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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Hawaii**                        |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
| United States and in much of the  |   ![](media/image2.               |
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| of NOAA's dedicated staff and     |                                   |
| partner organizations located in  |   -------------------             |
| program and research offices      | --------------------------------- |
| throughout the country. The       |                                   |
| following is a summary of NOAA    |                                   |
| programs based in, and focused    |                                   |
| on, your state. The entries are   |                                   |
| listed by statewide, region, and  |                                   |
| then by congressional districts   |                                   |
| and cities or towns.*             |                                   |
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| ***HI***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOS operates six long-term        |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of Hawaii   |                                   |
| which provide data and            |                                   |
| information on tidal datum and    |                                   |
| relative sea level trends, and    |                                   |
| are capable of producing          |                                   |
| real-time data for tsunami        |                                   |
| warning and for storm surge       |                                   |
| warning. These stations are       |                                   |
| located at Nawiliwili, Honolulu,  |                                   |
| Mokuoloe, Kawaihae, Kahului, and  |                                   |
| Hilo. NOS also operates four      |                                   |
| continuously operating stations   |                                   |
| at Sand (Midway) Island, Guam,    |                                   |
| Kwajalein, Wake Island, and Pago  |                                   |
| Pago in support of the above      |                                   |
| applications.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesand                 |                                   |
| currents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Integrated Ocean         |                                   |
| Observing System (IOOS) program   |                                   |
| manages the development of a      |                                   |
| national network of 11 Regional   |                                   |
| Associations (RAs) of coastal     |                                   |
| ocean observing systems. The      |                                   |
| Pacific Islands Ocean Observing   |                                   |
| System (PacIOOS) intent is to     |                                   |
| create an effective partnership   |                                   |
| of data providers and users who   |                                   |
| will work together to develop,    |                                   |
| disseminate, evaluate and apply   |                                   |
| new ocean data and information    |                                   |
| products designed specifically to |                                   |
| address the needs of the          |                                   |
| communities, businesses and       |                                   |
| resources that call the Pacific   |                                   |
| home. The PacIOOS region is       |                                   |
| defined as the State of Hawaii,   |                                   |
| the Commonwealth and Territories  |                                   |
| of the United States in the       |                                   |
| Pacific and the Freely Associated |                                   |
| States in the Pacific.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://w                 |                                   |
| ww.soest.hawaii.edu/pacioos//inde |                                   |
| x.htm]{.underline}](http://www.so |                                   |
| est.hawaii.edu/pacioos/index.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coral Reef Conservation         |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Coral reefs are important to      |                                   |
| Hawaiians for subsistence,        |                                   |
| culture and are the foundation    |                                   |
| for Hawaii's booming tourism      |                                   |
| industry. While Hawaii's reefs    |                                   |
| are in better condition than many |                                   |
| reefs around the world,           |                                   |
| high-density population is        |                                   |
| putting increasing pressure on    |                                   |
| Hawaii's reefs. The NOAA Coral    |                                   |
| Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)  |                                   |
| conducts mapping, assessment and  |                                   |
| characterization, and monitoring  |                                   |
| activities in each U.S.           |                                   |
| jurisdiction with coral reefs.    |                                   |
| Seafloor habitat maps for Hawaii, |                                   |
| released in 2003, characterize    |                                   |
| about 60 percent of shallow-water |                                   |
| habitats in the Main Hawaiian     |                                   |
| Islands and a separate product    |                                   |
| released characterizes            |                                   |
| shallow-water habitats for the    |                                   |
| North Western Hawaiian Islands.   |                                   |
| The CRCP also conducts research   |                                   |
| to better understand coral reef   |                                   |
| structure, function, and health.  |                                   |
| Each U.S. jurisdiction receives   |                                   |
| coral reef grants annually to     |                                   |
| conduct research, monitoring, and |                                   |
| management activities and in      |                                   |
| addition have developed Local     |                                   |
| Action Strategies to promote      |                                   |
| effective local management of     |                                   |
| coral reefs. A coral reef status  |                                   |
| report is produced every 2-3      |                                   |
| years based on monitoring and     |                                   |
| research conducted in each        |                                   |
| jurisdiction. The program also    |                                   |
| strives to increase the use and   |                                   |
| effectiveness of coral reef       |                                   |
| Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as  |                                   |
| a management tool.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://ww                |                                   |
| w.coralreef.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
| ](http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Marine Environmental    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Center for Tsunami         |                                   |
| Research (NCTR)**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Tsunami Research Program at   |                                   |
| the Pacific Marine Environmental  |                                   |
| Laboratory (PMEL), headquartered  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington, seeks to  |                                   |
| mitigate tsunami hazards to all   |                                   |
| U.S. coastal states and           |                                   |
| territories, including Hawaii. A  |                                   |
| tsunami is a series of very large |                                   |
| ocean waves caused by underwater  |                                   |
| earthquakes, landslides, volcanic |                                   |
| eruptions, explosions, and even   |                                   |
| meteor impacts. Capable of        |                                   |
| flooding hundreds of meters       |                                   |
| inland past the typical           |                                   |
| high-water level, the fast-moving |                                   |
| water associated with an          |                                   |
| inundating tsunami can crush      |                                   |
| homes and other coastal           |                                   |
| structures. More common           |                                   |
| occurrences, and devastating in   |                                   |
| an economic sense, are false      |                                   |
| alarms that lead to expensive     |                                   |
| evacuations of coastal areas. The |                                   |
| PMEL NCTR staff conducts research |                                   |
| and development activities in     |                                   |
| close collaboration with the      |                                   |
| National Weather Service (NWS)    |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers, National |                                   |
| Data Buoy Center (NDBC), and the  |                                   |
| coastal states. Activities focus  |                                   |
| on the development of             |                                   |
| site-specific forecast models for |                                   |
| coastal population centers. These |                                   |
| models are integrated into a      |                                   |
| PMEL-developed operational        |                                   |
| tsunami forecasting system at the |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers. PMEL     |                                   |
| developed the original real-time  |                                   |
| DART tsunami-measuring buoy,      |                                   |
| which has been transitioned to    |                                   |
| NDBC. Engineering development is  |                                   |
| underway at PMEL to improve the   |                                   |
| cost-effectiveness of these       |                                   |
| platforms. Tsunami research at    |                                   |
| PMEL focuses on model             |                                   |
| improvements and tsunami hazard   |                                   |
| mitigation.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***HI***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Hilo, Honolulu WAAS, Kokoe     |                                   |
| Point, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa,      |                                   |
| Pahoa, U of H Manoa, Upolu Point, |                                   |
| Windward Lei***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ground- Based GPS Meteorology** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory maintains the          |                                   |
| Ground-Based GPS Meteorology      |                                   |
| project, currently consisting of  |                                   |
| 400 GPS water vapor observing     |                                   |
| systems that provide near         |                                   |
| real-time integrated precipitable |                                   |
| water vapor (IPW) measurements    |                                   |
| for weather forecasting, climate  |                                   |
| modeling, calibration and         |                                   |
| validation of satellite and       |                                   |
| radiosonde water vapor            |                                   |
| measurements, and research. This  |                                   |
| project provides water vapor data |                                   |
| available to all users.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.gpsmet.noaa.gov/j    |                                   |
| sp/raob.jsp]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.gpsmet.noaa.gov/jsp/raob.jsp) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Islands Region**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Islands Regional Office |                                   |
| and Fisheries Science Center**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS is responsible for the       |                                   |
| management, conservation and      |                                   |
| protection of living marine       |                                   |
| resources within the United       |                                   |
| States\' Exclusive Economic Zone  |                                   |
| (water to 200 miles off the       |                                   |
| seaward boundaries of coastal     |                                   |
| states). Using the tools provided |                                   |
| by the *Magnuson-Stevens Act*,    |                                   |
| NMFS assesses and predicts the    |                                   |
| status of fish stocks, develops   |                                   |
| and ensures compliance with       |                                   |
| fisheries regulations, restores   |                                   |
| and protects habitat and works to |                                   |
| reduce wasteful fishing           |                                   |
| practices, and promote            |                                   |
| sustainable fisheries. Under the  |                                   |
| *Marine Mammal Protection Act*    |                                   |
| and the *Endangered Species Act*, |                                   |
| NMFS recovers protected marine    |                                   |
| species (i.e. whales, turtles).   |                                   |
| Federal waters surrounding the    |                                   |
| U.S. States, Territories and      |                                   |
| Commonwealth of the Pacific       |                                   |
| Islands States are home to a      |                                   |
| unique and varied marine          |                                   |
| environment. The Pacific Islands  |                                   |
| Regional Office (located in       |                                   |
| Honolulu, HI) integrates policy   |                                   |
| expertise and cutting-edge        |                                   |
| scientific research to provide    |                                   |
| management and conservation of    |                                   |
| domestic and international living |                                   |
| marine resources using a number   |                                   |
| of ecosystem-based strategies to  |                                   |
| manage the marine resources of    |                                   |
| the region. Responsibilities      |                                   |
| include maintaining healthy fish  |                                   |
| stocks for commercial,            |                                   |
| recreational and subsistence      |                                   |
| fishing, protecting and           |                                   |
| recovering populations of         |                                   |
| protected species, preserving and |                                   |
| restoring marine habitat, and     |                                   |
| coordinating with international   |                                   |
| organizations to implement and    |                                   |
| monitor fishery agreements and    |                                   |
| treaties. The Pacific Islands     |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center (also    |                                   |
| located in Honolulu, HI) conducts |                                   |
| monitoring and research on marine |                                   |
| fisheries, Hawaiian monk seals    |                                   |
| and cetaceans, sea turtles, and   |                                   |
| coral reef and other ecosystems   |                                   |
| in the central and western        |                                   |
| Pacific. It is responsible for    |                                   |
| providing scientific advice for   |                                   |
| the conservation and management   |                                   |
| of both domestic and              |                                   |
| international fisheries as well   |                                   |
| as on protected species and       |                                   |
| marine habitats. The Pacific      |                                   |
| Islands Fisheries Science Center  |                                   |
| also utilizes two other           |                                   |
| facilities: the Kewalo Research   |                                   |
| Facility located on the Honolulu  |                                   |
| docks, has seawater capabilities  |                                   |
| for conducting research on live   |                                   |
| large pelagic fishes, monk seals, |                                   |
| and sea turtles, and the Aiea     |                                   |
| Research Facility that has wet    |                                   |
| lab capabilities for fisheries    |                                   |
| research. The Center uses the     |                                   |
| NOAA ship *Oscar E. Sette* as its |                                   |
| primary at-sea research platform. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.fpir.noaa.gov\       |                                   |
| http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Elevation Mapping**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center works with state and   |                                   |
| local officials to collect and    |                                   |
| distribute high-resolution        |                                   |
| topographic and bathymetric data  |                                   |
| sets. The Center worked with the  |                                   |
| private sector to acquire new     |                                   |
| light detection and ranging       |                                   |
| (lidar) and Interferometric       |                                   |
| Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR)  |                                   |
| data for coastal management       |                                   |
| applications such as the analysis |                                   |
| of storm surge and storm          |                                   |
| inundation, erosion, and habitat  |                                   |
| mapping. The Center also worked   |                                   |
| with state and federal partners   |                                   |
| to share costs and find multiple  |                                   |
| uses for coastal lidar and IfSAR  |                                   |
| data sets.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc                  |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/crs/tcm/]{.underline}]( |                                   |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/tcm/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coral Reef Management           |                                   |
| Fellowship**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The fellowship program provides   |                                   |
| professional on-the-job education |                                   |
| and training to highly qualified  |                                   |
| individuals on island-level coral |                                   |
| reef management and provides      |                                   |
| policy and management support.    |                                   |
| Fellows are placed every other    |                                   |
| year and spend two years working  |                                   |
| on specific projects and          |                                   |
| activities determined by each     |                                   |
| island's lead coral reef          |                                   |
| management agency.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/    |                                   |
| assistants/]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/assistants/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Environmental Literacy          |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Over 500,000 students, teachers,  |                                   |
| and local community participants  |                                   |
| have benefited from NOAA Pacific  |                                   |
| Services Center's Environmental   |                                   |
| Literacy Program. An example is   |                                   |
| the NOAA Honua project, an        |                                   |
| innovative education tool that    |                                   |
| uses digital globe formats, such  |                                   |
| as NOAA's Science On a Sphere and |                                   |
| the Magic Planet, to provide      |                                   |
| opportunities for local           |                                   |
| communities to increase their     |                                   |
| understanding and use of NOAA's   |                                   |
| data, information, and programs.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.csc.no                |                                   |
| aa.gov/bins/regions/pacific.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hawaii Flood Response Tool**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This software, which is being     |                                   |
| developed for local emergency     |                                   |
| managers, will provide an         |                                   |
| improved operational picture for  |                                   |
| flood response activities by      |                                   |
| automatically logging disparate   |                                   |
| real-time and near real-time      |                                   |
| observation data and text         |                                   |
| products via the Internet. The    |                                   |
| information will be displayed     |                                   |
| along with historical and         |                                   |
| baseline data in an               |                                   |
| easy-to-interpret format          |                                   |
| utilizing GIS. This rapid access  |                                   |
| to new data streams should        |                                   |
| provide a more realistic picture  |                                   |
| of on-the-ground conditions and   |                                   |
| reduce data compilation time.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.c                     |                                   |
| sc.noaa.gov/regions/pacific.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hawaii Tsunami Evacuation       |                                   |
| Visualization Tool**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| New models and updated data are   |                                   |
| causing Hawaii to rezone some     |                                   |
| tsunami evacuation areas and      |                                   |
| change the designations of some   |                                   |
| previously identified tsunami     |                                   |
| evacuation shelters. This new     |                                   |
| information, however, is not      |                                   |
| always easy for the public to     |                                   |
| find. This tool provides a        |                                   |
| user-friendly mechanism for the   |                                   |
| public to access Hawaii's tsunami |                                   |
| hazards information.              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.c                     |                                   |
| sc.noaa.gov/regions/pacific.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hazard Assessment Tool**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Local communities have requested  |                                   |
| an easy-to-use way to access      |                                   |
| hazards data, since this          |                                   |
| information is useful when        |                                   |
| issuing building permits and      |                                   |
| making zoning decisions.          |                                   |
| Site-specific tools have been     |                                   |
| developed in response to this     |                                   |
| request.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:/                          |                                   |
| /www.csc.noaa.gov/hat/]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hat/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Land Cover Mapping**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Nothing provides a big-picture    |                                   |
| view of land cover status better  |                                   |
| than these maps, which are        |                                   |
| developed using remote sensing    |                                   |
| technology. The Center has        |                                   |
| baseline land cover data for most |                                   |
| of the coastal zone. The goal is  |                                   |
| to update the imagery every five  |                                   |
| years to also provide a means of  |                                   |
| detecting change or trends.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noa              |                                   |
| a.gov/landcover/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.csc.noaa.gov/landcover/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Legislative Atlas**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Web-based legislative        |                                   |
| mapping tool provides coastal     |                                   |
| resource managers with easy       |                                   |
| access to coastal legislative     |                                   |
| data and information. In 2008 the |                                   |
| Legislative Atlas team added      |                                   |
| additional legislative            |                                   |
| information for the three regions |                                   |
| represented in the                |                                   |
| atlas---Hawaii, West Coast, and   |                                   |
| the Gulf of Maine. This added     |                                   |
| information included both federal |                                   |
| and state regulations. The        |                                   |
| legislative query tool is also    |                                   |
| being redesigned according to     |                                   |
| user input.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislat |                                   |
| iveatlas/]{.underline}](http://ww |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Marine Debris Action Planning** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Pacific Services Center  |                                   |
| is working with the NOAA Marine   |                                   |
| Debris Program to address marine  |                                   |
| debris issues across the Hawaiian |                                   |
| archipelago. At the conclusion of |                                   |
| this project, a strategic and     |                                   |
| implementable plan will be in     |                                   |
| place to address activities in    |                                   |
| five focus areas: research,       |                                   |
| outreach and education,           |                                   |
| land-based debris prevention,     |                                   |
| beach cleanups, and in-water and  |                                   |
| reef debris removal.              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.c                     |                                   |
| sc.noaa.gov/regions/pacific.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **N-SPECT Applications**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Nonpoint-Source Pollution and |                                   |
| Erosion Comparison Tool (N-SPECT) |                                   |
| is a GIS-based screening tool     |                                   |
| that models basic hydrologic      |                                   |
| processes, including overland     |                                   |
| flow, erosion, and nonpoint       |                                   |
| source pollution for watersheds.  |                                   |
| Staff members worked in Hawaii to |                                   |
| help officials implement this     |                                   |
| powerful tool.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/cwq/nspe |                                   |
| ct.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| csc.noaa.gov/crs/cwq/nspect.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Training**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides training to   |                                   |
| the coastal resource managers of  |                                   |
| the nation in three focus areas:  |                                   |
| geospatial technology, coastal    |                                   |
| management, and building process  |                                   |
| skills. Training can take place   |                                   |
| at the Center's training facility |                                   |
| for some courses but most often   |                                   |
| is taken to coastal managers in   |                                   |
| the field.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/bins/resources/training.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.csc.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/bins/resources/training.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Services Center (PSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Updating Nautical Charts and    |                                   |
| U.S. Coast Pilot**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Pacific Services Center  |                                   |
| is partnering with the Office of  |                                   |
| Coastal Survey to ensure that the |                                   |
| nautical charts and U.S. Coast    |                                   |
| Pilot within the Pacific Islands  |                                   |
| are up-to-date and accurate so    |                                   |
| that these data (e.g., current    |                                   |
| shorelines, hydrographic depths,  |                                   |
| features, and aids or dangers to  |                                   |
| navigation) can assist maritime   |                                   |
| commerce.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.c                     |                                   |
| sc.noaa.gov/regions/pacific.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service (NWS)  |                                   |
| and Office of Oceanic and         |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Incident Meteorologist Program  |                                   |
| and Earth Systems Research        |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fire Weather Services and       |                                   |
| Support**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Weather Service      |                                   |
| (NWS) fire weather forecasters    |                                   |
| are called Incident               |                                   |
| Meteorologists (IMETS). When a    |                                   |
| fire reaches a large enough size  |                                   |
| the IMETS are called out to the   |                                   |
| fire to provide constant weather  |                                   |
| updates and forecast briefings to |                                   |
| the fire incident commanders at   |                                   |
| the fire. The IMETS are very      |                                   |
| important members of the fire     |                                   |
| fighting team, as changes in the  |                                   |
| fires are largely due to changes  |                                   |
| in the weather. To improve NWS    |                                   |
| fire weather services to the      |                                   |
| public, NOAA's Earth System       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory (ESRL)        |                                   |
| conducts modeling,                |                                   |
| instrumentation and data services |                                   |
| research. ESRL data dissemination |                                   |
| and display systems are designed  |                                   |
| to be used by trained             |                                   |
| meteorologists, the US Forest     |                                   |
| Service, and the Bureau of Land   |                                   |
| Management. For example, the      |                                   |
| FX-Net thin client system and the |                                   |
| Gridded FX-Net full function      |                                   |
| system are ESRL-developed         |                                   |
| software systems that are a       |                                   |
| critical part of the equipment    |                                   |
| the IMETS bring with them to the  |                                   |
| fire. NWS forecasters at fires in |                                   |
| all 50 states use these mobile    |                                   |
| PC--based client software         |                                   |
| packages. Computer servers that   |                                   |
| communicate with the mobile PC    |                                   |
| clients are located in Hawaii,    |                                   |
| Alaska, Utah, Colorado, Texas and |                                   |
| New York. State emergency         |                                   |
| managers in many of the NWS       |                                   |
| regional areas also use the       |                                   |
| PC-base clients. Other            |                                   |
| collaborators who work to improve |                                   |
| NWS fire weather services include |                                   |
| the University of Colorado in     |                                   |
| Boulder (CU), NCAR and private    |                                   |
| sector instrumentation companies. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hawaii Grants**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA is a leading provider of     |                                   |
| climate, weather, and water       |                                   |
| information and services to the   |                                   |
| nation and the world. NOAA's      |                                   |
| Climate Program Office was        |                                   |
| established in October 2005. The  |                                   |
| Office manages the competitive    |                                   |
| research program by which NOAA    |                                   |
| funds high-priority climate       |                                   |
| science to advance understanding  |                                   |
| of atmospheric, oceanic,          |                                   |
| land-based, and snow and ice      |                                   |
| processes, and how they affect    |                                   |
| climate. It focuses on developing |                                   |
| a broader user community for      |                                   |
| climate products and services,    |                                   |
| provides NOAA a focal point for   |                                   |
| climate activities within NOAA,   |                                   |
| leads NOAA climate education and  |                                   |
| outreach activities, and          |                                   |
| coordinates international climate |                                   |
| activities. It supports projects  |                                   |
| across the nation conducted by    |                                   |
| investigators outside the federal |                                   |
| government, such as the through   |                                   |
| the academic and private sectors, |                                   |
| within the federal government,    |                                   |
| and in NOAA Cooperative           |                                   |
| Institutes. The Climate Program   |                                   |
| Office provides climate funding   |                                   |
| in this state.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Chemical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Exploring New Observational     |                                   |
| Technologies -- Unmanned Aircraft |                                   |
| Systems**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL is the home of NOAA's UAS    |                                   |
| Project, which is organized into  |                                   |
| three regional test beds          |                                   |
| including the Arctic (AK),        |                                   |
| Pacific (CA and HI), and Gulf     |                                   |
| Coast (FL) test beds. Unmanned    |                                   |
| Aircraft Systems (UAS) are        |                                   |
| expected to revolutionize NOAA's  |                                   |
| ability to monitor the global     |                                   |
| environment, while increasing     |                                   |
| national security, individual     |                                   |
| safety, profits, and economic     |                                   |
| competitiveness for U.S.          |                                   |
| companies. UAS have the potential |                                   |
| to fill critical observation gaps |                                   |
| in climate change research,       |                                   |
| weather and water resources       |                                   |
| forecasting, ecosystem monitoring |                                   |
| and management, and coastal       |                                   |
| mapping. These information gaps   |                                   |
| usually exist over remote and     |                                   |
| often dangerous areas, such as    |                                   |
| the polar regions, the            |                                   |
| mid-oceans, expansive wildlands,  |                                   |
| volcanic islands, and other       |                                   |
| remote reaches of the Earth.      |                                   |
| Manned aircraft flights are not   |                                   |
| advisable in these areas due to   |                                   |
| long flight durations and         |                                   |
| hazardous conditions. This        |                                   |
| project engages industry          |                                   |
| affiliates that developed UAS     |                                   |
| technologies for national defense |                                   |
| and now will apply them for the   |                                   |
| benefit of the global             |                                   |
| environment.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://uas.noaa.gov/]{.         |                                   |
| underline}](http://uas.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **University of Hawaii Sea Grant  |                                   |
| College Program**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Sea Grant        |                                   |
| College Program is a              |                                   |
| federal-university partnership    |                                   |
| that integrates research,         |                                   |
| education, and outreach           |                                   |
| (extension and communications).   |                                   |
| Sea Grant forms a network of 32   |                                   |
| programs in all U.S. coastal and  |                                   |
| Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico   |                                   |
| and Guam. As part of the          |                                   |
| prestigious School of Ocean and   |                                   |
| Earth Sciences and Technology,    |                                   |
| the University of Hawaii Sea      |                                   |
| Grant College Program links NOAA  |                                   |
| to its constituents by connecting |                                   |
| academia, federal, state, and     |                                   |
| local government, industry and    |                                   |
| community members through state   |                                   |
| of the art technology transfer.   |                                   |
| Hawaii Sea Grant is dedicated to  |                                   |
| achieving resilient coastal       |                                   |
| communities characterized by      |                                   |
| vibrant economies, social and     |                                   |
| cultural sustainability, and      |                                   |
| environmental soundness. Research |                                   |
| and extension activities cover a  |                                   |
| broad spectrum of areas including |                                   |
| design sciences, coastal natural  |                                   |
| hazards, coastal and near shore   |                                   |
| resources, sustainable tourism,   |                                   |
| aquaculture and environmental     |                                   |
| literacy.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.soest.hawaii.        |                                   |
| edu/SEAGRANT/]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //www.soest.hawaii.edu/SEAGRANT/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***HI-1***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Ewa Beach***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific    |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Center**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tsunami Warning System**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific  |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC),    |                                   |
| located in Ewa Beach, serves as   |                                   |
| the operational center of the     |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning System (TWS) in   |                                   |
| the Pacific, an international     |                                   |
| program requiring the             |                                   |
| participation of many seismic,    |                                   |
| tide, communication and           |                                   |
| dissemination facilities operated |                                   |
| by most of the nations bordering  |                                   |
| the Pacific Ocean. The            |                                   |
| operational objective of PTWS is  |                                   |
| to detect and locate major        |                                   |
| earthquakes in the Pacific Basin  |                                   |
| to determine whether tsunamis     |                                   |
| have been generated and to        |                                   |
| provide timely and effective      |                                   |
| tsunami information and warnings  |                                   |
| to the population of the Pacific. |                                   |
| PTWC also acts as the Hawaii      |                                   |
| Regional Tsunami Warning Center   |                                   |
| for tsunamis generated within the |                                   |
| Hawaiian Islands. The center      |                                   |
| works closely with Hawaii State   |                                   |
| and County Civil Defense to issue |                                   |
| timely warnings and conduct       |                                   |
| public education programs.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.glos.us/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Hilo, Honolulu***              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Science On a Sphere®**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Science On a Sphere (SOS) is a    |                                   |
| room-sized global display system  |                                   |
| that uses computers and video     |                                   |
| projectors to display planetary   |                                   |
| data onto a six-foot diameter     |                                   |
| sphere, analogous to a giant      |                                   |
| animated globe. Researchers at    |                                   |
| NOAA developed Science On a       |                                   |
| Sphere® as an educational tool to |                                   |
| help illustrate Earth System      |                                   |
| science to people of all ages.    |                                   |
| Animated images of atmospheric    |                                   |
| storms, climate change, and ocean |                                   |
| temperature can be shown on the   |                                   |
| sphere, which is used to explain  |                                   |
| what are sometimes complex        |                                   |
| environmental processes, in a way |                                   |
| that is simultaneously intuitive  |                                   |
| and captivating.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.sos.noaa.gov/ and    |                                   |
| http://s                          |                                   |
| os.noaa.gov/news/sos_sites.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.glos.us/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Honolulu***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Seafood Inspection     |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hawaii State Inspection         |                                   |
| Office**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Seafood Inspection   |                                   |
| Program conducts a voluntary      |                                   |
| inspection program for fishery    |                                   |
| products on a fee-for-service     |                                   |
| basis. The office offers a wide   |                                   |
| range of services to the area\'s  |                                   |
| fishermen and fish processors     |                                   |
| including process and product     |                                   |
| inspection, product grading, lot  |                                   |
| inspection, laboratory analysis,  |                                   |
| and training. All edible          |                                   |
| foodstuffs, ranging from whole    |                                   |
| fish to formulated products, as   |                                   |
| well as fish meal used for animal |                                   |
| foods, are eligible for           |                                   |
| inspection and certification.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://s                        |                                   |
| eafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/]{.underline |                                   |
| }](http://seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Special agents   |                                   |
| and enforcement officers have     |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| the recent formation of the       |                                   |
| Pacific Island Division, the      |                                   |
| Southwest Division has the        |                                   |
| opportunity to focus solely on    |                                   |
| California issues. Comprised of   |                                   |
| the Hawaiian Islands, the         |                                   |
| Commonwealth of Guam, American    |                                   |
| Samoa and the Northern Marianas,  |                                   |
| the Pacific Island Division \'s   |                                   |
| area of responsibility covers     |                                   |
| 9,870 miles of coastline          |                                   |
| incorporating not only the main   |                                   |
| inhabited islands but also remote |                                   |
| locations such as Wake Island,    |                                   |
| Howland Island, Baker Island,     |                                   |
| Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll,     |                                   |
| Johnston's Atoll and Kingman      |                                   |
| Reef. These marine areas provide  |                                   |
| habitat to thousands of species   |                                   |
| of protected marine mammals and   |                                   |
| managed fish, and four species of |                                   |
| endangered sea turtles. The       |                                   |
| Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale   |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuary in      |                                   |
| Hawaii Fagatele Bay National      |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuary in American      |                                   |
| Samoa and the newly created       |                                   |
| Northwest Hawaiian Islands        |                                   |
| National Monument are all found   |                                   |
| within this region.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Advisor**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor is a jointly |                                   |
| funded National Ocean Service     |                                   |
| (NOS) employee that resides in    |                                   |
| the state to provide liaison      |                                   |
| between NOS and the host state.   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor guides and   |                                   |
| assists the state\'s charting,    |                                   |
| geodetic and surveying programs   |                                   |
| through technical expertise. This |                                   |
| program also provides technical   |                                   |
| assistance in planning and        |                                   |
| implementing Geographic/Land      |                                   |
| Information System: (GIS/LIS)     |                                   |
| projects.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://www.ngs.noaa.g    |                                   |
| ov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.ngs.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Papahanaumokuakea Marine        |                                   |
| National Monument**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |                                   |
| (NWHI) Coral Reef Ecosystem       |                                   |
| Reserve is now designated as a    |                                   |
| nation monument, known as the     |                                   |
| Papahanaumokuakea Marine National |                                   |
| Monument. It has offices in Hilo, |                                   |
| Hawai\'i and Honolulu, O\'ahu.    |                                   |
| Established by Executive Orders   |                                   |
| 132178 and 13196, is our          |                                   |
| nation\'s largest marine          |                                   |
| protected area with 131,800       |                                   |
| square statute miles or 99,500    |                                   |
| square nautical miles encompassed |                                   |
| within the reserve. It is         |                                   |
| approximately 1.200 statute miles |                                   |
| long and 100 miles wide.          |                                   |
| Representing nearly 70% of all    |                                   |
| corals found in U.S. waters, this |                                   |
| reserve is managed by the Office  |                                   |
| of National Marine Sanctuaries    |                                   |
| and was designed to provide       |                                   |
| protection for the coral reef     |                                   |
| ecosystem and related marine      |                                   |
| resources of the NWHI. It is      |                                   |
| intended to bring together state  |                                   |
| and federal agencies to help      |                                   |
| address the global coral reef     |                                   |
| crisis by protecting this         |                                   |
| national treasure for future      |                                   |
| generations.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/>     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hawaii Coastal Management       |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Hawaii Office of Planning     |                                   |
| administers the Hawaii Coastal    |                                   |
| Program. The entire state of      |                                   |
| Hawaii is included within         |                                   |
| Hawaii\'s Coastal Program and     |                                   |
| coastal boundary. The Coastal     |                                   |
| Program was created as a shared   |                                   |
| management system with the state  |                                   |
| and county agencies, assuring     |                                   |
| that the projects and activities  |                                   |
| comply with the coastal zone      |                                   |
| management objectives and         |                                   |
| policies. The counties administer |                                   |
| the Special Management Areas      |                                   |
| (SMAs) permit system. The Coastal |                                   |
| Program encourages ocean resource |                                   |
| management that balances social,  |                                   |
| economic, cultural, and           |                                   |
| environmental considerations. The |                                   |
| Coastal Program works to reduce   |                                   |
| the risks to life and property    |                                   |
| from coastal hazards. For         |                                   |
| example, a project developing     |                                   |
| wind speed maps and building code |                                   |
| standards for hurricane force     |                                   |
| winds hitting the counties of     |                                   |
| Maui and Hawaii will mitigate the |                                   |
| hazards associated with           |                                   |
| hurricanes and other wind storm   |                                   |
| events. The project includes      |                                   |
| building code training, which is  |                                   |
| essential to the development of a |                                   |
| highly qualified public/private   |                                   |
| building industry.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/hw.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/hw.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Islands Coordinator**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Every day, oil spills, hazardous  |                                   |
| material releases, vessel         |                                   |
| groundings, and fierce storms     |                                   |
| assault our Nation\'s coasts. The |                                   |
| Office of Response and            |                                   |
| Restoration (OR&R) is the focal   |                                   |
| point within NOAA to prevent,     |                                   |
| plan for, and respond to these    |                                   |
| disasters. On behalf of the       |                                   |
| public, OR&R and its partners     |                                   |
| protect and restore coastal       |                                   |
| resources through the application |                                   |
| of science and technology. OR&R   |                                   |
| also empowers communities by      |                                   |
| providing training, guidance, and |                                   |
| the decision-making tools that    |                                   |
| will help improve the health of   |                                   |
| our coasts. OR&R\'s Emergency     |                                   |
| Response Division, and Assessment |                                   |
| and Restoration Division are      |                                   |
| headquartered in Seattle. The     |                                   |
| Pacific Islands Coordinator,      |                                   |
| located in Honolulu at the        |                                   |
| Pacific Services Center, acts as  |                                   |
| a liaison between headquarters,   |                                   |
| field staff, and island           |                                   |
| jurisdictions, and assists with   |                                   |
| coordination and implementation   |                                   |
| of marine debris and              |                                   |
| coral-related activities in the   |                                   |
| Pacific Islands of Hawaii,        |                                   |
| American Samoa, Guam, and the     |                                   |
| Commonwealth of the Northern      |                                   |
| Mariana Islands.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://response.restora         |                                   |
| tion.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //response.restoration.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific islands Region**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Pacific Services Center**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Co-located with the Pacific       |                                   |
| Region Headquarters of the        |                                   |
| National Weather Service in the   |                                   |
| Mauka Tower of the Pacific        |                                   |
| Guardian Center in downtown       |                                   |
| Honolulu, the NOAA Pacific        |                                   |
| Services Center (PSC) was         |                                   |
| established in 2001 as a          |                                   |
| collaborative NOAA regional       |                                   |
| effort to develop and deliver     |                                   |
| coastal management information    |                                   |
| and services to the coastal       |                                   |
| resource management communities   |                                   |
| in the State of Hawaii,           |                                   |
| Territories of American Samoa and |                                   |
| Guam, and the Commonwealth of the |                                   |
| Northern Mariana Islands. The     |                                   |
| island-based philosophy of the    |                                   |
| PSC ensures the delivery of these |                                   |
| products and services reflects    |                                   |
| global perspectives and local     |                                   |
| diversity. Through collaboration  |                                   |
| with its clients and partners,    |                                   |
| the PSC provides information,     |                                   |
| technology, training, and         |                                   |
| management solutions. Consistent  |                                   |
| with the mission of the NOAA      |                                   |
| Coastal Services Center, the PSC  |                                   |
| fosters an environment in which   |                                   |
| both staff and partners can       |                                   |
| promote sustainable and resilient |                                   |
| coastal communities.              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http:/                   |                                   |
| /www.csc.noaa.gov/psc/]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://www.csc.noaa.gov/psc/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Region**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Region Headquarters**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the Mauka Tower of the |                                   |
| Pacific Guardian Center in        |                                   |
| downtown Honolulu, this regional  |                                   |
| office has administrative and     |                                   |
| management responsibilities for   |                                   |
| all National Weather Service      |                                   |
| field operations in Hawaii and    |                                   |
| the territories of American       |                                   |
| Samoa, Guam and Commonwealth of   |                                   |
| the Northern Mariana Islands.     |                                   |
| These areas include offices in    |                                   |
| Honolulu, Hilo, Kahului, and      |                                   |
| Lihue, Hawaii; Guam; Pago Pago,   |                                   |
| American Samoa; Koror, Republic   |                                   |
| of Palau; Majuro, Republic of the |                                   |
| Marshall Islands; and Pohnpei,    |                                   |
| Yap and Chuuk, Federated Sates of |                                   |
| Micronesia. The NWS Pacific       |                                   |
| Region operates its five          |                                   |
| Micronesian offices in            |                                   |
| cooperation with the Republic of  |                                   |
| the Palau, Republic of the        |                                   |
| Marshall Islands and the          |                                   |
| Federated States of Micronesia in |                                   |
| accordance with the provisions of |                                   |
| the Compact of Free Association   |                                   |
| between the United States and     |                                   |
| each Micronesian government. The  |                                   |
| five Micronesian Weather Service  |                                   |
| Offices provide the United States |                                   |
| with critical Upper-Air Data and  |                                   |
| Aviation Weather Observations.    |                                   |
| These offices also provide        |                                   |
| adaptive weather forecasts and    |                                   |
| warnings to their local           |                                   |
| constituents. The Pacific Region  |                                   |
| Headquarters also oversees the    |                                   |
| Central Pacific Hurricane Center  |                                   |
| and the Pacific Tsunami Warning   |                                   |
| Center, and it hosts the          |                                   |
| International Tsunami Information |                                   |
| Center.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.prh.noaa.gov]{.unde  |                                   |
| rline}](http://www.prh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Region Headquarters**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **International Tsunami           |                                   |
| Information Center**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The International Tsunami         |                                   |
| Information Center (ITIC) office  |                                   |
| is co-located with the National   |                                   |
| Weather Service Pacific Region    |                                   |
| Headquarters in the Pacific       |                                   |
| Guardian Center, Mauka Tower.     |                                   |
| ITIC was established in 1965 by   |                                   |
| the Intergovernmental             |                                   |
| Oceanographic Commission of       |                                   |
| United Nations Educational,       |                                   |
| Scientific and Cultural           |                                   |
| Organization, which provides      |                                   |
| partial funding. The National     |                                   |
| Weather Service funds salaries    |                                   |
| and provides in-kind support,     |                                   |
| including office space and        |                                   |
| administrative assistance. ITIC   |                                   |
| maintains and develops            |                                   |
| relationships with scientific     |                                   |
| research and academic             |                                   |
| organizations, civil              |                                   |
| defense/emergency management      |                                   |
| agencies and the general public   |                                   |
| in order to carry out its mission |                                   |
| to mitigate the hazards           |                                   |
| associated with tsunamis by       |                                   |
| improving tsunami preparedness    |                                   |
| for all Pacific Ocean nations.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| To accomplish this mission, ITIC  |                                   |
| monitors international tsunami    |                                   |
| warning activities in the         |                                   |
| Pacific; assists member states in |                                   |
| establishing national warning     |                                   |
| systems; makes information        |                                   |
| available on current technologies |                                   |
| and equipment for tsunami warning |                                   |
| systems; maintains a library of   |                                   |
| materials to promulgate knowledge |                                   |
| about tsunamis; disseminates      |                                   |
| information including educational |                                   |
| materials and research reports;   |                                   |
| and publishes a newsletter for    |                                   |
| all parties interested in the     |                                   |
| activities of ITIC and other      |                                   |
| organizations involved in tsunami |                                   |
| warning or tsunami hazard         |                                   |
| reduction. ITIC works closely     |                                   |
| with the Richard H. Hagemeyer     |                                   |
| Pacific Tsunami Warning Center    |                                   |
| and Hawaii State and County Civil |                                   |
| Defense in an advisory capacity   |                                   |
| and to conduct public education   |                                   |
| programs.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://w                        |                                   |
| ww.prh.noaa.gov/itic/]{.underline |                                   |
| }](http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hawaii WFO**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located on the Manoa Campus of    |                                   |
| the University of Hawaii, this    |                                   |
| National Weather Service Weather  |                                   |
| Forecast Office provides public   |                                   |
| service weather products for the  |                                   |
| Hawaiian Islands and serves as    |                                   |
| the national center for marine,   |                                   |
| aviation and satellite services   |                                   |
| for the Pacific. For the Hawaiian |                                   |
| Islands, the forecast office      |                                   |
| provides weather and flood        |                                   |
| warnings and watches, daily       |                                   |
| forecasts and meteorologic and    |                                   |
| hydrologic data for the area. For |                                   |
| the Pacific, the forecast center  |                                   |
| serves as the Meteorological      |                                   |
| Watch Office for the northern     |                                   |
| Pacific from 140 W to 160 E and   |                                   |
| supplies all aviation weather     |                                   |
| support advisories, terminal      |                                   |
| forecasts and route forecasts;    |                                   |
| provides marine high seas         |                                   |
| forecasts and advisories for the  |                                   |
| north and south Pacific from 120  |                                   |
| W to 160 F (an area four times    |                                   |
| the size of the continental       |                                   |
| United States); and satellite     |                                   |
| interpretation for the north and  |                                   |
| south Pacific using U.S.          |                                   |
| geostationary and polar orbiting  |                                   |
| satellites and Japanese           |                                   |
| geostationary satellite data.     |                                   |
| These data and forecasts are used |                                   |
| by a wide array of customers,     |                                   |
| both U.S. and international,      |                                   |
| within the aviation, marine,      |                                   |
| emergency management and general  |                                   |
| public communities.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/hnl/ind |                                   |
| ex.shtml]{.underline}](http://www |                                   |
| .prh.noaa.gov/pr/hnl/index.shtml) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Marine and Aviation   |                                   |
| Operations (OMAO)**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Port Office -- Honolulu**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Ships *Ka'imimoana,*       |                                   |
| *Oscar Elton Sette*, and          |                                   |
| *Hi'ialakai***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA ships *Ka'imimoana,* *Oscar  |                                   |
| Elton Sette*, and *Hi'ialakai*    |                                   |
| are managed by NOAA's Marine      |                                   |
| Operations Center-Pacific, based  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington. A Port    |                                   |
| Captain located in Honolulu       |                                   |
| provides operational,             |                                   |
| administrative, and logistical    |                                   |
| support to the ships. NOAA ship   |                                   |
| *Ka'imimoana* deploys, recovers,  |                                   |
| and services deep sea moorings    |                                   |
| that measure ocean currents,      |                                   |
| ocean temperatures, and           |                                   |
| atmospheric variables throughout  |                                   |
| the equatorial Pacific. NOAA ship |                                   |
| *Oscar Elton Sette*, normally     |                                   |
| operates throughout the central   |                                   |
| and western Pacific and conducts  |                                   |
| fisheries assessment surveys,     |                                   |
| physical and chemical             |                                   |
| oceanography, marine mammal       |                                   |
| projects and coral reef research. |                                   |
| NOAA ship *Hi'ialakai* conducts   |                                   |
| coral reef ecosystem mapping,     |                                   |
| bio-analysis assessments, coral   |                                   |
| reef health and fish stock        |                                   |
| studies in the Pacific. All       |                                   |
| vessels support NOAA's mission to |                                   |
| protect, restore, and manage the  |                                   |
| use of coastal and ocean          |                                   |
| resources through an ecosystem    |                                   |
| approach to management.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.moc.noaa.go          |                                   |
| v/hi/index.htm]{.underline}](http |                                   |
| ://www.moc.noaa.gov/hi/index.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate and Global Change       |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA is a leading provider of     |                                   |
| climate, weather, and water       |                                   |
| information and services to the   |                                   |
| nation and the world. NOAA's      |                                   |
| Climate Program Office was        |                                   |
| established in October 2005. The  |                                   |
| Office manages the competitive    |                                   |
| research program by which NOAA    |                                   |
| funds high-priority climate       |                                   |
| science to advance understanding  |                                   |
| of atmospheric, oceanic,          |                                   |
| land-based, and snow and ice      |                                   |
| processes, and how they affect    |                                   |
| climate. It focuses on developing |                                   |
| a broader user community for      |                                   |
| climate products and services,    |                                   |
| provides NOAA a focal point for   |                                   |
| climate activities within NOAA,   |                                   |
| leads NOAA climate education and  |                                   |
| outreach activities, and          |                                   |
| coordinates international climate |                                   |
| activities. It supports projects  |                                   |
| across the nation conducted by    |                                   |
| investigators outside the federal |                                   |
| government, such as the through   |                                   |
| the academic and private sectors, |                                   |
| within the federal government,    |                                   |
| and in NOAA Cooperative           |                                   |
| Institutes. The Climate Program   |                                   |
| Office provides climate funding   |                                   |
| in this state. Grants Recipients: |                                   |
| Joint Institute for Marine and    |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research, University  |                                   |
| of Hawaii.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Joint Institute for Marine and  |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (JIMAR),     |                                   |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| JIMAR was established at the      |                                   |
| University of Hawaii (UH) at      |                                   |
| Manoa in September 1977. JIMAR    |                                   |
| brings together research          |                                   |
| scientists from NOAA line         |                                   |
| offices, UH, and the global       |                                   |
| community to conduct research in  |                                   |
| the broad interests of NOAA in    |                                   |
| the Indo-Pacific region. NOAA     |                                   |
| offices collaborating with JIMAR  |                                   |
| program include the Pacific       |                                   |
| Marine Environmental Laboratory,  |                                   |
| the Atlantic Oceanographic and    |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory, the    |                                   |
| Earth System Research Laboratory, |                                   |
| the National Marine Fisheries     |                                   |
| Service, the National Weather     |                                   |
| Service, and the National Ocean   |                                   |
| Service. JIMAR also supports      |                                   |
| student development, outreach,    |                                   |
| and special training programs.    |                                   |
| JIMAR research includes six       |                                   |
| themes: (1) tsunamis and other    |                                   |
| long-period ocean waves; (2)      |                                   |
| equatorial oceanography; (3)      |                                   |
| climate; (4) fisheries            |                                   |
| oceanography; (5) tropical        |                                   |
| meteorology; and (6) coastal      |                                   |
| research. The scope of these      |                                   |
| efforts spans the US-affiliated   |                                   |
| Pacific Islands as well as the    |                                   |
| broader Pacific and Indian Ocean  |                                   |
| basins.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ilikai.soest.ha          |                                   |
| waii.edu/jimar]{.underline}](http |                                   |
| ://ilikai.soest.hawaii.edu/jimar) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Hawaii and the       |                                   |
| Pacific**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for      |                                   |
| Hawaii and the Pacific, based at  |                                   |
| the University of Hawaii,         |                                   |
| Honolulu, is one of six undersea  |                                   |
| centers established by NOAA\'s    |                                   |
| Undersea Research Program (NURP)  |                                   |
| to provide the research community |                                   |
| access to advanced underwater     |                                   |
| technologies. The center supports |                                   |
| undersea research and scientific  |                                   |
| investigation primarily around    |                                   |
| the Hawaiian Islands. Facilities  |                                   |
| include submersibles (Pisces IV   |                                   |
| and V) capable of carrying three  |                                   |
| individuals to a depth of 2000    |                                   |
| meters; RCV-150, a remotely       |                                   |
| operated vehicle (ROV) that       |                                   |
| operates up to 1000 meters in     |                                   |
| depth; and R/V Ka\'               |                                   |
| imikai-O-Kanaloa, a 220-foot      |                                   |
| dedicated support vessel with     |                                   |
| facilities for 19 scientists.     |                                   |
| Research projects include study   |                                   |
| of deepwater precious coral       |                                   |
| abundance, reproduction and       |                                   |
| genetics; Hawaiian fishery        |                                   |
| operations; bottom fish           |                                   |
| abundances in Marine Protected    |                                   |
| Areas; effects of deep ocean      |                                   |
| disposal of sewage and dredge     |                                   |
| spoils; association of endangered |                                   |
| Hawaiian monk seals with precious |                                   |
| coral habitats; and the biology   |                                   |
| and geology associated with the   |                                   |
| Loihi volcano.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and     |                                   |
| http://www.oc                     |                                   |
| eanexplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Midway Island***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere - Cooperative Global   |                                   |
| Air Sampling Network**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| Cooperative Global Air Sampling   |                                   |
| Network to measure the            |                                   |
| distribution and trends of carbon |                                   |
| dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4),  |                                   |
| the two gases most responsible    |                                   |
| for human-caused climate change,  |                                   |
| as well as other greenhouse gases |                                   |
| and volatile organic compounds.   |                                   |
| Samples are collected weekly at   |                                   |
| fixed locations and on several    |                                   |
| commercial ships. The air samples |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO. The observed geographical     |                                   |
| patterns and small but persistent |                                   |
| spatial gradients are used to     |                                   |
| better understand the processes,  |                                   |
| both natural and human induced,   |                                   |
| that underlie the trends. These   |                                   |
| measurements help determine the   |                                   |
| magnitude of carbon sources and   |                                   |
| sinks.                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.                     |                                   |
| esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.h |                                   |
| tml]{.underline}](http://www.esrl |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***HI-1, 2***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Honolulu, Kihei, Kauai***      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuary**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Hawaiian Islands Humpback     |                                   |
| Whale National Marine Sanctuary   |                                   |
| main headquarters are located in  |                                   |
| Kihei, Maui with satellite        |                                   |
| offices in Honolulu, Oahu, and on |                                   |
| the island of Kauai. The          |                                   |
| boundaries of the Sanctuary       |                                   |
| include the area from the high    |                                   |
| water mark to the 100-fathom (600 |                                   |
| feet) isobath around the islands  |                                   |
| of Maui, Molokai, Lanai; and      |                                   |
| including Penguin Banks; the      |                                   |
| Pailolo Channel; and a small      |                                   |
| portion off Kilauea Point, Kauai. |                                   |
| The warm, shallow waters          |                                   |
| surrounding the main Hawaiian     |                                   |
| Islands constitute one of the     |                                   |
| world\'s most important humpback  |                                   |
| whale habitats and the only place |                                   |
| in the U.S. where humpbacks       |                                   |
| reproduce. Scientists estimate    |                                   |
| that two-thirds of the entire     |                                   |
| North Pacific humpback whale      |                                   |
| population migrate to Hawaiian    |                                   |
| waters to engage in breeding,     |                                   |
| calving, and nursing activities.  |                                   |
| The continued protection of       |                                   |
| humpback whales and their         |                                   |
| habitats is crucial to the        |                                   |
| long-term recovery of this        |                                   |
| endangered species. The           |                                   |
| objectives of the Sanctuary are   |                                   |
| to protect humpback whales and    |                                   |
| their habitat within the          |                                   |
| Sanctuary, to educate and         |                                   |
| interpret for the public the      |                                   |
| relationship of humpback whales   |                                   |
| and the Hawaiian Islands marine   |                                   |
| environment to manage human uses  |                                   |
| of the Sanctuary consistent with  |                                   |
| the Hawaiian Islands National     |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuary Act and the      |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuary Act,    |                                   |
| and to provide for the            |                                   |
| identification of marine          |                                   |
| resources and ecosystems of       |                                   |
| national significance for         |                                   |
| possible inclusion in the         |                                   |
| Sanctuary.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http                             |                                   |
| ://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***HI-2***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Hilo***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Environmental          |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service (NESDIS and Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research  |                                   |
| (OAR)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hilo Station**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| National Climatic Data Center     |                                   |
| (NCDC) manages the USCRN. The     |                                   |
| USCRN will also provide the       |                                   |
| United States with a reference    |                                   |
| network that contributes to an    |                                   |
| International network under the   |                                   |
| auspices of the Global Climate    |                                   |
| Observing System (GCOS). NOAA's   |                                   |
| National Environmental Satellite, |                                   |
| Data, and Information Service and |                                   |
| NOAA's Office of Oceanic and      |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research jointly      |                                   |
| manage USCRN.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www                       |                                   |
| .ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/uscrn/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hilo Data Collection Office     |                                   |
| (DCO)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Hilo Data Collection Office   |                                   |
| has responsibility for the Island |                                   |
| of Hawaii. The office provides    |                                   |
| surface and upper air             |                                   |
| observations; critical input on   |                                   |
| forecasts, watches and warnings   |                                   |
| to the Honolulu Forecast Office   |                                   |
| for the Big Island; assistance in |                                   |
| collecting significant weather    |                                   |
| observations for the Big Island;  |                                   |
| and outreach and education        |                                   |
| programs.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Science On a Sphere®**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Science On a Sphere (SOS) is a    |                                   |
| room-sized global display system  |                                   |
| that uses computers and video     |                                   |
| projectors to display planetary   |                                   |
| data onto a six-foot diameter     |                                   |
| sphere, analogous to a giant      |                                   |
| animated globe. Researchers at    |                                   |
| NOAA developed Science On a       |                                   |
| Sphere® as an educational tool to |                                   |
| help illustrate Earth System      |                                   |
| science to people of all ages.    |                                   |
| Animated images of atmospheric    |                                   |
| storms, climate change, and ocean |                                   |
| temperature can be shown on the   |                                   |
| sphere, which is used to explain  |                                   |
| what are sometimes complex        |                                   |
| environmental processes, in a way |                                   |
| that is simultaneously intuitive  |                                   |
| and captivating.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.sos.noaa.gov/ and     |                                   |
| http://sos.noaa.gov               |                                   |
| /news/sos_sites.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Lihue***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Lihue Data Collection Office    |                                   |
| (DCO)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Lihue Data Collection Office  |                                   |
| has responsibility for the Island |                                   |
| of Kauai. The office provides     |                                   |
| surface and upper air             |                                   |
| observations; critical input on   |                                   |
| forecasts, watches and warnings   |                                   |
| to the Weather Forecast Office    |                                   |
| Honolulu for Kauai; assistance in |                                   |
| collecting significant weather    |                                   |
| observations for Kauai; and       |                                   |
| outreach and education programs.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Mauna Loa***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Environmental          |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service (NESDIS and Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research  |                                   |
| (OAR)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Batesville Station**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| National Climatic Data Center     |                                   |
| (NCDC) manages the USCRN. The     |                                   |
| USCRN will also provide the       |                                   |
| United States with a reference    |                                   |
| network that contributes to an    |                                   |
| International network under the   |                                   |
| auspices of the Global Climate    |                                   |
| Observing System (GCOS). NOAA's   |                                   |
| National Environmental Satellite, |                                   |
| Data, and Information Service and |                                   |
| NOAA's Office of Oceanic and      |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research jointly      |                                   |
| manage USCRN.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www                       |                                   |
| .ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/uscrn/> |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
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| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
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| **Mauna Loa Observatory**         |                                   |
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| The Mauna Loa Observatory is one  |                                   |
| of five baseline observatories    |                                   |
| supported by NOAA\'s Climate      |                                   |
| Observations and Analysis Program |                                   |
| and operated by the NOAA Research |                                   |
| Earth System Research Laboratory, |                                   |
| located in Boulder, CO. The       |                                   |
| observatories are part of a       |                                   |
| global network of observatories   |                                   |
| monitoring atmospheric            |                                   |
| constituents that cause climate   |                                   |
| change and depletion of the ozone |                                   |
| layer. Over 250 different         |                                   |
| atmospheric and solar radiation   |                                   |
| properties are monitored at the   |                                   |
| Mauna Loa observatory. The        |                                   |
| observatory's 50-year record of   |                                   |
| continuous atmospheric carbon     |                                   |
| dioxide concentrations is one of  |                                   |
| the longest atmospheric           |                                   |
| constituent records on earth. The |                                   |
| observatory is a key facility in  |                                   |
| the international Network for the |                                   |
| Detection of Stratospheric        |                                   |
| Change, which monitors the        |                                   |
| healing of the ozone layer        |                                   |
| following the global agreement to |                                   |
| reduce ozone-destroying           |                                   |
| fluorocarbons (the Montreal       |                                   |
| Protocol), initiated a decade     |                                   |
| ago. Weekly balloon borne         |                                   |
| ozonesondes are released to       |                                   |
| monitor the vertical distribution |                                   |
| of ozone and the associated       |                                   |
| ultraviolet (UV) radiation        |                                   |
| reaching the surface is measured  |                                   |
| with a world-standard UV          |                                   |
| instrument. Mauna Loa Observatory |                                   |
| is host to 20 cooperative         |                                   |
| programs from around the world,   |                                   |
| is the base for re-transmission   |                                   |
| of many local government radio    |                                   |
| signals, and is a testbed for the |                                   |
| Federal Aviation Administration   |                                   |
| GPS global air traffic control    |                                   |
| system. In addition, Mauna Loa    |                                   |
| Observatory is host to the        |                                   |
| University of New Hampshire Wind  |                                   |
| Lidar program, the NASA           |                                   |
| stratospheric ozone lidar, the    |                                   |
| Associated Universities solar     |                                   |
| observatory, and the National     |                                   |
| Center for Atmospheric Research   |                                   |
| High Altitude Observatory,        |                                   |
| supported by the National Science |                                   |
| Foundation.                       |                                   |
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| [http://www.esrl.no               |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/obop/mlo/]{.underline} |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere -- Halocarbon          |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| sampling network to measure the   |                                   |
| distribution and trends of the    |                                   |
| gases most responsible for        |                                   |
| human-caused depletion of the     |                                   |
| stratospheric ozone layer. Weekly |                                   |
| samples are collected in high     |                                   |
| pressure flasks at fixed          |                                   |
| locations. The air sample flasks  |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO for analysis. Some locations   |                                   |
| conduct continuous surface        |                                   |
| measurements on site. Halocarbon  |                                   |
| measurements help determine the   |                                   |
| effectiveness of efforts to       |                                   |
| protect and restore the ozone     |                                   |
| layer - so it can protect us from |                                   |
| the sun's ultraviolet radiation.  |                                   |
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| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/hats/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/hats/) |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere -- ozone               |                                   |
| measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL conducts long-term           |                                   |
| monitoring of ozone at the        |                                   |
| surface, with aircraft, and with  |                                   |
| balloons, through cooperative     |                                   |
| relationships with local          |                                   |
| partners. The ESRL tropospheric   |                                   |
| ozone aircraft measurement        |                                   |
| program is being done in          |                                   |
| conjunction with the Carbon Cycle |                                   |
| and Greenhouse Gas (CCGG)         |                                   |
| group\'s existing aircraft        |                                   |
| sampling network. Aircraft based  |                                   |
| in-situ tropospheric ozone        |                                   |
| measurements provide data         |                                   |
| relevant to: pollution events,    |                                   |
| lower atmosphere mixing dynamics, |                                   |
| boundary layer stability, ozone   |                                   |
| trend studies, and the validity   |                                   |
| of other samples collected        |                                   |
| in-flight. Near ground level      |                                   |
| ozone is currently monitored      |                                   |
| using ultraviolet absorption      |                                   |
| photometers at eight sites that   |                                   |
| are generally representative of   |                                   |
| background conditions. These      |                                   |
| sites, four of which have records |                                   |
| exceeding 25 years in length,     |                                   |
| provide information on possible   |                                   |
| long-term changes in tropospheric |                                   |
| ozone near the surface and        |                                   |
| support air quality research.     |                                   |
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| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/ozwv/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ozwv/) |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Stratospheric Aerosol Lidar     |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates three  |                                   |
| stratospheric lidar systems to    |                                   |
| measure atmospheric aerosol       |                                   |
| profiles. The Mauna Loa record    |                                   |
| extends back to 1974.             |                                   |
| Stratospheric lidar systems       |                                   |
| measure aerosol light for         |                                   |
| monitoring stratospheric aerosols |                                   |
| from volcanic origins. Volcanic   |                                   |
| aerosols in the stratosphere from |                                   |
| future eruptions could act as     |                                   |
| catalysts for large scale         |                                   |
| stratospheric ozone depletions    |                                   |
| until anthropogenic stratospheric |                                   |
| halocarbon concentrations         |                                   |
| decrease to lower levels by       |                                   |
| mid-century. These ongoing        |                                   |
| observations are important for    |                                   |
| monitoring the recovery of the    |                                   |
| stratospheric ozone layer, which  |                                   |
| protects us from the sun's        |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/ozwv/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ozwv/) |                                   |
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| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ultraviolet Radiation (UV)      |                                   |
| Monitoring Network**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates an     |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation (UV)        |                                   |
| monitoring network site in Mauna  |                                   |
| Loa. The Mauna Loa site is a      |                                   |
| global reference site for this UV |                                   |
| work. These measurements are done |                                   |
| as part of ESRL's research on the |                                   |
| Earth\'s surface radiation        |                                   |
| budget. Research efforts are      |                                   |
| devoted to the extent and cause   |                                   |
| of observed variations in         |                                   |
| long-term radiation and           |                                   |
| meteorological measurements,      |                                   |
| using satellite observations and  |                                   |
| climate model calculations. In    |                                   |
| addition, observations of         |                                   |
| spectral solar radiation are made |                                   |
| for the purpose of remote sensing |                                   |
| of certain atmospheric            |                                   |
| constituents and spectral solar   |                                   |
| UV is measured for the            |                                   |
| investigation of the interaction  |                                   |
| of ozone and solar radiation.     |                                   |
| ESRL also provides essential      |                                   |
| instrument calibration services   |                                   |
| for national and world-wide       |                                   |
| partner UV monitoring networks.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/grad/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Oahu***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Atmosphere       |                                   |
| Aloft - Carbon Cycle Gases and    |                                   |
| Halocarbons**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a new  |                                   |
| and growing small aircraft-based  |                                   |
| North American network of         |                                   |
| sampling sites to measure         |                                   |
| vertical profiles of important    |                                   |
| greenhouse gas concentrations.    |                                   |
| Air is sampled above the surface  |                                   |
| up to approximately 25,000 feet   |                                   |
| above sea level using a           |                                   |
| relatively small, light, and      |                                   |
| economical automated system       |                                   |
| developed by ESRL researchers.    |                                   |
| These air samples are delivered   |                                   |
| to the ESRL laboratory in         |                                   |
| Boulder, Colorado for             |                                   |
| measurements of CO2, CH4, and     |                                   |
| other greenhouse gasses. This     |                                   |
| data will improve understanding   |                                   |
| and models of the global carbon   |                                   |
| cycle. Sampling is conducted      |                                   |
| bi-weekly. Some air samples from  |                                   |
| the small aircraft program are    |                                   |
| also analyzed for halocarbon      |                                   |
| gases that can destroy the        |                                   |
| stratospheric ozone layer.        |                                   |
| Halocarbon measurements help      |                                   |
| determine the effectiveness of    |                                   |
| efforts to protect and restore    |                                   |
| the ozone layer so it can protect |                                   |
| us from the sun's ultraviolet     |                                   |
| radiation.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.                     |                                   |
| esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.h |                                   |
| tml]{.underline}](http://www.esrl |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Pahoa \[Cape Kumukahi\]***     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere - Cooperative Global   |                                   |
| Air Sampling Network**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| Cooperative Global Air Sampling   |                                   |
| Network to measure the            |                                   |
| distribution and trends of carbon |                                   |
| dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4),  |                                   |
| the two gases most responsible    |                                   |
| for human-caused climate change,  |                                   |
| as well as other greenhouse gases |                                   |
| and volatile organic compounds.   |                                   |
| Samples are collected weekly at   |                                   |
| fixed locations and on several    |                                   |
| commercial ships. The air samples |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO. The observed geographical     |                                   |
| patterns and small but persistent |                                   |
| spatial gradients are used to     |                                   |
| better understand the processes,  |                                   |
| both natural and human induced,   |                                   |
| that underlie the trends. These   |                                   |
| measurements help determine the   |                                   |
| magnitude of carbon sources and   |                                   |
| sinks in North America.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.                     |                                   |
| esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.h |                                   |
| tml]{.underline}](http://www.esrl |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere -- Halocarbon          |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| sampling network to measure the   |                                   |
| distribution and trends of the    |                                   |
| gases most responsible for        |                                   |
| human-caused depletion of the     |                                   |
| stratospheric ozone layer. Weekly |                                   |
| samples are collected in high     |                                   |
| pressure flasks at fixed          |                                   |
| locations. The air sample flasks  |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO for analysis. Some locations   |                                   |
| conduct continuous surface        |                                   |
| measurements on site. Halocarbon  |                                   |
| measurements help determine the   |                                   |
| effectiveness of efforts to       |                                   |
| protect and restore the ozone     |                                   |
| layer - so it can protect us from |                                   |
| the sun's ultraviolet radiation.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/hats/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/hats/) |                                   |
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