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AMS Station Scientist Forum http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com AMS Station Scientist Forum 60 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:04:30 GMT NEW Topo digital map 100 foot http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3552850 http://www.ersdac.or.jp/GDEM/E/4.html Japan<br><br>http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/20090629.html NASA site<br><br>SEE SITES FOR HIGH DEF IMAGES<br><br>The GDEM is produced with 30-meter (98-feet) postings, and is formatted as 23,000 one-by-one- degree tiles. The GDEM is available for download from NASA's EOS data archive and Japan's Ground Data System. In this colorized version, low elevations are purple, medium elevations are greens and yellows, and high elevations are orange, red and white. <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3552850 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:58:58 GMT joe24Jscientist Rockies Snow: dust and melt http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3552158 <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115053&govDel=USNSF_51" target=_blank>http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115053&govDel=USNSF_51</A><br><br><b>June 29, 2009</b><BR>Accelerated snowmelt--precipitated by desert dust blowing into the mountains--changes how alpine plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles.Current mountain dust levels are five times greater than they were before the mid-19th century, due in large part to increased human activity in deserts.<br><br>Interesting story. Takes me back to the 60s when as a glaciologist I helped spread coal-dust over small Monogram Glacier in the Northern Cascades in a test by Wash. State on potenial ways to help farmers in dry Eastern Wash. with drought conditions: speed up melting process.<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3552158 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:49:36 GMT joe24Jscientist GOES LAUNCH: http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3548342 <A href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-O/overview/index.html" target=_blank>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-O/overview/index.html</A><br><br>1. tracks tornadoes, hurricanes<br>2. solar X-Ray: space weather<br>3. distress signals for rescues<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3548342 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:03:17 GMT joe24Jscientist Long term forecasts and estimates http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3531133 I am learning about weather forecasting and am interested in this as a hobby. Another hobby of mine is gardening. I live in the New York City area <BR>and am wondering if there is anyway to estimate what the weather might <BR>be for July and August. It looks like this is a very cool summer so far <BR>and am curious if this trend might continue. The reason I am trying to <BR>find this out has to do with the type of plants I am looking at for my garden. <BR>Any help would be greatly appreciated ! <BR><BR> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3531133 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:13:46 GMT Riffs62 Breaking News: Climate Change http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3529691 The U.S. Global Change Research Program just released a very comprehensive report about the impacts currently being experienced and those expected to occur in the United States as a result of our changing climate.  You can access the information at:<br><br><A href="http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/newsroom" target=_blank>http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/newsroom</A>.<br><br>This report includes regional breakdowns, so you can localize the information to your area.  Today's press conference in Washington included remarks from Tom Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center and President of the AMS.<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3529691 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:12:18 GMT paulg Release of the final report: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States by the interagency Global Climate Research Program http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3528443 <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT face=Helvetica><B>Media Advisory <BR></B>For Planning Purposes <BR>Contact: Rick Weiss, OSTP, 202 456 6037 <BR> <BR></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=5 face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B>                                                                                                                     <BR>PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF  <BR>GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE UNITED STATES <BR></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR><FONT face=Helvetica>A comprehensive scientific report on current and pending impacts of global climate change in the United States, and why it is important to act now, rather than later, to minimize those impacts. <BR><BR>WHO:   <BR>Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House <BR>Office of Science & Technology Policy <BR>Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator <BR>Dr. Thomas Karl, Director of the National Climatic Data Center, lead for NOAAs climate services, and a <BR>lead author of the report <BR>Dr. Jerry Melillo, Director of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, <BR>Mass., and a lead author of the report <BR><BR>WHAT:   Release of the final report: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States by the interagency Global Climate Research Program <BR><BR>WHEN:   Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time <BR><BR>WHERE:    Eisenhower Executive Office Building -- Room 350 <BR><BR>Space is limited.  Members of the press should RSVP to media_affairs@who.eop.gov to attend the event. </FONT></SPAN></FONT><br><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT face=Helvetica><BR>News Conference will be Webcast live: </FONT><A href="https://webmail.wdiv.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/" target=_blank target=_blank><FONT face=Helvetica>http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/</FONT></A><FONT face=Helvetica> <BR><br></FONT></SPAN></FONT> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3528443 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:31:32 GMT paulg Easy Climate Model for exploring; 390ppm http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3520239 <P>1. <A href="http://www.climatewizzard.org" target=_blank>www.climatewizzard.org</A><br><br><BR><BR>2. and there is this one as noted a few months ago:<BR>climate sims<BR><A href="http://www.cnas.org/node/770" target=_blank>http://www.cnas.org/node/770</A></P>3. CO2now.org<br><A href="http://co2now.org/" target=_blank>http://co2now.org/</A><br>CO2 hits 390 in May 2009<BR><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3520239 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:56:49 GMT joe24Jscientist USGS HURRICANE WEBSITE: Good ideas http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3516761 <A href="http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/hurricanes/2009/" target=_blank>http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/hurricanes/2009/</A><br><br><DIV class=section-titles>Coastal Impacts</DIV><TABLE class=section cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=thumbnail><IMG height=120 alt="Chandeleur Island, before and after Hurricane Katrina" src="http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/hurricanes/kat_rit_wil/images/katrina_chandel.jpg" width=120 border=0> </TD><TD class=content_links><SPAN class=bold>Hurricane Impact Studies</SPAN> <UL><LI><A href="http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/" target=_blank>Hurricane and Extreme Storm Impact Studies</A> </LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><br><DIV class=section-titles>Satellite Imagery and other Geospatial Data</DIV><TABLE class=section cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=thumbnail><IMG height=92 alt="Image showing New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina." src="http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/hurricanes/kat_rit_wil/images/katrina2005.jpg" width=118 border=0> </TD><TD class=content_links><SPAN class=bold>USGS Landsat 7 Satellite Images</SPAN> <UL><LI><A href="http://eros.usgs.gov/" target=_blank>Remote Sensing Clearinghouse</A> <LI><A href="http://gos2.geodata.gov/" target=_blank>Geospatial One-Stop</A> <LI><A href="http://nationalmap.gov/" target=_blank><SPAN class=c-italics>The National Map</SPAN></A> <LI><A href="http://seamless.usgs.gov/" target=_blank>Elevation Data</A> </LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><br><DIV class=section-titles>Ecological Impacts</DIV><TABLE class=section cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=thumbnail><IMG height=120 alt=everglades src="http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/hurricanes/2007/images/everglades.jpg" width=120></TD><TD class=content_links><BR><UL><LI><A href="http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/" target=_blank>National Wetlands Research Center</A> <LI><A href="http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1020&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true" target=_blank>Hurricanes: Powerful Agents Shaping the Coast </A></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><br><DIV class=section-titles>Monitoring Streamflow Conditions</DIV><TABLE class=section cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=thumbnail><A href="http://waterdata.usgs.gov//nwis/rt" target=_blank><IMG height=77 alt="Image of real-time water data for the Nation" src="http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/hurricanes/2007/images/realtime.gif" width=120 border=1></A> </TD><TD class=content_links><P class=bold><br><BR><UL><LI><A href="http://waterdata.usgs.gov//nwis/rt" target=_blank>Real-Time Streamflow Conditions</A> (NWISWeb) <LI><A href="http://water.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/waterwatch?map_type=real&state=" target=_blank>Map Comparing Real-Time and Historical Streamflow Conditions</A> (WaterWatch) <LI><A href="http://water.usgs.gov/osw/hurricanes/index.html" target=_blank>USGS Office of Surface Water - Water Science that Weathers the Storm</A> </LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><DIV class=section-titles>Hurricane Related Podcasts</DIV><TABLE class=section cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=thumbnail><IMG height=100 alt="Image representing CoreCast." src="http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/images/thumbs/corecast.jpg" width=100 border=0> </TD><TD class=content_links><BR><UL><LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/?tag=hurricanes" target=_blank>USGS CoreCast</A> </LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><br><DIV class=section-titles>News Releases</DIV><TABLE class=section cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=thumbnail><IMG height=99 alt="Image representing a news release." src="http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/images/news_release.jpg" width=120 border=0> </TD><TD class=content_links><BR><UL><LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1881" target=_blank>Landsat 5 Satellite Back in Action</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted February 29, 2008</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1691" target=_blank>USGS Better Prepared for Future Hurricanes by New Coastal Streamgages in Georgia</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted June 8, 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1689" target=_blank>Media Advisory : USGS Prepared for Future Hurricanes by Hardening Streamgages in Texas</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted June 5, 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1652" target=_blank>High Flows from Nor'Easter</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted April 16, 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1647" target=_blank>Commercial Satellite Imagery Companies Partner with the U.S. Geological Survey in Support of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted April 12, 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1564" target=_blank>Mapping Hurricane Rita Storm Surge: USGS Storm-Surge Data Available Online</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted October 12, 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1568" target=_blank>USGS Reports Latest Land Change Estimates for Louisiana Coast</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted October 3, 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1409" target=_blank>USGS Reports Preliminary Wetland Loss Estimates for Southeastern Louisiana from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted November 1, 2005</FONT></EM></SPAN> </LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><br><DIV class=section-titles>Publications</DIV><TABLE class=section cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=thumbnail><IMG height=120 alt="Photo showing many books in a pile." src="http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/images/books.jpg" width=120 border=0> </TD><TD class=content_links><BR><UL><LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3121/" target=_blank>Hurricane Hazards-A National Threat</A> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3027/" target=_blank>Coastal Change During Hurricane Dennis 2005</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted April 7, 2009</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3025/" target=_blank>Coastal Change During Hurricane Isabel 2003</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted April 7, 2009</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3027/" target=_blank>Coastal Change During Hurricane Dennis 2005</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted April 7, 2009</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1061/" target=_blank>Hurricane Ike: Observations and Analysis of Coastal Change</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted April 7, 2009</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1373/" target=_blank>Monitoring Inland Storm Surge and Flooding From Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana, September 2008</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted January 8, 2008</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5031/" target=_blank>Environmental Chemical Data for Perishable Sediments and Soils collected in New Orleans, Louisiana, and along the Louisiana Delta following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2008</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/" target=_blank>Science and the Storms: The USGS Response to the Hurricanes of 2005</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted October 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1389/" target=_blank>Vulnerability of National Park Service Beaches to Inundation During a Direct Hurricane Landfall: Fire Island National Seashore</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1387/" target=_blank>Vulnerability of National Park Service Beaches to Inundation During a Direct Hurricane Landfall: Cumberland Island National Seashore</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1376/" target=_blank>Vulnerability of National Park Service Beaches to Inundation During a Direct Hurricane Landfall: Cape Lookout National Seashore</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2007</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1023/" target=_blank>USGS environmental characterization of flood sediments left in the New Orleans area after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005-Progress Report</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted February 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/ds174/" target=_blank>Bacteriological and Water-Quality Data Collected at Coastal Mississippi Sites Following Hurricane Katrina, September-October 2005</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2005/143/" target=_blank>Bacteriological water quality in the Lake Pontchartrain basin Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, September 2005</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1274/" target=_blank>Land Area Changes in Coastal Louisiana After the 2005 Hurricanes: A Series of Three Maps</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted October 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/220/" target=_blank>Hurricane Rita Surge Data, Southwestern Louisiana and Southeastern Texas, September to November 2005</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/2006-1126/pdf.html" target=_blank>Wildlife and habitat damage assessment from Hurricane Charley: recommendations for recovery of the J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> <LI><A href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3136/" target=_blank>Monitoring Inland Storm Surge and Flooding from Hurricane Rita</A><BR><SPAN class=style1><EM><FONT size=1>posted December, 2006</FONT></EM></SPAN> </LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3516761 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:16:47 GMT joe24Jscientist Vortex2: Video: NSF Science Nation Report http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3513066 http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/index.jsp <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3513066 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:25:11 GMT joe24Jscientist ARR Act: Satellite Ops, and 830M$ for NOAA http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3513053 1. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090605_satellite.html<br><br>First NOAA Project Funded through Recovery Act<br><br>NOAA, Army Corps of Engineers to Build Alaska Satellite Operations Facility<br>June 5, 2009 The 20,000-square foot facility will replace the existing Command and Data Acquisition Station building, which opened in 1961.<br><br>The contract is valued at $11.7 million. NOAA will use $9 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and additional funding provided by the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to complete this project.<br><br>2. http://www.noaa.gov/recovery/<br>NOAA Receives $830 Million Through Recovery Act <br>March 3, 2009<br>http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090303_recoveryact.html<br><br>The Department of Commerces National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will receive $830 million in funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The agency will use the funds, equivalent to 20 percent of NOAAs 2008 budget, for projects that protect life and property and conserve and protect natural resources.<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3513053 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:19:02 GMT joe24Jscientist 2 LITERACY guides: Climate and Earth Sciences http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3513035 1. Earth Science:<br>http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/<br><br>2. Climate:<br>http://www.climate.noaa.gov/index.jsp?pg=/education/edu_index.jsp&edu=literacy<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3513035 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:07:33 GMT joe24Jscientist Cool Science in Arctic: Unmanned aircraft http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3511326 ScanEagle, owned and operated by the University of Alaska <br><br>June 3rd: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090602_aircraft.html<br><br>NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Helping Scientists Learn About Alaskan Ice Seals<br><br>BETTER PHOTO than NOAAs:<br>http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/polar/research/uastests.php<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3511326 Thur, 04 Jun 2009 21:15:58 GMT joe24Jscientist RIP CURRENT ideas for video: for TV mets along the coast of the US http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3510944 http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=-hCZuYzNujI<br><br>Best I've seen. Some great ideas for TV mets along the coast. Grab a camera crew and some dye.<br><br>NOAA site:<br>http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090603_ripcurrent.html<br><br>NOAA and National Park Service Urge Beach-Goers to Break the Grip of the Rip<br>June 4, 2009<br><br><br>NOAA Rip Current Sign.<br>High resolution (Credit: NOAA)<br>With summer vacation on the horizon, NOAA and the National Park Service are alerting beach-goers to the threat of rip currents and how to prevent drowning from their strong and potentially fatal grip.<br><br>Rip currents are the leading surf hazard, claiming more than 100 lives per year nationally. For that reason, NOAA and NPS are teaming up to sponsor Rip Current Awareness Week, June 7-13, with the theme Break the Grip of the Rip.<br><br>Rip currents are narrow channels of fast-moving water that pull swimmers away from the shore. Moving at speeds of up to eight feet per second, rip currents are surprisingly strong and swift. They account for more than 80 percent of the tens of thousands of rescues performed by beach lifeguards in the United States annually.<br><br>"Before going into the water, check the rip current outlook, swim on guarded beaches and know how to escape a rip current's grip," said Jack Hayes, Ph.D., director of NOAAs National Weather Service. Doing so can save your life.<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3510944 Thur, 04 Jun 2009 17:19:18 GMT joe24Jscientist NEW CLIMATE CENTER: NOAA+ http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3509293 http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090528_satellite.html<br><br>NOAA scientists have teamed up with experts from the University of Maryland and North Carolina State University to form the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites. The new institute will use satellite observations to detect, monitor and forecast climate change, and its impact on the environment, including ecosystems.<br><br><br>High resolution (Credit: NOAA)<br>To help us understand climate change, we have to find ways to best leverage all of our available resources, including the information we get from satellites, said Mary Kicza, assistant administrator for NOAAs Satellite and Information Service. Bringing together some of the best minds to study satellite imagery and data will shed more light on how our climate is changing.<br><br>In addition to studying data from satellites currently in operation, scientists will also extract climate data from two next generation satellite systems the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series, or GOES-R, and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, or NPOESS.<br><br>The institute will have two centers one in College Park, Md., adjacent to the site of the planned NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, and the other at NOAAs National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.<br><br><br>High resolution (Credit: NOAA)<br>Other partners of the institute include: Howard University, Princeton University, Duke University, the University of California at Irvine, Columbia University, the University of Miami, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Oregon State University, Colorado State University, Remote Sensing Systems, in Santa Rosa, Calif., and the City University of New York.<br><br>NOAA supports 23 cooperative institutes across the United States to promote research, education, training and outreach aligned with NOAAs mission. Cooperative institutes collaborate with NOAA scientists, coordinate resources among all non-government partners and promote the involvement of students and post-doctoral scientists in NOAA-funded research.<br><br>NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earths environmen<br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3509293 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:01:37 GMT joe24Jscientist Dont Fry Day is Friday, May 22 http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3487841 <P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal>Hi Everybody,</P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal>This Friday, the day that kicks off Memorial Day weekend, is the first annual Don't Fry Day.  It's our responsibility to remind the public to use common sense if they'll be spending a lot of time out in the sun.  This doesn't have to take much time out of your weathercast...everybody can and should do this.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal>If your station has a dedicated medical reporter, perhaps you can team up with him or her and do something together:  you can talk about the UV Index, and they can talk about skin cancer.  There are lots of opportunities to do some beneficial, high-profile things with Don't Fry Day.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal>Paul</P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal><B></B> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal><B></B> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal><B>Dont Fry Day is Friday, May 22</B><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P> <BR></P></O:P><P class=MsoNormal>To help reduce rising rates of skin cancer from overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has designated the Friday before Memorial Day, May 22, 2009, as Dont Fry Day to encourage sun safety awareness and to remind everyone to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors.<SPAN>  </SPAN>The groups have created a wealth of materials include press releases, posters, pledges and videos that can be used to promote this event.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Find other tips and free resources at <A href="http://www.skincancerprevention.org/" target=_blank>www.skincancerprevention.org</A>.</P><P class=MsoNormal>Earth Gauge is also supporting the effort and has uploaded a video to available to broadcast meteorologist.<SPAN>  </SPAN>See<b> <A title=http://www.earthgauge.net/video-and-graphics-archive href="http://www.earthgauge.net/video-and-graphics-archive" target=_blank target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">www.earthgauge.net/video-and-graphics-archive</SPAN></A></b><b><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> (password: EGmets210) to download a broadcast-quality clip and script.</SPAN></b><B><O:P> <BR></O:P></B></P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=39165">Story Ideas</a> http://amsstationscientist.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3487841 Thur, 21 May 2009 12:57:21 GMT paulg