In its system, the NOAA fleet is divided into two broad categories, research ships and survey ships.

They are a commissioned officer corps of men and women who operate NOAA ships and aircraft, and serve in scientific and administrative posts.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration flag, flown as a distinguishing mark by all commissioned NOAA ships.

NOAA ships fly the same ensign as United States Navy ships but fly the NOAA flag as a distinguishing mark to differentiate themselves from Navy ships.

Officers operate ships, fly aircraft, manage research projects, conduct diving operations, and serve in staff positions throughout NOAA.

The flag of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, flown by all commissioned NOAA ships as a " distinguishing mark.

Although they continued to fly the same ensign as U. S. Navy ships, ships of the Survey flew the Coast and Geodetic Survey flag as a " distinguishing mark " until the newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) took over control of the Surveys ships in 1970.

Since then, commissioned ships of NOAA, which also fly the same national ensign as U. S. Navy ships, have flown the flag of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a distinguishing mark.

CICOR also provides NOAA investigators with access to WHOI facilities, including 4 ships and 2 submersibles, and the Northeast National Ion Microprobe Facility.

NOAA Corps officers are appointed via direct commission and receive the same pay as other members of the uniformed services.

) also use their color LED billboard networks to display weather warnings to drivers, while state-owned freeway notification boards, which utilize the EAS / NOAA infrastructure for Amber Alert warnings, also display weather warnings.

* Science On a Sphere, a dynamic, animated globe display system invented by NOAA

The museum has both permanent and rotating exhibits, including robots, science puzzles, a NOAA weather station, a timeline of atomic discoveries, a large Van de Graaff generator, a display devoted to nuclear weapons and the Y-12 Plant, and a solar energy demonstration project.

The NOAA flag is a modification of the flag of one of its predecessor organizations, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

When NOAA was established in 1970 and the Coast and Geodetic Survey's assets became a part of NOAA, NOAA based its own flag on that of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

The NOAA flag is in essence the Coast and Geodetic Survey flag, with the NOAA logo — a circle divided by the silhouette of a seabird into an upper dark blue and a lower light blue section, but with the " NOAA " legend omitted — centered within the red triangle.

The flag, which remained in use until the Survey became a part of NOAA in 1970, was blue, with a central white circle and a red triangle centered within the circle.

The NOAA service flag, in use today, was adapted from the Coast and Geodetic Survey flag by adding the NOAA emblem — a circle divided into two parts by the white silhouette of a flying seabird, with the roughly triangular portion above the bird being dark blue and the portion below it a lighter blue — to the center of the old Survey flag.

NOAA conducted a new populations study in 2010-2011 ; those data will be available by 2012.

The letter is followed by a three-digit number ; the first digit indicates the NOAA " class " ( i. e., size ) of the vessel, which NOAA assigns based on the ship's gross tonnage and horsepower, while the next two digits combine with the first digit to create a unique three-digit identifying number for the ship.

Once an older NOAA ship leaves service, a newer one can be given the same hull number ; for example, " S 222 " was assigned to NOAAS Mount Mitchell ( S 222 ), then assigned to NOAAS Thomas Jefferson ( S 222 ), which entered NOAA service after Mount Mitchell was stricken.

* " Weather You Can Always Turn To " ( March 1991 – March 1996 ; U. K. March 1996 – April 1998 ; also used currently in NOAA Weather Network )

Weekly and monthly tests sometimes have a 12 hour or greater purge time to assure users have an ample opportunity to verify reception of the test event messages ; however ; 15 minutes is more common, especially on NOAA Weather Radio's tests.

Personal two-way radios are also sometimes combined with other electronic devices ; Garmin's Rino series combine a GPS receiver in the same package as an FRS / GMRS walkie-talkie ( allowing Rino users to transmit digital location data to each other ) Some personal radios also include receivers for AM and FM broadcast radio and, where applicable, NOAA Weather Radio and similar systems broadcasting on the same frequencies.

In addition to the Catch Documentation System mentioned above, USA regulations do not allow toothfish imports without valid Dissostichus Catch Documents ; and dealer permit and pre-approval certificates issued in advance by NOAA.

Two federal agencies have supported various weather modification research projects, which began in the early 1960s: The United States Bureau of Reclamation ( Reclamation ; Department of the Interior ) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ; Department of Commerce ).

NCDC archives 99 percent of all NOAA data, including over 320 million paper records ; 2. 5 million microfiche records ; over 1. 2 petabytes of digital data residing in a mass storage environment.

The earth / ground station on Svalbard is a key site for collecting remote sensing data from polar orbiting satellites, such as those from NOAA, due to its close proximity to the north pole ( many of these satellites are polar orbiters ; i. e. follow an orbit which almost crosses over the pole ).

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The NODC also manages the NOAA Library and Information Network, which includes the NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring, MD ; regional libraries in Miami, FL and Seattle, WA ; and field libraries or information centers at about 30 NOAA sites throughout the United States.

The NOAA Office of Coast Survey, Coast Survey Partners web page offers a useful list and summary of major player activities, government and private, with links to those partner web sites.

Officers of the Corps wear uniforms similar to those of the United States Navy with special PHSCC insignia, and the Corps uses the same commissioned officer ranks as the United States Navy, Coast Guard and NOAA Corps from ensign to admiral, uniformed services pay grades O-1 through O-10 respectively.

The Hurricane Hunters of the Air Force Reserve are distinct from those of the Department of Commerce's NOAA Hurricane Hunters, based at MacDill AFB, Florida, which uses Lockheed WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream IV-SP aircraft for weather reconnaissance and data collection missions.

A normal season, as defined by NOAA, has 6 – 14 named storms, with 4 – 8 of those reaching hurricane strength, and 1 – 3 major hurricanes.

Graphic of Memphis Derecho ( courtesy of NOAA ) It took two weeks to restore power to many of those who had lost it in the storm.

CIMAS serves as a mechanism to bring together the research resources of the Partner Universities ( including UM / RSMAS ) with those of NOAA in order to develop a Center of Excellence that is relevant to understanding the Earth ’ s oceans and atmosphere within the context of NOAA ’ s mission.

Generally, each NOAA hull number is written with a space between the letter and the three-digit number, as in, for example, NOAAS Nancy Foster ( R 352 ) or NOAAS Thomas Jefferson ( S 222 ).

WSIA organized the first parasail operators symposium in January 2011, numerous parasail operators attended, along with various members of the US Coast Guard, FAA and NOAA.

This suggestion was further supported when a marine archaeology expedition funded by NOAA in November 2008 confirmed that the wreck comprises artifacts of which the style and date of manufacture support the association of this wreck with that of the Trouvadore.

In coordination with federal, state, local, tribal, and international authorities, NOAA manages the use of these environments, regulating fisheries and marine sanctuaries as well as protecting threatened and endangered marine species.

Recognizing that it is essential that we understand the challenges that we face as part of the Earth system in order to create appropriate solutions, NOAA conducts an end-to-end sequence of activities, beginning with scientific discovery and resulting in a number of critical environmental services and products.

The NOAA Research network consists of 7 internal research laboratories, extramural research at 30 Sea Grant university and research programs, six undersea research centers, a research grants program through the Climate Program Office, and 13 cooperative institutes with academia.

Sirens are sometimes used as part of an integrated warning system that links sirens with other warning media such as the radio and TV Emergency Alert System, NOAA Weather Radio, telephone alerting systems, Reverse 911, Cable Override and wireless alerting systems in the United States and the Emergency Public Warning System in the Canadian province of Alberta.

The transfer of NOAA into the Department of the Interior has also received commentary, with its climate and terrestrial operations and fisheries and endangered species programs expected to integrate well with agencies already in the Interior Department, such as the United States Geological Survey and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Service governs two National Monuments, Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington state and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a huge maritime area northwest of Hawaii ( jointly with NOAA ).

Funding for a replacement for ACE is in the 2012 budget request for NOAA with a planned launch in 2015.

He was involved with many ambitious scientific projects of the 20th century including the Plowshares project, the NASA Apollo moon missions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) hurricane research and oil spill cleanup research, the National Center for Atmospheric Research ( NCAR ) weather modification research, and the US Department of Energy Superconducting Super Collider ( SSC ) project.

In United States statutory authority for hydrographic surveys of territorial waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ ) lies with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ).

* On May 20, 2010, NOAA All-Hazards and CSEPP tone alert radios in the Hermiston, Oregon area, near the Umatilla Chemical Depot, were activated with an EAS alert shortly after 5 pm.