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

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.

NOAA ships in commission display the NOAA flag ; those with only one mast fly it immediately beneath the ship's commissioning pennant or the personal flag of a civilian official or flag officer if one is aboard the ship, while multimasted vessels fly it at the masthead of the forwardmost mast.

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.

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.

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 FAQ " What is ENSO?

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

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.

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 ).

This scale, known as the Soloviev-Imamura tsunami intensity scale, is used in the global tsunami catalogues compiled by the NGDC / NOAA and the Novosibirsk Tsunami Laboratory as the main parameter for the size of the tsunami.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ), pronounced, like " Noah ", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere.

NOAA is also the steward of U. S. coastal and marine environments.

NOAA is intended to be a source of accurate and objective scientific information in the four particular areas of national and global importance identified above: ecosystems, climate, weather and water, and commerce and transportation.

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.

NOAA data is also relevant to the issues of global warming and ozone depletion.

NOAA's research, conducted through the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ( OAR ), is the driving force behind NOAA environmental products and services that protect life and property and promote economic growth.

NOAA is the lead federal agency for the National Integrated Drought Information System ( NIDIS ).

It is used at higher bitrates for Weathercopy used on Weatheradio by NOAA in the U. S.

Data is received via the NOAA Command and Data Acquisition ground station at Wallops Island, Virginia The GOES satellites are controlled from the Satellite Operations Control Center ( SOCC ) located in Suitland, Maryland.

The procurement, design and manufacturing of GOES is overseen by NASA, while all operations of the satellites once in orbit are done by NOAA.

Although NOAA currently sends images to South America, the frequency drops from 30-minutes to 3 hours whenever a storm occurs in North America, which is roughly 40 % of the time during the hurricane season.

It is used by NWS for its NOAA Weather Radio transmission signal.

The standard NOAA rain gauge, developed around the start of the 20th century, consists of a funnel emptying into a graduated cylinder, 2 cm in diameter, that fits inside a larger container which is 20 cm in diameter and 50 cm tall.

* Peirce, C. S. ( 1876 ), " Note on the Theory of the Economy of Research ", Appendix No. 14 in Coast Survey Report, pp. 197 – 201, NOAA PDF Eprint.

NOAA map of the 3, 856 oil and gas platforms extant off the Gulf Coast in 2006.

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.

* 150 Years of Tides on the Western Coast: The Longest Series of Tidal Observations in the Americas NOAA ( 2004 ).

With its ties to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, NOAA celebrated 200 years of service in 2007.

Originally known as the Navy / NOAA Joint Ice Center, which was established on December 15, 1976 in a memorandum of agreement between the U. S. Navy and NOAA, the National Ice Center was formed in 1995 when the U. S. Coast Guard became a partner.

Off the USC & GSS Pathfinder ( 1899-1941 ) | Pathfinder ", Philippines, 1926 from the Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey ( C & GS ) Collection, NOAA Photo Library.

See NOAA Field Procedures Manual, Office of Coast Survey website ( http :// www. nauticalcharts. noaa. gov / hsd / fpm / fpm. htm ).

Those were identified in the NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities ( NHSP )-East Coast alone as being classified as critical.

The NOAA Office of Coast Survey, Hydrographic Surveys Division estimates it has awarded approximately $ 250 million in contracts for hydrographic surveying and related support since 1994.

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.

* NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Survey Data

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.