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.