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As reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in their annual report on climate, the past decade is the warmest on record. “More than 300 scientists from 160 research groups in 48 countries contributed to the report, which confirms that the past decade was the warmest on record and that the Earth has [...]
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A new federal map platform went online today at www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse, to provide a clearinghouse of real-time information about the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill. The site is hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and incorporates data from Homeland Security, the Coast Guard, the Fish and Wildlife Service, EPA, NASA, US Geological Survey [...]
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The next generation of GPS satellites just began existence late Thursday night with the launch of the new GPS 2F-1, a solar-powered satellite designed for a 12-year mission. This new satellite has twice the signal accuracy of previous navigation satellites, and the new constellation will also contain a next-generation international search and rescue system called [...]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has signed a nine-year $317 million contract with Computer Sciences Corp. to build a supercomputer to model weather patterns. This supercomputer investment contract also includes an effort to integrate some existing systems, and to speed the timeliness of forecast models to existing conditions. Read more about this plan via [...]
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This week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration held a Federal Geospatial Summit in Maryland to discuss the proposed improvements to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). The meeting discussed how the replacement of the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) will positively impact measurement and [...]
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Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), expressed an interest in creating a National Climate Service when she took office nearly a year ago, and this week that plan moved closer to reality with the formal outline of the Climate Service and the launch of a new Climate.gov website.The site [...]
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In the president’s 2011 budget there’s a good deal of commitment to earth observation and climate change monitoring and modeling. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been allocated $2 billion ( 58 percent more than this year’s budget) for a decade-long project to launch earth observation satellites that focus on collecting climate measures. At [...]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric association has proposed a cap-and-trade type scheme for the better management of national fisheries. Under the catch share proposal, a catch share mechanism would be put in place that places hard limits on the number of fish that can be caught and fishermen are able to buy and sell shares. [...]
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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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