Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research

The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR) 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). Formerly incorporated as JIMAR (Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research), it is one of 21 NOAA Cooperative Institutes (CIs).^[1][2]

Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research

Established	1977; 48 years ago (1977)
Director	Dr. Douglas Luther
Location	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
ZIP code	96818
Website	www.soest.hawaii.edu/jimar/

The CIMAR research themes are:

• Ecosystem-Based Management
• Ocean Monitoring & Forecasting
• Ecosystem Monitoring
• Climate Science & Impacts
• Ecological Forecasting
• Air-Sea Interactions
• Protection & Restoration of Resources
• Tsunamis (and other long period ocean waves)