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NOAA's PROPOSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE APEC OCEANS MINISTERIAL MEETING Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), newly appointed under secretary of Commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, will serve as the U.S. Ministerial representative to the APEC Oceans Ministerial meeting to be hosted in Seoul, South Korea, on April 22-27, 2002.

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NOAA PLAYS KEY ROLE IN ISRAELI—JORDANIAN MARINE PEACE PARK SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM A program of peace and cooperation between Jordanian and Israeli marine scientists to study and protect the coral reefs shared by the two countries in the Gulf of Aqaba is entering the first stages of completion thanks to the help of a senior science advisor working with the scientists on sustained management of the area.

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NEW REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM DETECTS IN-FLIGHT ICING CONDITIONS IN CLOUDS According to recent FAA surveys, aircraft crashes due to icing claim about 30 lives, injure 14 others, and result in $96 million in property damage annually in the United States. The most serious icing conditions result from supercooled large droplets (SLD), which are chilled to temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius without freezing. Because SLD creates a primary icing hazard for in-flight aircraft, a SLD remote sensing detection technology was needed—and NOAA's Environmental Technology Laboratory has the solution.

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U.S. SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK FROM NOAA's CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER Drought is a normal, recurrent feature of climate, although many erroneously consider it a rare and random event. It occurs in virtually all climatic zones and no region in North America is immune to periodic droughts. NOAA's monthly U.S. Drought Outlook provides valuable information about anticipated drought conditions across the United States. Full Story Inside

NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER'S BATHYMETRY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND RELIEF DATA Beneath the world's oceans lie rugged mountains, active volcanoes, vast plateaus and almost bottomless trenches. The deepest ocean trenches could easily swallow up the tallest mountains on land. Around most continents are shallow seas that cover gently sloping areas called continental shelves, which reach depths of about 650 feet (200 meters). Full Story Inside

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