbon cycle.

Greenhouse gases and Ozone-depleting Substances

Quantifying the distributions and magnitudes of the sources and sinks for important ozone-depleting and greenhouse gases.

Global Radiation and Aerosols

Research on the Earth's surface radiation budget and the climate-forcing properties of aerosol particles.

Ozone and Water Vapor

Research on the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer and the role of ozone and water vapor in forcing climate change.

Modeling

GML devlops modeling systems to track the emissions and fluxes of greenhouse gases.

Atmospheric Baseline Observatories

Barrow, Alaska

Mauna Loa, Hawaii

American Samoa

South Pole, Antarctica

Data and Products

Current Trends

Solar Calculator

Central Calibration Laboratory

Education

Annual Conference