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Scientific User Facilities

PNNL is home to two DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research
national scientific user facilities. These unique facilities are critical assets in
the advancement of PNNL's sponsored research programs and LDRD-funded
projects. Each year, they provide access to hundreds of academic, national
laboratory, and industry scientists from across the nation.

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) pioneers molecular-level
discoveries and equips the scientific community to generate new knowledge and
predictive understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere and subsurface, microbial
communities, and cell functions.

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility is the
world’s premier observation system for climate change research. ARM is a global
network of instrumented fixed, mobile, and aerial observatories for the measure-
ment of clouds and aerosols, solar and thermal radiation, surface heat and moisture,
and meteorological conditions.

Allison Campbell “ARM and EMSL lie at the heart of our science & technology
Associate Laboratory Director, strategy. The combination of expertise and research instrumentation
that these facilities house is not found anywhere else in the world.
Earth & Biological Sciences Our global reputation as a leader in climate and environmental
science is directly linked to the research programs that ARM and
EMSL make possible.”

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