NOAA news notes.NOAA NOAA abbr. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noun 1. NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; news notes * Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noun 1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and (NOAA) say they solved the largest set of mathematical equations ever attempted when they recently finished a 12-year project to recompute the national geodetic network, which consists of 250,000 precisely measured points on the earth's surface. This network has been gradually compiled since 1807; the last time the network data were readjusted was in 1927. * NOAA reports that one of the strongest geomagnetic storms since 1976 disrupted communications across the northern United States The Northern United States is a large geographic region of the United States of America. Although the region includes a considerable portion of what is often called the American Midwest, most Americans refer to the region as simply "The North". during the first weeks of February. The magnetic storm, which is caused by a surge of charged particles from the sun, has been linked to a series of solar flares. * Radiosondes -- shoebox-sized instrument packages that are carried by helium balloons to altitudes of 20 miles -- are launched twice daily from 100 sites to measure the temperature, pressure, humidity and winds in the atmosphere -- data essential for monitoring and forecasting the weather. Radiosondes are designed to parachute back to earth when their balloons burst; the hope is that people who find them will return them to the National Weather Service, so that they can be rebuilt and used again. Normally, about 18,000 are returned per year. But in recent years, reports NOAA, for some unknown reason the number of returns has dropped by several thousand each year. So NOAA, with a little help from the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club , the Boy Scouts of America Noun 1. Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training and other groups, is putting out the word for people to be on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout the radiosondes. |
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