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Water Resources and HydrologyQuantity and quality of the Nation's water resources has been and will continue to be critically important to ensure, protection of life and property, economic well-being, and healthy coastal ecosystems. Moreover, in light of the alarming decline in water supplies in certain regions of the U.S. and world-wide, protecting and preserving vital water resources in the future will depend largely on sound management decisions supported by an in-depth, reliable scientific knowledge base. Key to this base is the full understanding of the hydrological cycle, the natural process by which water circulates among air, land, and water. Across NOAA Research, scientists are using hydrology, a scientific assessment of the volume, location and movement of water to build complex mathematical models to understand the intricacies of this vital cycle A key component of this work is directed at the Great Lakes that represent one-fifth of the earth's supply of surface fresh water supply (95% of the U.S. supply). For three decades, the scientific products, services and expertise of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) have provided critical data and scientific insight that managers and policy makers need to make informed, cost-effective decisions in managing and protecting these vital resources. Additionally, research, extension, communications, and educational activities of the seven Great Lakes Sea Grant programs have provided a wide array of scientific products and expertise to a diverse and widespread community of Great Lakes user groups, managers and decision makers. Elsewhere in the U.S., NOAA's's National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), and Climate Program Office (CPO) are carrying out both large- and small-scale research projects focused on supporting informed hydrological understanding of water resources needed to ensure protection of life and property, economic heath, and sustained management and protection of these vital resources. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
Climate Program Office (CPO)
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NOAA Research programs that study Water Resources and Hydrology:Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
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