Environment/Climate Portal - OverviewThrough its partnerships with industry, government, and academia, NIST is helping to advance measurements and tools for environmental science, for example by calibrating the sensors of climate-mapping satellites and detecting ever more minute quantities of toxins and pollutants in our air, soil, water, and blood. Programs and Projects
Assessing NP EHS
Due to their small size, nanoparticles can enter living organisms in previously unforeseen ways and their immense surface area results in higher … more
Pipeline-Scale Flow Measurement Standards for Natural Gas
NIST natural gas flow calibrations are performed offsite at the CEESI Iowa flow facility in Garner, Iowa under NIST’s metrological … more
Synchrotron Radiation-Based Calibrations for Space Weather Prediction
Orbital ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet spectrometers are calibrated on beamline 2, taking advantage of the calculability of synchrotron … more
HML Organic Chemical Metrology Program Areas
The Organic Chemical Metrology Program exists within the Chemical Sciences Division, MML, which is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in … more
HML Inorganic Chemical Metrology Program Areas
The Inorganic Chemical Metrology Program exists within the Chemical Sciences Division, MML which is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in … more
Measurements and Standards for Contaminants in Biological (Human) Materials
For the past 25 years NIST has developed a number of biological fluid and tissue Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) primarily for clinically … more |
Latest Publications
Spectroscopy and imaging of edge modes in Permalloy nanodisks Contact General Information: 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070 |
