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Full Story Inside A HISTORIC LOOK BACK AT WEATHER FORECASTING
During the past 50 years, the science and technology of meteorology has undergone revolutionary changes. In the 1940's, weather analysis and forecasting relied almost exclusively on surface observations, collected at six-hour intervals, to make a forecast out to 24-to-36 hours. These forecasts were very subjective and based almost entirely on the long-term experiences of individual forecasters.

Full Story Inside TEACHERS AT SEA BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE CLASSROOM
"There's no substitute for experience" is an old saying well grounded in truth. NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program helps teachers bridge the gap between scientific research and the classroom by giving them first-hand experience at sea.

Full Story Inside NOAA CENTER RECEIVES SILVER FOR TEN YEARS OF HABITAT RESTORATION
2001 marked the 10th anniversary of the NOAA Restoration Center directing coastal wetland restoration activities in Louisiana under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act. For their hard work during the past ten years, the NOAA Fisheries CWPPRA team received the Department of Commerce Silver Medal in November.

NOAA Services in the Spotlight

NOAA's REMOTE SENSING ACTIVITIES
Remote sensing is the science of remotely acquiring, processing, interpreting and presenting spatial data for objects and environmental processes using signals from a broad range within the electromagnetic spectrum. NOAA used remote sensing to map the World Trade Center disaster site.

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NOAA's NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA CENTER
As part of NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, the National Climatic Data Center, headquartered in Asheville, N.C., is the official repository for the United States' collection of global weather records.

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January 2002

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