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National Science and Survey Agencies

Government agencies that fund, measure or survey, including national weather services, geological surveys, measurement laboratories and science funding foundations, outside the space agencies that form their own group. An agency belongs here when its cited article calls it a government science or survey body. It excludes space agencies and universities. Browse By lists these entries together so that a reader can move from one to the next and compare how each is described in the sources of the atlas.

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Met Office (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Met Office, Lead
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is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service
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National Science Foundation (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: National Science Foundation, Lead
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is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering
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United States Geological Survey (Wikipedia)
Has Member: United States Geological Survey, Lead
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is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology
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French National Centre for Scientific Research (Wikipedia)
Has Member: French National Centre for Scientific Research, Lead
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It is headquartered in Paris and has administrative offices in Brussels, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, Washington, D.C., Bonn, Moscow, Tunis, Johannesburg, Santiago de Chile, Israel, and New Delhi.
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