The Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) was created in 1977 by an agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Hawaii (UH). JIMAR is one of 18 Joint or Cooperative Institutes under NOAA. JIMAR was established to pursue the common research interests of NOAA and the UH in oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical research. Major areas of research in JIMAR include ecosystem forecasting, ecosystem monitoring, ecosystem-based management, protection and restoration of resources, equatorial oceanography, climate research and impacts, tropical meteorology, and tsunami and other long-period ocean waves.