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Mission
The
mission
of the
National Hurricane/Tropical Prediction Center Library is
to aquire, manage and ensure the delivery of scientific and
technical
information in the field of atmospheric studies to its users. The
library users include all NOAA divisions,
government agencies, academia, industry and the general
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Organization
The National
Hurricane / Tropical Prediction Center Library is a branch of
NOAA Miami Regional Library which is located in the Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory on Key
Biscayne. The Regional Library is an offical branch
of the NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring, Maryland
belonging to the National Oceanographic Data Center, Library
and Information Services.
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are 30 NOAA libraries across the country that make up the NOAA library
network. The combined
cataloges of this collection contains over one million
volumes of technical information, much of it produced by the
NOAA agencies.
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Collection
The 960 SF library features
moveable shelving accommodating approximately 8,650 cataloged items,
roughly 8000 scientific journal issues and vertical files containing
hundreds of hurricane
related items including newspaper clippings, reports, maps and
photographs. The in-house collection also includes CD ROMS
and microfilm formats. A major feature of the library is the online
catalog which provides access to the combined collections of NOAA's 30
libraries. The e-collection of resources has
about 275 e-journals and several hundred databases most offering
full-text materials to currentand archival data. Two popular
resources, held electronically and in print, are the Monthly
Weather
Review -Atlantic
Annual Hurricane Summaries and the Daily
Synoptic Weather Map Series from 1871 to 2002. |
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Facility
Located
on the Florida International University Park campus, the NHC/TPC
facility houses the National Hurricane Center
Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) and the
Miami Weather Forecast Office (WFO). All are components of NOAA's
National Weather Service.
The building is designed to withstand severe weather
conditions to protect operations occurring before, during and after a
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M to 5:00 PM
or appointment.
