Subject: Weather

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NOAA Home Page Main Page	http://www.noaa.gov/	NOAA is composed of the National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. It warns of dangerous weather, and guides our use and protection of the oceans.
Climate Prediction Center	http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/	The mission of the NOAA Climate Prediction Center is to maintain a continuous watch on short-term climate fluctuations and to diagnose and predict them.
NOAA Environmental Information Service	http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/esdim/	The ESDIM Program supports the NOAA's Data Management Mission by focusing its efforts in three critical areas: improvement of data management, promotion of modernization, and coordination and consensus building among data stakeholders.
ERL Environmental Research Laboratories	http://www.erl.noaa.gov/	The Environmental Research Laboratories (ERL) of NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) conducts research and development to improve understanding of the Earth and its oceans, the atmosphere, and the space environment.
Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory - CMDL	http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/	The Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) of NOAA conducts research related to gases that are capable of forcing change in the climate of the earth, for example greenhouse gases and those that endanger the global ozone layer.
Environmental Technology Laboratory	http://www.etl.noaa.gov/	The Environmental Technology Laboratory of NOAA performs oceanic and atmospheric research and develops new remote-sensing systems. It studies the interaction of radio, radar, light, and sound waves with the ocean and atmosphere.
Forecast Systems Laboratory Home - FSL	http://www.fsl.noaa.gov/	The Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) of NOAA, performs exploratory system development, validates operational prototypes, and transfers technology in atmospheric and oceanic science to the operational elements of NOAA and other organizations.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory	http://www.gfdl.gov/	The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of NOAA uses mathematical models and computer simulations to expand the scientific understanding of the physical processes that govern the behavior of the atmosphere and the oceans as complex fluid systems.
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory - GLERL	http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/	GLERL conducts environmental research in coastal and estuarine water, with special emphasis on the Great Lakes. In particular: toxicants, natural hazards, ecosystems, hydrology, water levels, and regional effects related to global climate change.
National Severe Storms Laboratory	http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/	The National Severe Storms Laboratory of NOAA investigates all aspects of severe weather. It is dedicated to improving severe weather warnings and forecasts in order to save lives and reduce property damage.
PMEL Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory - PMEL	http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pmelhome.html	The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography, marine meteorology, and related subjects.
Space Environment Center	http://www.sel.noaa.gov/	Providing space weather alerts and warnings to the nation and the world for disturbances that can affect people and equipment working in space and on Earth.
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)	http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/	NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center-A, Meteorology which is collocated at NCDC.
National Data Buoy Center	http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/	The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), a part of the National Weather Service (NWS) develops, operates, and maintains a network of buoy and Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations.
NESDIS National Enviromental Satellite, Data and I	http://ns.noaa.gov/NESDIS/NESDIS_Home.html	The latest operational imagery for significant events such as fires, volcanoes, floods, tropical storms, oil spills, ice, dust storms, storms, and other unique categories can be found here.
USDOC/NOAA/NESDIS/National Geophysical Data Center	http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/	The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) manages environmental data in the fields of marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, and glaciology (snow and ice).
NOAA Fisheries	http://www.nmfs.gov/	The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) or "NOAA Fisheries" administers domestic and international conservation and management of fisheries. It supports fisheries management, fisheries development, protected species and habitat conservation.
The Office of Protected Resources	http://www.nmfs.gov/prot_res/prot_res.html
Northwest Fisheries Science Center	http://listeria.nwfsc.noaa.gov/	The Northwest Fisheries Science Center is one of five research centers of NOAA Fisheries and provides scientific and technical support for the management, conservation, and development of the Pacific Northwest's marine fishery resources.
NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)	http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/	The U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) holds the world's largest collection of publicly available oceanographic data. The NODC also operates the World Data Center A, Oceanography.
National Ocean Service	http://www.nos.noaa.gov/	The National Ocean Service (NOS): charts for safe navigation; manages and protects coastal and ocean resources; and helps assess and cleanup hazardous spills. Coastal Zone Managment Program monitors the environmental health of US coasts.
U.S. DoC / NOAA / NOS / National Geodetic Survey	http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/	The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) develops and maintains the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). NSRS is a consistent national coordinate system that defines latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity, and orientation throughout the Nation.
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM)	http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/	OCRM's mission is to diverse, healthy coastal and ocean resources and resolve conflicts among users. by providing: marine and coastal protected area management; research and Coastal and marine conflict resolution assistance.
Coastal Programs Division	http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/cpd/	The mission of the NOAA Coastal Programs Division is to achieve the conservation and responsible management of coastal and ocean ecosystems. The Division administers the National Coastal Zone Management Program.
Sanctuaries and Reserves Division (SRD)	http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/srd/	NOAA's Sanctuaries and Reserves Division (SRD) is a part of the National Ocean Service's Office (OCRM). SRD Administers both the National Marine Sanctuary Program and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
GRD Geosciences Research Division	http://www.grdl.noaa.gov/GRD/	Part of the National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
NOS - National Ocean Service Special Projects	http://seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/	The mission of the Special Projects Office is to provide expertise, products and services that help the National Ocean Service (NOS) to design and implement an effective program of coastal stewardship throughout the agency.
National Weather Service Home Page -government warnings & forecasts	http://www.nws.noaa.gov/	The National Weather Service (NWS) provides daily forecasts and warnings for severe weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, flooding, and tsunamis.
Ocean Planet	http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean-planet.html	?

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