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 NEW
ADVANCED HURRICANE MODEL AIDS NOAA FORECASTERS
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction
and its National Hurricane Center forecasters will now use the Hurricane
Weather and Research Forecast Model to predict the track and strength
of storms this hurricane season. Developed by scientists at the
NOAA Environmental Modeling Center, HWRF is a new cutting-edge computer
model that will serve as the operational backbone for current and
future hurricane track and intensity forecasts by meteorologists
at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. “It is vital that
we understand all the factors of hurricane forecasting throughout
the life of a storm and HWRF will provide an unprecedented level
of detail. Over the next several years, this model promises to improve
forecasts for tropical cyclone intensity, wave and storm surge,
and hurricane-related inland flooding,” said Mary Glackin,
acting director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. “It
will be one of the most dynamic tools available for our forecasters.”
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NEW
NOAA RESEARCH VESSEL EXCEEDS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AS QUIET
VESSEL
— The newly constructed NOAA fishery survey
vessel Henry B. Bigelow has exceeded international standards
as an acoustically quiet vessel, according to a report released
by the U.S. Navy. NOAA received the results from a battery
of underwater acoustic tests done by the Navy on the ship
at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center on Andros
Island in the Bahamas.
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SATELLITES READY FOR ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON
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With an active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2007,
NOAA’s high-powered satellites are ready to send forecasters
a steady stream of crisp, detailed images, and other important
data, of any storm that develops in the Western Hemisphere.The
NOAA Satellite and Information Service operates a fleet of spacecraft
that monitor the weather, including conditions that trigger
hurricanes and the tornadoes and floods that accompany them.
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Special Agents and Enforcement Officers Undaunted by Mission |
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NOAA
SCIENTISTS TO SEARCH TROPICAL SKIES FOR ANSWERS ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
OZONE LOSS — Scientists
from NOAA’s Earth System Research Lab will be among 400
researchers in Costa Rica this summer to probe one of the most
complex and least observed regions of Earth’s atmosphere
during the rainy season. Based in San Jose, Costa Rica, the
NASA-led field study will shed light on key processes related
to climate change, the stratospheric ozone layer, and global
chemistry. The study runs from July 2 through August 15. |
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