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National Virtual Climate Laboratory

The National Virtual Climate Laboratory (NVCL) web portal provides access to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) climate science, connecting users at research universities and other interested organizations to a wide range of experts, programs, projects, activities, and user facilities that are engaged in climate research across the national laboratory complex.


NVCL Objectives

1 CENTRALIZE ACCESS TO DOE CLIMATE RESEARCH

Offer a well-curated, easily accessible, plain-language inventory of DOE Biological and Environmental Research (BER) projects related to climate research and user facilities with continuously updated portal content.

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2 LIST CLIMATE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Provide students, faculty, and early career scientists access to lab-based education and training opportunities at the national laboratories, including coaching and mentoring opportunities in the skills they need to ensure success in their careers.

3 ENCOURAGE COLLABORATIONS

Facilitate robust, self-sustaining collaborations between national laboratories and interested organizations, including colleges and universities that serve underrepresented students.


Mission

DOE's mission is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

DOE's BER program supports scientific research and facilities to advance understanding of the dynamic processes needed to model the Earth system, including atmospheric, land masses, ocean, sea ice, and subsurface processes. This research aids the study of climate—the long-term patterns of weather variables such as temperature, rain and snowfall, humidity, sunlight, and wind and how they occur over many years.

NVCL seeks to support BER’s mission by facilitating access to BER climate research at the DOE national laboratories and user facilities for students at MSIs, HBCUs, and other higher-learning institutions; those who support these students; and scientists and others who are interested in DOE climate science.