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U.S. Dept. of Commerce

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
• Center for Satellite Applications and Research
• Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division
  RA3, World Weather Building, Room 601,
  5200 Auth Road, Camp Springs,
  Maryland 20746-4304.

Education

• B.A. (Biology), Univ. of Oregon, 1964;
• M.S. (Oceanography), Univ. of Washington, 1968.

Oceanographer

• U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Pacific Support Group San Diego, CA, 1968-1969.
• Gulf General Atomic, San Diego, CA 1969-1970.
• Interstate Electronics, Corp, Anaheim, CA, 1969-1972.

Staff Oceanographer (coastal environmental monitoring)

• Office of Environmental Monitoring and Prediction, NOAA Headquarters, Rockville, MD, 1972-1978.

Deputy Director

• U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center, Washington, DC, 1978-1990.

NOAA CoastWatch Program Manager

• NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, MD, 1990 - present.

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E-mail to: Kent.Hughes@noaa.gov