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WINDandSEA Index | Previous page | Next page | Current Topics | Teachers and Students Corner | NOAA Photosites | Government AgenciesAgencies with Environmental InformationCanada - Environment Canada - the Canadian weather service, environmental protection agency, and environmental research organizationhttp://www.ec.gc.ca/ Canada - Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, the oceanic agency of the Canadian government
National Archives and Records Administration
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - descendant
of the Defense Mapping Agency/National Imagery and Mapping Agency - develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for
U. S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation
National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commere
National Science Foundation - supports
environmental research through many programs
National Sea Grant - a
partnership between the nation's universities and NOAA - links to information
about Sea Grant programs, history of Sea Grant, publications, the National Sea Grant Library, etc.
Office of Naval Research
Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex and research organization
United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Coast Guard - a military branch of the United States involved in maritime
law, mariner assistance, and search and rescue
United States Environmental Protection
Agency
United States Federal Emergency Management Agency - flood data, flood
plain maps, etc. as well as many joint publications and programs with NOAA
United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
U. S. Department of the Interior
United States Geological
Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior - many ocean, coastal, and mapping programs
United States Geological Survey Biological
Resources
United States Geological
Survey Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies (St. Petersburg, Florida) -
mapping, current, estuary studies, some deepsea
United States Geological Survey Science Center for Coastal and Marine Geology (Woods Hole,
Massachusetts) - mapping, current, estuary studies, some deepsea,
climate studies, etc.
United States Geological
Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) - satellite
images of the Earth and aerial photos of the U.S.
United States Geological Survey
Western Coastal and Marine Geology Program (Menlo Park, California) - mapping, current,
estuary studies, some deepsea
Links to Federal and State Government Agencies and InformationE-gov - improved Internet-based technology for better access to
government information. Also search the site to link to NOAA and other government sites (U.S. Office of Management and Budget).
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Federal
Register - the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and
organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents
Federal statistics
from many federal agencies
FedLaw - Federal laws and regulations
on line - searchable database of U.S. Code and related material
FedWorld - a program of the U.S.
Department of Commerce for locating government information (site maintained by National Technical Information Service)
Google U.S. Government Search - search all .gov
and .mil sites
GPO Access - a service of the U. S. Government
Printing Office that provides access to information products produced by the Federal Government. Link to Catalog
of U.S. Government Publications, U.S. Government Online Bookstore, Federal Depository Library Program,
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government, etc.
National Technical Information Service - the nation's largest central
source for government-sponsored scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information.
NTIS has more than 3 million titles in its collection.
The U. S. House of Representatives
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
- Hiring, firing, retiring...
USA.gov - The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
Great LakesGreat Lakes Environmental Research
Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Great Lakes Environmental Research
Laboratory Library
Great Lakes Information Network - maintained by the Great Lakes Commission
Great Lakes National Program Office of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway
System - information on the maritime route from the Great Lakes
to the Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes Science Center of
the U. S. Geological Survey
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between
the United States and Canada
Maritime History of the Great Lakes from the Halton Hills
Public Library in Ontario
Our Great Lakes
from Environment Canada
History of Oceanic and Atmospheric ScienceNOAA
Historical Image Collections - thousands of photographs and images
of operations of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, National Weather Service,
and National Marine Fisheries Service/NOAA Fisheries
NOAA History Page
- writings and collections from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, National Marine
Fisheries Service/NOAA Fisheries, and National Weather Service. Includes institutional
histories and also pertinent writings concerning the atmospheric and oceanic
sciences from such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin and Louis Agassiz.
This site has diaries, biographical sketches, speeches, autobiographies,
and personal accounts of individuals associated with the above bureaus
as well as links to historical image collections.
Biographical InformationAbbe, Cleveland - a highly respected civilian meteorologist who worked for the Signal Service, and later the Weather Bureau. Essentially, he was considered the expert on forecasting.http://www.history.noaa.gov/giants/abbe.html Agassiz, Louis
- picture and biographical note from the University of California Museum
of Paleontology
Audubon, John James
- biography of the naturalist and painter from the National Audubon Society
Bigelow, Henry Bryant - biography of a founder of oceanography
Carson, Rachel
- picture and biographical sketch of the great ecologist
Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man from the Franklin Institute
Henry, Joseph - first
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a major
personality in the development and evolution of American science.
This is a comprehensive site that includes a special section on Joseph
Henry's contribution to the formation of a national weather service.
Hooke, Robert
- English biologist, early microscopist, physicist, inventor, and experimental
scientist
Hopper,
Grace Murray - the great U. S. Navy computer scientist
Kane, Elisha Kent
- nineteenth century American naval officer and explorer who captured
the imagination of the American public with his quest for the Open Polar
Sea. A Master's Thesis from the University of Texas at Austin.
MacTutor
History of Mathematics Archive - biographies, topics, chronologies,
bibliography. Biographies of hundreds of mathematicians including
Benjamin Peirce, Charles Peirce, William Ferrel, Gauss, and Bessel. The
"Mac" is the genuine article as this site has been developed by the
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St. Andrews,
Scotland.
Peirce, Charles Sanders - arguably the most important of all
American philosophers. He had and continues to have a profound influence
on the Philosophy of Science. The Peirce Edition Project, Arisbe,
and the Peirce Organization sites all have different thrusts concerning
his life and influence on American science.
Seattle - Chief
Seattle of the Northwest coast - many famous environmental quotes
Women in science - 4000 Years of Women in Science from the
University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia
Women mathematicians
- biographies from Agnes Scott College
Women of Science
at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole - highlights early women
marine biologists
General Historical InformationAmerican Historical Association is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical researchhttp://www.historians.org/ American Memory website at the Library
of Congress - photos, biographies, and more. Civil War photos of
Dorr-Donn tripod at Chattanooga, topographers at Yorktown, George Wise, Amos Kendall, Levi Woodbury, etc.
Archives II - researcher information for those wishing to access records at
Archives II, the National
Archives and Records Administration facility at College Park, Maryland
Astronautics
History from NASA - includes history of development of meteorological and oceanographic
satellites and also provides insight into the evolution of environmental science from space
Astronomy, History of -
a site from the University of Bonn containing many links to history of astronomy and history of science
Beyond Discovery - The
Path from Research to Human Benefit from the National
Academy of Sciences - includes case histories of such things as the global
positioning system, ozone depletion studies, and biological breakthroughs
The Center for History of
Physics from American Institute of Physics
Explorers - series on Antarctic
explorers from Antarctic Philately
Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of The Library of Congress
Sea History: Maritime History on the Internet from National
Maritime Historical Society
World Wide Web - The
Birthplace of the Web from the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (V. 19, No. 16/Friday, August 16, 1996 of Fermi News)
History of Fisheries and Fisheries ScienceBaird's Legacy: The History
and Accomplishments of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, 1871-1996
NOAA Fisheries Historical Information -
also includes many photos and a timeline of the National Marine Fisheries Service from 1870 on
West Coast Salmon History
a Canadian Fishing Company history site
History of Mapping, Charting, and SurveyingAstronomy - Many aspects of surveying are dependent upon astronomic observations. History of Astronomy - a site from the University of Bonn containing many links to history of astronomy and history of sciencehttp://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html Channel Islands cultural and natural history from the - Santa
Cruz Island Foundation - an organization devoted to preserving the
heritage and environment of the Channel Islands with particular emphasis
on Santa Cruz Island
Charting History from the Federal Aviation
Administration's National Aeronautical Charting Office
Coast and Geodetic Survey
- Bibliography of the Appendices to the Reports of the Superintendent from
1844 to 1910
Coast and Geodetic Survey Historical Photo Collection - more than 3,000 images
covering most aspects of C&GS work
Discoverers
Web - a compendium of websites compiled by Andre Engels that chronicles
exploration through the ages - site includes biographies, journals, routes, etc.
Exploring
the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis
and Clark from the University of Virginia - images of maps, discussions of surveying and navigation
instruments, etc.
Historical
Map and Chart Collection of NOAA's Office of Coast Survey: more than 20,000 maps
and charts from the late 1700s to present day - collection includes some of
the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys,
geodetic surveys, city plans, and Civil War battle maps
Historical
maps from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin - historical maps
of the world and links to historical maps on other web sites
Hydrographic surveying history
Mississippi
River Commission - a short history from the Army Corps of Engineers
concerning the organization responsible for guiding the mapping, charting,
and improving the Mississippi River
New England - The
Cartographic Creation of New England from the University of Southern
Maine at Portland (primarily English and French maps) - includes 1605
Samuel de Champlain charts of Maine coast that possibly contain the
first recorded soundings on the east coast of North America
New York State historical maps
dating from the Sixteenth Century to the Nineteenth Century
The Northwest Coast - A
history of the exploration and settlement of the Northwest Coast including
excerpts from works describing Spanish expeditions, Captain Cook's touching
at Nootka Sound, and early fur trading expeditions
Northwest
of the West: The Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast from the University
of Washington
The Southwest United States - Maps
of the Pimeria: Early Cartography of the Southwest - a collection from the University of Arizona detailing
the mapping of the American Southwest from the 16th through 19th Centuries
The United States Coast Survey 1807-1867
- an on-line book that details the science, politics, and Civil War experience of the
first science agency in the United States
History of MeteorologyAir Force Weather History
Aircraft Operations Center history
Aristotle's
Meteorology - full text translation of Aristotle's view of meteorology
Arrhenius
on global warming - the classic 1896 paper by Nobel prize-winning Swedish
chemist Svante Arrhenius relating the rise in carbon dioxide from fossil
fuel burning in the atmosphere to increasing global temperatures
The Cooperative Weather Observer Program history
Hurricane Research Division history
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
- a brief history
International Commission on History of Meteorology -
established at the 2001 International Congress of History of Science
Military meteorology bibliography - works developed at the University of North Carolina
National Weather Service history
Storm Prediction Center - a brief history
Tornado Forecasting: 50 Years of Service to the American
People - from a joint page of Tinker Air Force Base and NOAA
Storm Prediction Center
United States Early Radio History by Thomas H. White - includes a special section about broadcasting weather
information
War History of the Australian Meteorological Service in the
Royal Australian Air Force April 1941 to July 1946
Weather vanes - a
brief history of weather vanes
History of OceanographyChallenger Expedition - Short history of the H.M.S. Challenger Expeditionhttp://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/OTHERS/CSMS/hmschall.html Coast and Geodetic Survey
- Bibliography of the Appendices to the Reports of the Superintendent from
1844 to 1910.
Cumulative Bibliography on
the History of Oceanography, 1987-2001
Historical
Map and Chart Collection of NOAA's Office of Coast Survey: over 20,000 maps
and charts from the late 1700s to present day. The collection includes some of
the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys,
geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War battle maps.
History of Ocean Exploration
from NOAA's Ocean Explorer
Leuckart -- Diagrams and
images of various invertebrates drawn by Rudolph Leuckart, famous zoologist
and parasitologist. These images were produced as Wandtafeln -- Wall
Charts between 1877 and 1892. Site produced by Woods Hole Marine
Biological Laboratory.
Longitude -- English
attack on the longitude problem.
Longitude -- Longitude
and the Academie Royale - history of attempts to discern longitude
to the 18th Century.
Oceanography - A history of Coast Guard oceanography associated
with the Coast Guard International Ice Patrol.
Tide predicting machines - discussion of Lord Kelvin's tide
prediction machine, William Ferrel's Coast Survey No. 1, the Fischer-Harris Coast Survey No. 2, and tide-predicting
machines from other countries (National Ocean Service's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services/NOAA)
The Titanic Disaster, Steamship Lanes, and the Establishment of the
Ice Patrol: The 1912 Report of the Hydrographer, U.S. Navy
History of OrganizationsAmerican Microscopical
Society. A history of the beginnings of this organization which was formed in 1878
to promote the use of the compound microscope as a research tool.
Scripps Institution
of Oceanography - bibliography on the history of Scripps and the history of oceanography, bibliography of biographies of ocean scientists, oral histories, a timeline, etc.
United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey - Volume I, 1807-1867
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution history
LibrariesNOAA LibrariesNOAA Central Library
Directory of NOAA Libraries -
includes telephone numbers, links to library sites, e-mail addresses, descriptions
of collections, etc.
Other LibrariesBritish Library - National library of
the United Kingdom. Includes an environmental information service, historical manuscripts, a collection of
maps, atlases and globes of all parts of the world dating back to the 15th century, etc.
The Center for Ocean-Atmosphere
Prediction studies (COAPS) Library. The James J. O'Brien Library is located at Florida
State University.
Federal
Depository Libraries: locate a Federal Depository Library in the U.S. and in the
U.S. Commonwealths & Territories
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -
David
Lubin Memorial Library.
International Maritime
Organization Library (see Information Resources)
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution
and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world.
Libweb - links to pages from libraries
in over 146 countries (site maintained by Thomas Dowling of OhioLINK)
Lib-web-cats - a directory of libraries throughout the world
Marine Biological
Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library contains one of the world's most
complete collections of biological, ecological and oceanographic literature. It is operated
jointly by the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The library also supports research at NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S.
Geological Survey (Atlantic Branch), and the Sea Education Association.
National Agricultural Library
of the Department of Agriculture. Source of aquaculture and fisheries information.
National Center for Atmospheric Research Library
National Sea Grant Library located in the Pell Marine Science Library of the
University of Rhode Island (searchable database of 40,000 records)
National Transportation Library, U.S. Department of
Transportation. The NTL was established in 1998 through the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century and serves as a repository of materials from public, academic and private
organizations. It is administered by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in cooperation
with its federal, state, and local partners.
Navy Department Library- in addition to naval role in United
States' wars contains historical references to the Coast Survey, explorations, etc.
Northwestern University
Transportation Library
Ohio State University Libraries - catalog includes many NOAA-related subjects
Pell Marine Science Library at the Graduate
School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Library
United States Army Corps of Engineers Library
United States Environmental Protection Agency National Library Network
United States Geological Survey Library.
A searchable database of many geoscience titles.
University of South Carolina Thomas Cooper Library
- catalog includes many NOAA-related subjects
University of Washington
Fisheries-Oceanography Library
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Library
LighthousesLighthouse Getaway. A really nice lighthouse page with links to photos, history, and local attractions around many lighthouses of the United States.http://lighthousegetaway.com/ Mapping and ChartingAeronautical and Nautical ChartsAeronautical Charts - Federal Aviation
Administration's National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO)
Nautical Charts - NOAA Office of
Coast Survey, the Nation's nautical chartmaker.
Careers in Mapping and ChartingCareers in surveying from the University of Pennsylvania College of Engineering Surveying Program.http://surveying.wb.psu.edu/psu-surv/career.htm Geodesy and Land SurveyingNOAA National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
- defines and manages the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) - the framework for latitude,
longitude, height, scale, gravity, orientation and shoreline throughout the United States. NGS
products include aerial photographs, latitude and longitude values for triangulation and GPS stations, elevations
for bench marks, state plane coordinates, etc.
Geographic InformationFederal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) - an interagency committee, organized in 1990 under OMB Circular A-16 that promotes the coordinated use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis.http://www.fgdc.gov/ (Global) Geographic Information Systems from U.S. Geological Survey
Global Positioning SystemUnited States Coast
Guard Navigation Center Global Positioning System page.
HydrographyArgentina - Argentinian Naval Hydrographic Service
Australia - Australian Hydrographic Service
Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System
(AWOIS). The Office of Coast Survey's Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System contains information
on approximately 10,000 submerged wrecks and obstructions in the coastal waters of the United States. Information
includes latitude and longitude of each feature along with brief historic and descriptive details.
Belgium - Flemish Hydrography
Canada - Canadian Hydrographic Service
Chile - Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy
China - Maritime Safety Administration of China (People's Republic of)
Columbia - Columbian National Maritime Authority
Croatia - Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia
Denmark - Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography
Ecuador - Hydrographic Department of the Oceanographic Institute of the Ecuador Navy
Estonia - Estonian Maritime Administration
Finland - Finnish Maritime Administration
France - French Hydrographic Service
Germany - Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency - see link for English version
Greece - Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service - see link for English version
Guatemala - Ministry of the National
Defense Maritime Department
Hong Kong - Hong Kong Hydrographic Office
Iceland - Icelandic Coast Guard Hydrographic Department
India - Indian Naval Hydrographic Department
International Hydrographic Organization - an intergovernmental
consultative and technical organization that was established in 1921 to support safety in navigation and
protection of the marine environment.
Italy - Italian Hydrographic Institute
Japan - Hydrographic & Oceanographic Department,
Japan Coast Guard
Korea - Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration
Netherlands - Hydrographic Service of
the Royal Netherlands Navy
New Zealand - National Hydrographic Authority of
New Zealand
NOAA Office of Coast Survey - conducts and manages hydrographic
surveying for NOAA
Norway - Norwegian Hydrographic Service
Peru - Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation, Peruvian Navy
Poland - Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy
Portugal - Portuguese Hydrographic Institute
Singapore - Hydrographic Department of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
Slovenia - Slovenian Maritime Administration
South Africa - South African Navy Hydrographic Office
Spain - Spanish Hydrographic Institute
Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan National Hydrographic Office
Suriname - Maritime Authority of Suriname
Sweden - Swedish Maritime Administration
Turkey - Turkish Navy Office of Navigation, Hydrography, and Oceanography
United Kingdom - United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Uruguay - Uruguayan Naval Hydrographic Service
Venezuela - Venezuelan Naval Office of Hydrography and Navigation
Maps and MappingBathymetry, Topography & Relief products and services
of NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center
Data Explorer of NOAA's National Ocean Service offers access to many products, including
bathymetry, coastal maps, environmental sensitivity index maps, aerial photographs, and more.
Environmental Sensitivity Index Maps of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration
Geography & Map Reading Room of the Library of Congress
Google Earth. A 3D interface to the planet: global imagery
and other geographic information
Rare map collection of the
Hargrett Library of the University of Georgia. Many digitized images of maps of Georgia
and South Carolina dating back to the 1500s.
Historical
Map and Chart Collection of NOAA's Office of Coast Survey: more than 20,000 maps
and charts from the late 1700s to present day. The collection includes some of
the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys,
geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War battle maps.
Historical Map Archive of the University of Alabama
MapMachine. National Geographic's interactive atlas
Maps and directions. Street maps, aerial imagery, physical maps from Ask.com
National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA). Descendant of the Defense Mapping Agency/National Imagery and Mapping Agency. CIA
mapping and imagery, etc.
The National Map. The Nation's Topographic Map for the 21st Century (U.S. Geological Survey)
Perry-Castaneda Library
Map Collection of the University of Texas. Current interest, general interest, historical map collection.
United States
Geological Survey. The major mapping agency for the United
States.
World War II Cloth Maps
Photography and PhotogrammetryAerial photography - National
Aerial Photography Program, U.S. Geological Survey. High-quality aerial photos covering the
conterminous U.S. and Hawaii on five- to seven-year cycles (established in 1987)
Aerial photography - NOAA
Photogrammetry - to order aerial photographs of coastal regions and
in the vicinity of airports throughout the United States. This is an element
of the office of the National Geodetic Survey.
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) -
U.S. Geological Survey satellite images of the Earth and aerial photos of the U.S.
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