Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research

The Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR) was a major collaborative relationship between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and Earth Institute, Columbia University.

The CICAR research themes were: CICAR was sunset at the end of a 10-year cooperative agreement on June 30, 2014.
 * Modeling, understanding, prediction, and assessment of climate variability and change
 * Development, collection, analysis, and archiving of instrumental and Paleoclimate data
 * Development of the application of climate variability and change prediction and assessment to provide information for decision makers and assess risk to water resources, agriculture, health, and policy