Cooperative Institute for Climate Science

{{Short description|Climatological research organization}}

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The Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS) fosters research collaborations between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) and the Princeton University.It is one of 16 NOAA Cooperative Institutes (CIs).{{cite web |title = Cooperative Institutes |publisher = NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research |date = |url = http://ci.noaa.gov/ |accessdate = 2014-04-26 |archiveurl = |archivedate = }}

The CICS research themes are:

• Earth system studies
• Biogeochemistry
• Coastal processes
• Paleoclimate