The Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (''Pierre Simon Laplace Institute'') is a French organization made up of 9 laboratories (CEREA, GEOPS, LATMOS, LERMA:TASQ, LISA, LMD, LOCEAN, LSCE, METIS) that conduct research into
climate science
Climatology (from Greek , ''klima'', "slope"; and , '' -logia'') or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years. Climate concerns the atmospher ...
.
Organization
The 9 laboratories that make up the institute include:
* Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en environnement atmosphérique (CEREA)
* (GEOPS)
*
Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales (LATMOS)
* TASQ team from
* (LISA)
* (LMD)
* (LOCEAN)
*
Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement
The Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (, or LSCE) is a French mixed research unit ( UMR 8212) between the CNRS, the CEA and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, aimed at the study of climate and in particular climate change. It is ...
(LSCE)
* Laboratoire Milieux environnementaux, transferts et interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les sols (METIS)
References
External links
Official website
Scientific organizations based in France
Climate change organizations
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