Thursday, December 30th, 2010
As the new year approaches, NOAA ships and independent contractors are preparing for the nation’s 177th hydrographic surveying season, aiming to collect critically needed ocean and coastal mapping data for 2,525 square nautical miles in high-traffic coastal waters of the continental United States and Alaska. The 2011 surveys will acquire data to update the country’s
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US government has developed specialist software that will help keep GPS surveying equipment up-to-date with the shifting of tectonic plates in continental North America. The agency’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has developed horizontal time-dependent positioning (HTDP) software, which allows for the estimation of horizontal velocities on
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Storm surge is the deadliest hazard associated with hurricanes. Yet, for most people, it is an unfamiliar term. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami wants to change that, and it has created a new website to help. The new site, a one-stop shop for storm surge data, was designed to arm people with potentially life-saving
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
The NOAA Coastal Services Center has recently updated its lidar holdings. The following data sets have been added to Digital Coast and are freely available for custom provisioning and download. Read More
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
To better connect educators and students who are interested in NOAA’s education and science resources, NOAA has just completed a major update of the agency’s primary education resource portal, http://www.education.noaa.gov. This website serves as a portal to lesson plans, educational multi-media, data sources, career profiles, and other education content from across the agency.
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in 2011, NOAA has assembled a special historical collection of maps, charts, and documents prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey during the war years. The collection, “Charting a More Perfect Union,” contains over 400 documents, available free from NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey website. Read
Friday, October 1st, 2010
For the first time, scientists are using advanced technology and an innovative vessel to study, image, and map the unexplored offshore Northern San Andreas Fault from north of San Francisco to its termination at the junction of three tectonic plates off Mendocino, Calif. The expedition team is using high-resolution sonar mapping, subsurface seismic data and
Friday, August 20th, 2010
NOAA Fisheries scientist Kenneth Sherman is one of two 2010 recipients of the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development, considered the environmental equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Sherman, recognized for his work on large marine ecosystems, will share the award with Costa Rican activist Randall Arauz in a ceremony in Göteborg, Sweden on November 17. Read
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Lidar data in Cumberland County and the coastal portion of Salem Countywere added to the Digital Coast. The data is from a joint USGS/NewJersey Dept of Environmental Protection effort. The lidar data is publicand can be downloaded directly from the Digital Coast Data Access Veiwer. Read More
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
As Arctic ice recedes, countries are looking forward to faster, safer and more efficient sea routes across the top of the world. Responding to a request from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Maritime Pilots and the commercial shipping industry, NOAA sent one of its premier surveying vessels, NOAA Ship Fairweather, to detect navigational
