Congratulations to August 2009 Employee and Team Member of the Month
Rufus Washington, Employee of the Month, helped to lead the migration of Commerce Business Systems (CBS) to Web technology. Team Member of the Month, Mike Kimberling, is an indispensable member of the GOES-R Program team. [more]

NWS Meteorologist Honored for Flood Forecasting
On June 18, NOAA meteorologist David Nicosia's passion for flood forecasting, preparedness and training earned him the prestigious Maurice K. Goddard Award for Excellence by a Water Management Professional from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission. [more]

Up Close: GLERL’s Hank Vanderploeg - 35 Years and Still Cutting-Edge
Hank Vanderploeg, an ecologist with NOAA’s Great LakesEnvironmental Research Laboratory has been with the lab for 35 years. He has won many awards for his work on zooplankton feeding mechanisms and research relating to the effects of winter storms on Lake Michigan’s ecosystem. [more]

Brian Shiro’s Pseudo-Planetary Adventure
Of all the places Brian Shiro could go on his summer vacation, he went to Mars. Well, at least the place on Earth that most closely resembles Mars. Shiro, a geophysicist with NOAA’s PTWC in Hawaii, spent four weeks in the Canadian Arctic carrying out scientific fieldwork designed to increase our understanding of what it would be like to live on the Red Planet. [more]

Congratulations to July 2009 Employee and Team Member of the Month
Kenneth Nock, Employee of the Month, was instrumental in helping NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory meet scientific and support group staffing requirements. Team Member of the Month, Bill Deringer, is a contract site manager at the NWS Radar Operations
Center in Norman, Okla., who helped restore the Reno, Nev., weather radar after it sustained wind-driven, catastrophic damage. [more]

NOAA Corps Officer Helps Injured D.C. Metro Rail Riders at Scene
Like most people on Washington’s Red Line Metro train Monday, June 22, LTJG Victoria Zalewski expected her trip downtown to be like any other weekday commute — until she heard the crash, felt the jolt and found herself in a train crash. [more]

Susan Solomon Awarded Volvo Environmental Prize
The 2009 Volvo Environmental Prize Foundation has named NOAA Senior Scientist Susan Solomon as the recipient of its 2009 environmental prize. [more]

Up Close: Don Berchoff, NWS OST
If it wasn’t for a confusing 4th grade science lesson on weather, Don Berchoff may never have become passionate about meteorology. Today, he is the director of National Weather Service’s Office of Science and Technology (OST). [more]

Balsiger Column Builds Bridges with Gloucester Fishing Community
This past winter, NOAA’s Fisheries Service was about to put in place a rule reducing fishing that would affect Gloucester and other Northeast fishermen. NOAA Fisheries decided to request a meeting with Gloucester’s mayor, Cheryl Kirk, and the editor of the city’s daily newspaper to discuss the matter and listen to community concerns. [more]