Browsing Tag NOAA
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History of Earth Day
In the spirit of Earth Day yesterday, here’s a look back at how it all started… On June 22, 1969, the Cuyahoga River on the southern shores of ...
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High Frequency Radar Data Enhances Navigation
Commercial shippers and recreational boaters alike will want to check out NOAA’s web page on High Frequency (HF) Radar Surface Currents, which provides surface current observations and tidal ...
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New Tool Launched to Fight Aggressive Invasive Lionfish
The Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) and NOAA have partnered to launch a new web portal to provide managers, researchers, and the public with the latest information ...
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NOAA & British Geological Survey Update World Magnetic Model
NOAA officials recently announced the World Magnetic Model (WMM), a representation of Earth’s large-scale magnetic field and an indispensable complement to GPS devices used by NATO, the United States ...
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Caribbean Weather Reporting Buoy Adrift
The NOAA Weather Reporting Buoy (no. 42059), based in the Eastern Caribbean Sea 180 NM SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico is now adrift. This weather reporting buoy is still ...
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Our Oceans: Why we should care?
Who doesn’t love a good info graphic these days, click on it to enlarge… ...
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Students to Build Sailboat, Track its Voyage in Pacific Ocean
An exercise in boatbuilding is giving a group of Coos Bay, Oregon seventh-graders a lesson in engineering, design, oceanography and more. Sunset Middle School received a 5-foot, unmanned ...
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Chesapeake Bay Smart Buoys Provide Great Info
We sailed by one of these on Wednesday and I wondered what it was. Turns out… The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) ...
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Get Your 2015 Copy of NOAA’s Tide Tables
NOAA 2015 tide tables are now available. NOAA tide tables have been in production for more than 100 years and are used by both commercial and recreational mariners ...
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