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Glider in the Gulf Stream Gathers Vital Data Days Before Early Storm

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Glider in the Gulf Stream Gathers Vital Data Days Before Early Storm An autonomous underwater glider in the Gulf Stream has gathered information ahead of early-season Tropical Storm Arthur, passing within 75 kilometers of the eye of the storm. This routine operation provided observations of the relatively cool upper ocean waters (less than the 26°C typically […]

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Global Drifter Program Operations During COVID-19

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Global Drifter Program Operations During COVID-19 New Ocean Today Video Released! Deployments for NOAA’s Global Drifter Program (GDP) continue to be conducted by partners around the world despite the pandemic. Recent deployments were conducted starting on May 12th in the North Atlantic from the Icelandic Fisheries R/V Bjarni Saemundsson, and in the subtropical North Pacific

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NOAA Research Reorganization Highlights Importance of Ocean Observing

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NOAA Research Reorganization Highlights Importance of Ocean Observing OOMD becomes GOMO On April 2, 2020, NOAA Research officially announced the reorganization of NOAA labs and programs to better reflect their missions and contributions. Included in the reorganization is the promotion of the former Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division (OOMD) under the Climate Program Office (CPO) to the

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Dr. Sid Thurston to Help Coordinate WMO Ocean Observations

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Dr. Sid Thurston to Help Coordinate WMO Ocean Observations GOMO Program Manager, Dr. Sid Thurston was selected as Vice-Chair for Oceans of the newly established World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Infrastructure Commission (INFCOM) Standing Committee on Earth Observing Systems and Monitoring Networks (SC-ON). This WMO Standing Committee will focus on the normative work and technical systems required to

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Drifters Deployed for 8 Schools Across Country

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Drifters Deployed for 8 Schools Across Country The Adopt a Drifter Program recently deployed drifters for eight schools around the country. These drifters were deployed off the R/V Ron Brown on its way to Cape Town, South Africa. The Adopt a Drifter Program allows schools to “adopt” drifting buoys by having the students sign NOAA stickers that are

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Hurricane Lorenzo Passes Directly Over PIRATA Mooring

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Hurricane Lorenzo Passes Directly Over PIRATA Mooring On Thursday, September 26, 2019, Hurricane Lorenzo tracked directly over the PIRATA T-Flex mooring at 15°N, 38°W. Despite the direct hit, the mooring remains in position and continues to transmit high-quality, high-resolution data in real-time. Refer to the image which shows the approximate location of the PIRATA mooring

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USCG Healy Returns from Distributed Biological Observatory Arctic Cruise

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USCG Healy Returns from Distributed Biological Observatory Arctic Cruise On Friday, August 23, the USCGC Healy returned to Nome, AK after 22 days-at-sea performing 24 hour science operations in support of the DBO/NCIS project. Read more about the Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) here.  Before departing, Arctic Research Program PI, Jackie Grebmeier, delivered a public talk on the DBO

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Hurricane Gliders Launched in the Gulf Stream

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Drifting Buoys Help Scientists Study Waves in the Gulf Stream

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Drifting Buoys Help Scientists Study Waves in the Gulf Stream On Saturday, December 14, 2019, two drifting buoys were deployed off OceanX’s Alucia ship in Miami to follow the Gulf Stream and track important ocean health and maritime safety conditions. Three more drifters are set to be deployed off the 184 foot research vessel over the next

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