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The Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) added another station as part of the Integrated Coral Observing Network at lat/long 19.70°, -80.06°. The station was put in place by the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) in parternship with NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. The station collects such data as wind speed, wind direction, air [...]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is working on a high-tech ocean exploration vessel known as the Okeanos Explorer that will map the ocean floor in high resolution and instantly send its data and discoveries back to shore via high-speed satellite broadband. The new vessel that will officially launch in mid-2010 will be equipped [...]
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Scientists are conducting a detailed seafloor mapping exercise to map essential crab habitat in the Pribilof Islands off Alaska. The pilot project uses multi-beam sonar to survey the structure and texture of the seafloor, with the aim to discover and record crushed shell deposits or “shell hash” that is important for young crab development. The [...]
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The University of Maryland will lead a new $93 Million climate research partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) along with 17 other institutions. The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) will receive funding over the next five years as part of NOAA’s vision for a National Climate Service. The new institute [...]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is testing the use of an Aerosonde Mark 3 drone aircraft to fly into the heart of hurricanes for more accurate storm predictions. Last summer this drone was used to fly into Hurricane Noel, and were able to fly lower and stay longer within the storm than any previous [...]
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The Vortex2 experiment is the largest field study in history to observe and record the formation of tornadoes. The study will deploy a fleet of 40 vehicles with communications and sensor technology to create an observational network around a tornadic supercell thunderstorm. The mobile sensor network will travel the southern and central Plains from May [...]
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Jane Lubchenco, the newly confirmed head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has indicated that one of her first initiatives, will be to establish a National Climate Service, loosely modeled on the National Weather Service. “NOAA has a key role to play in providing the fundamental knowledge about the climate system, providing data as [...]
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The federal government invested $1 billion from 2003 to 2008 to modernize the nation’s floodplain maps, with even more money coming from state and local government. After the effort was underway, concerns about accuracy caused a mid-course adjustment to standardize and validate the accuracy of these maps. While progress has been made for better accuracy [...]
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The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, that was passed by the Senate last week and is now under House review, contains two provisions for mapping that would bring billions to the mapping community through 2018. I reported on sections of this Act last week, and am now taking a closer look. While many [...]
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NASA now has two of Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk high-altitude, long-distance robotic aircraft at its disposal to use as environmental science research platforms. The aircraft are part of a Space Act Agreement that it signed with Northrop Grumman in May of 2008. The first fully outfitted aircraft made its debut yesterday at NASA’s Dryden Flight [...]
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