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NOAA
Ocean Service — grew out of the nation's oldest
scientific agency, established as the Survey of the Coast in
1807 by President Thomas Jefferson. Today, NOS is responsible
for the observation, measurement, assessment and management
of the nation's vast coastal and ocean areas. NOS provides world-class
products and services that protect millions of lives, billions
of dollars in property and irreplaceable natural resources daily.
Click here
for the home page of the NOAA Ocean Service.
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NOAA Ocean Explorer
- Explore the ocean realm without getting
your feet wet. Follow ocean explorations in near real-time,
learn about ocean exploration technologies, observe
remote marine flora and fauna, review NOAA's 200-year
history of ocean exploration and discover additional
exploration resources.
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NOAA's National
Marine Sanctuaries — These are 13 marine sanctuaries
operated by NOAA around the United States. Come see what's inside
each sanctuary! |
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Volunteering for the
Coast — is a Web site for people with a passion
for lakes, rivers, and the ocean, who want to volunteer or
coordinate volunteer efforts. By volunteering for the coast,
we can all have a hand at making our shores a better place
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Argo — is
a global array of 3,000 free-drifting profiling floats that
will measure the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000
meters of the ocean. This will allow continuous monitoring of
the climate state of the ocean, with all data being relayed
and made publicly available within hours after collection.
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Come
visit Aquarius —
the world's only underwater laboratory operational in our
world's oceans. Located adjacent to the coral reef in the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Aquarius is owned
and funded by NOAA and is operated by the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington.
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The
NOAA Diving Program, or NDP, is headquartered at
the NOAA Diving Center in Seattle, Washington. The NOAA Diving
Program trains and certifies scientists, engineers and technicians
to perform the variety of tasks carried out underwater to support
NOAA's mission. With more than 300 divers, NOAA has the largest
complement of divers of any civilian federal agency. In addition,
NOAA's reputation as a leader in diving and safety training
has led to frequent requests from other governmental agencies
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National
Oceanographic Data Center |
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Pacific
Marine Environmental Laboratory - carries
out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography
and atmospheric science. |
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The
Vents Program - Undersea Volcanoes |
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Atlantic
Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory -
conducts
a basic and applied research program in oceanography, tropical
meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic chemistry, and acoustics.
The program seeks to understand the physical characteristics
and processes of the ocean and the atmosphere, both separately
and as a coupled system. |
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National
Undersea Research Program - is a unique national
service which provides undersea scientists with tools and expertise
that they need to work in the undersea environment. NURP equips
scientists with submersibles, remotely operated or autonomous
underwater vehicles, mixed gas diving gear, underwater laboratories
and observatories. |
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National
Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program |
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Sea
Grant - encourages
the wise stewardship of our marine resources through research,
education, outreach and technology transfer. Sea Grant is a
partnership between the nation's universities and National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that began in 1966, when
the U.S. Congress passed the National Sea Grant College Program
Act. |
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Marine Prediction Center
- originates and issues marine warnings and forecasts, continually
monitors and analyzes maritime data, and provides guidance of
marine atmospheric variables for purposes of protection of life
and property, safety at sea, and enhancement of economic opportunity.
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NOAA Coastal Services Center
- it's mission is to foster and sustain the environmental
and economic well being of the nation's coast by linking people,
information, and technology. |
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National Geodetic Survey
- provides information needed for safe air transportation,
including position, height, and orientation information for
airport runways and taxiways. It conducts aerial photography
surveys near airports in the United States and its possessions
to position obstructions and aids to air travel. |
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National Estuarine Research
Reserve System - a network of protected areas established
to improve the health of the nation's estuaries and coastal
habitats by developing and providing information that promotes
informed resource management. |
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The Marine
Geology & Geophysics Division of NOAA's National
Geophysical Data Center and the collocated World Data Center
for Marine Geology & Geophysics, in Boulder, Colo., compiles
and maintains extensive bathymetric, marine sediment, and trackline
geophysical databases in both coastal and open ocean areas.
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NOAA Ocean
Modeling Branch - a division of NOAA's Environmental
Modeling Center - responsible for the development of improved
numerical weather, marine, and climate prediction modeling and
analysis systems within NOAA's National Centers for Environmental
Prediction and NOAA's National Weather Service. (Ocean Waves,
Ocean Winds, Open Ocean Fog, Coastal Ocean Fog, etc.) |
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National Centers for Coastal
Ocean Science - conducts and supports monitoring, research,
assessment and technical assistance for the range of NOAA's
coastal stewardship responsibilities. |
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NOAA CoastWatch
Great Lakes Program - NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental
Research Lab obtains, produces, and delivers environmental
data and products for near real-time monitoring of the Great
Lakes to support environmental science, decision making, and
supporting research. This is achieved by providing access
to near real-time and retrospective satellite observations.
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NOAA Office of Marine
and Aviation Operations operates a wide variety
of specialized ships and aircraft to provide hydrographic survey
data, oceanographic and atmospheric research information, and
fisheries research to support NOAA's mission. |
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NOAA Environmental Modeling
Center - develops, improves and monitors data assimilation
systems and models of the atmosphere, ocean and coupled system,
using advanced methods developed internally, as well as cooperatively,
with scientists from NOAA laboratories, universities, other
government agencies, and the international scientific community. |
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Marine Protected Areas — may
include national marine sanctuaries, fisheries management zones,
national seashores, national parks, national monuments, critical
habitats, national wildlife refuges, national estuarine research
reserves, state conservation areas, state reserves, and many
others. |
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