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The '''Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory''' (CMDL) was a [[climate]] laboratory in the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA)/[[Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research]] (OAR).   In October 2005, it was merged with five other NOAA labs to form the [[Earth System Research Laboratories]].

CMDL's mission was to observe and understand, through accurate, long-term records of [[Earth's atmosphere#Composition|atmospheric gases]], [[Particulate|aerosol particles]], and [[solar radiation]], the Earth's atmospheric system controlling [[climate forcing]], [[ozone depletion]] and baseline air quality, in order to develop products that will advance global and regional environmental information and services.

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==External links==
* [http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory]

[[Category:Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research]]
[[Category:Climate change organizations based in the United States]]

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