Category: NH

  NOAA WEB SITE LETS YOU EXPLORE UNDERSEA VENTS ON SUBMARINE RING OF FIREInteractive Site Combines Discovery, Science and Computer Animation Ocean science researchers and explorers have been on NOAA’s voyage of discovery to the deep-ocean hydrothermal vents of Magic Mountain – and now you can join them virtually with just a few clicks on […]

  NOAA RESPONDS TO OIL SPILL IN MISSISSIPPI RIVERFreighter Collides with Tanker Near New Orleans The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is dispatching a team of scientists from its Office of Response and Restoration to a fuel oil spill that occurred last night on the Mississippi River approximately eleven miles west […]

Brunswick, Zodiac Drop Suit A lawsuit filed by Zodiac and its affiliated companies against Brunswick Corporation will be dismissed, according to an agreement reached last week by the two companies. Last summer, Zodiac of North America Inc., Zodiac International and its AVON Inflatables Ltd. Subsidiary filed a lawsuit against Brunswick Corporation that alleged Brunswick’s Amanzi […]

NOAA REPORTS NORTHEASTERN U.S. COLDER-THAN-AVERAGE IN JANUARYREST OF COUNTRY CLOSER TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES States from the Carolinas to the Northeast and Midwest were colder than average in January, while temperatures were closer to normal in much of the rest of the country, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Climatic […]

NOAA SEEKS FEEDBACK FROM GOES SATELLITE DATA USERS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will hold a conference for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) data users May 10-13 in Broomfield, Colo. The meeting will provide users with the status of the future GOES-R satellite constellation instruments and operations. NOAA is an agency of the […]

NOAA FISHERIES PREPARES FOR BUYBACK BIDDINGThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) announced today the opening of bidding in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island crab buyback. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The bidding opens on March 5, 2004. […]

Restoration Continues at Grounding SiteRestoration activities continue at the Adaro grounding site in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The Adaro, a 68-ft sport fishing vessel, went hard aground at Grecian Rocks reef in August 2003, creating twin trenches across the reef crest. The restoration work consists primarily of backfilling the trenches with a combination […]

PARTNERSHIPS THEME OF NATIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WORKSHOP Severe weather experts, including Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore and forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service will discuss tornadoes, flash floods, lightning and responses to hazardous weather during the fourth annual National Severe Weather Workshop to be held March 4-6, 2004, at […]

Topsail Inlet Surveyed: 3 February 2004 2/5/04 Original Horizontal Coordinates: NAD 83, North Carolina – 3200, U.S. Survey Feet Translated Horizontal Coordinates: NAD 83 Geographic Text File and Center Line “See Below” Get Yours HERE Name Input Output “tide_gage” 221196.62000 N 34 21.0116973 N 2406131.34000 E 77 39.2686102 W Convergence 00 46 35.74541 Scale Factor […]

NOAA HONORED WITH WORKPLACE EXCELLENCE SEAL OF APPROVAL The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been recognized by the Maryland Work-Life Alliance with its Workplace Excellence Seal of Approval. The award is given to members of the Maryland business community “dedicated to establishing a workplace culture that allows today’s workforce to achieve […]