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NOAA Presence at NASA Dryden Global Hawk Event >> read more

NOAA's Science On a Sphere^® Increases Museum Admissions >> read more

NOAA Research Tests On-Demand High Performance Computing and High-Resolution Hurricane Models During 2008 Season >> read more

OAR/NWS Letter of Agreement Signed >> read more

ESRL Forecast Technology Goes Live in Australia >> read more

Science On a Sphere^® Touring in France >> read more

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Science On a Sphere® (SOS) — Science On a Sphere® is a revolutionary system for communicating NOAA's science to the public, fostering science education, and aiding scientific visualization. The system presents a three-dimensional representation of the Earth's global features as if they were viewed from space.