Full Story from the Asheville Citizen Times :
Asheville will be home to a new federal research center that will look to satellites to study the Earth’s changing climate.
The National Climate Data Center in downtown Asheville will house the new Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites that will bring $32 million to the area over the next five years and at least 20 scientific jobs.
The institute pools resources between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North Carolina State University and the University of Maryland. The institute will have two primary centers, one located in Asheville and one located in the Washington, D.C. area to work with NOAA
