Year in Review
Fiscal Year 2016 Highlights
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12. That's the number of countries gathered in Maryland this past July to participate in a three-day NOAA workshop on evaluating the adequacy nautical charts, with the Office of Coast Survey. During the workshop, they learned techniques to evaluate the suitability of nautical chart products using chart quality information and publicly available information.
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50% . That's the total area of the United States and its territories that has been surveyed by the National Geodetic Survey. With each one percent of the project area equating to approximately 100 flight hours, GRAV-D has collected and processed data from a total of about 5,000 flight hours. More than three million square miles of data collection and processing have been completed across the continental United States, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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$7 Billion . That's the annual contribution to the US Economy by private sector ocean measurement, observation and forecasting activity, as published in a new study by U.S. IOOS Program.
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25. That's the number of years that the Physical Oceanographic Real Time System (PORTSⓇ) has been in place. 2016 saw three new systems added, for a total of 28 PORTSⓇ. These systems provide real-time, accurate, and reliable observations helping mariners and port operators to navigate safely, stay on schedule, and maximize cargo loading. More than 60 of the Nation’s most economically critical seaports are served by PORTSⓇ.
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150. That's the number of editions of the NOAA Tide and Tidal Current Tables since NOAA began publishing them. These Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) predictions are the cornerstone of the services NOAA provides the nation.
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$67 Million. That's the amount of funding secured by NOAA Office of Response and Restoration’s Assessment and Restoration Division, NOAA Fisheries’ Restoration Center and NOAA’s Office of the General Counsel Natural Resources Section to restore the environment following three oil spill and pollution events in Maine, Michigan and Washington states.
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100%. That's the amount of electricity that the state of Hawaii plans to derive from renewable energy sources by 2045, with support from National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science data that will serve as foundational material for BOEM’s renewable energy leasing process.
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5,000. That's the number of professionals who took advantage of the coastal management educational opportunities provided by the Office for Coastal Management. Follow- up surveys revealed that 71 percent of the 1,600 professionals who participated in formal training programs are using their new skills to make coastal communities more resilient.
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7.6 million . That's the number of Redditors that participated in the Reddit "Ask Us Anything" session on “Coral bleaching and why there’s hope” by the Coral Reef Conservation Program.
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582,578 square miles. That's the newly-expanded boundaries of the expanding Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, making it the biggest protected area on the planet.
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950. That's the number of formal and informal educators that joined NOAA’s Climate Stewards Education Project (CSEP) in 2016.
NOS Accomplishments
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Revised: January 09, 2017 | You are here: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/annualreport16/welcome.html