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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Georgia**                       |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
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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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| ***GA***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Atlanta WAAS, Macon,           |                                   |
| Savannah***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alternatives for Coastal        |                                   |
| Development**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Coastal communities need tools to |                                   |
| analyze, visualize, and make      |                                   |
| decisions about economic, social, |                                   |
| and environmental impacts. For    |                                   |
| this project, map-based           |                                   |
| visualization software            |                                   |
| (CommunityViz and ArcGIS) is used |                                   |
| to analyze three hypothetical     |                                   |
| development scenarios in coastal  |                                   |
| Georgia. The project demonstrates |                                   |
| tools people can use to help them |                                   |
| visualize, measure, and compare   |                                   |
| options. The results provide      |                                   |
| information that can help users   |                                   |
| meet conservation objectives.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/        |                                   |
| alternatives/]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //www.csc.noaa.gov/alternatives/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Visualizing Storm Surge and     |                                   |
| Coastal Shallow Flooding**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This tool helps emergency         |                                   |
| managers view hazards and         |                                   |
| planning data in a GIS            |                                   |
| environment. This Internet        |                                   |
| mapping application, developed    |                                   |
| for Chatham County, Georgia,      |                                   |
| enables multiple county offices   |                                   |
| to view storm-surge zones and     |                                   |
| shallow coastal flooding          |                                   |
| advisories with hazards planning  |                                   |
| data. It also illustrates the     |                                   |
| ways in which potential coastal   |                                   |
| inundation might impact critical  |                                   |
| facilities, infrastructure,       |                                   |
| vulnerable populations, and other |                                   |
| factors. The Center developed     |                                   |
| this tool in partnership with the |                                   |
| Chatham County Emergency          |                                   |
| Management Agency.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Coastal Ocean       |                                   |
| Observing Regional Association    |                                   |
| (SECOORA) is one of 11 Regional   |                                   |
| Associations being established    |                                   |
| through IOOS. SECOORA is to be    |                                   |
| designed and operated to provide  |                                   |
| data, information and products on |                                   |
| marine and estuarine systems.     |                                   |
| Information will be provided to   |                                   |
| users in a common manner and      |                                   |
| according to sound scientific     |                                   |
| practice.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://secoora.org/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Georgia Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| As a steward of our nation's      |                                   |
| coastal and marine environments,  |                                   |
| NOAA addresses immediate and      |                                   |
| long-term environmental threats   |                                   |
| through its Office of Response    |                                   |
| and Restoration (OR&R).           |                                   |
| Scientists are on call            |                                   |
| around-the-clock to provide the   |                                   |
| U.S. Coast Guard and other        |                                   |
| emergency responders with         |                                   |
| critical information to help      |                                   |
| minimize environmental damage     |                                   |
| caused by oil and hazardous       |                                   |
| chemical spills. Environmental    |                                   |
| experts assess ecosystems         |                                   |
| compromised by historic or        |                                   |
| ongoing contamination and work    |                                   |
| with other organizations to       |                                   |
| conduct remediation, restoration, |                                   |
| and monitoring of critical        |                                   |
| natural resources.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://response.restor          |                                   |
| ation.noaa.gov/book_shelf/1429_GA |                                   |
| %20st%20summ.pdf]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://response.restoration.noaa.go |                                   |
| v/book_shelf/1429_GA st summ.pdf) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atlantic Oceanographic and      |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hurricane Research**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Atlantic Oceanographic and    |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory\'s      |                                   |
| Hurricane Research Division       |                                   |
| (HRD), located in Miami, FL,      |                                   |
| conducts research to advance the  |                                   |
| understanding and prediction of   |                                   |
| hurricanes and other tropical     |                                   |
| weather, benefiting the Georgia   |                                   |
| coastal region. HRD's research is |                                   |
| based on a combination of models, |                                   |
| theories, and observations, with  |                                   |
| particular emphasis on data       |                                   |
| obtained with research aircraft.  |                                   |
| These observations are primarily  |                                   |
| collected in our annual field     |                                   |
| program using the two NOAA        |                                   |
| turboprop aircraft and jet        |                                   |
| operated by the NOAA Aircraft     |                                   |
| Operations Center. The goals of   |                                   |
| this research are to: advance the |                                   |
| prediction of tropical cyclone    |                                   |
| intensity change, improve the     |                                   |
| prediction of tropical cyclone    |                                   |
| tracks, improve the understanding |                                   |
| of and ability to predict         |                                   |
| tropical cyclone frequency and    |                                   |
| intensity, and enhance the        |                                   |
| ability to diagnose and predict   |                                   |
| the impact of tropical cyclones   |                                   |
| on life and property.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/   |                                   |
| index.html.]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/index.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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 Georgia. 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/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Restoration Center**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Restoration Center works     |                                   |
| with nine local partners in       |                                   |
| Georgia to restore oyster reefs   |                                   |
| and coastal shorelines. Since     |                                   |
| 2003, five projects have been     |                                   |
| initiated and 50 volunteers have  |                                   |
| contributed their efforts to      |                                   |
| coastal habitat restoration       |                                   |
| through the Community-based       |                                   |
| Restoration Program.              |                                   |
| G.E.O.R.G.I.A - Generating        |                                   |
| Enhanced Oyster Reefs in          |                                   |
| Georgia's Inshore Areas - is a    |                                   |
| multi-year project currently      |                                   |
| underway that has established the |                                   |
| State's first shell recycling     |                                   |
| sites and restored 18 oyster      |                                   |
| reefs. NMFS, in cooperation with  |                                   |
| federal, State of Georgia, State  |                                   |
| of South Carolina, regional, and  |                                   |
| local entities, is involved in    |                                   |
| several projects in Savannah      |                                   |
| Harbor associated with the        |                                   |
| Georgia Ports Authority's         |                                   |
| Savannah Harbor Expansion         |                                   |
| Project.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.nmfs.                |                                   |
| noaa.gov/habitat/]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Protected Resources Division**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Fisheries Science   |                                   |
| Center, along with State          |                                   |
| partners, monitors the migration  |                                   |
| of the critically endangered      |                                   |
| Right Whales each year along the  |                                   |
| Georgia coast, an important       |                                   |
| calving/nursery area for this     |                                   |
| species.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:                           |                                   |
| //www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/ma |                                   |
| mmals/cetaceans/rightwhale_northe |                                   |
| rn.htm]{.underline}](http://www.n |                                   |
| mfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/c |                                   |
| etaceans/rightwhale_northern.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Regional    |                                   |
| Office and Southeast 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).   |                                   |
| The Southeast Regional Office     |                                   |
| (located in Saint Petersburg, FL) |                                   |
| is composed of four divisions:    |                                   |
| (1) Sustainable Fisheries; (2)    |                                   |
| Habitat Conservation; (3)         |                                   |
| Protected Resources; and (4)      |                                   |
| Operations, Management and        |                                   |
| Information, which houses         |                                   |
| constituent services and grants.  |                                   |
| The region manages 175 fish       |                                   |
| species or multispecies complexes |                                   |
| in the Gulf of Mexico, South      |                                   |
| Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea under |                                   |
| 17 fishery management plans.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Fisheries Science   |                                   |
| Center is headquartered on        |                                   |
| Virginia Key, Miami, FL. The      |                                   |
| Center is comprised of five NMFS  |                                   |
| Laboratories (Galveston, TX;      |                                   |
| Pascagoula, MS; Panama City, Fl;  |                                   |
| Miami, Fl; and Beaufort, NC) and  |                                   |
| two satellite facilities          |                                   |
| (Lafayette, LA; Stennis Space     |                                   |
| Center, MS) in the region. The    |                                   |
| Center implements a science and   |                                   |
| research program that provides    |                                   |
| information and technology for    |                                   |
| fishery resource conservation;    |                                   |
| habitat conservation, and; the    |                                   |
| recovery of protected and         |                                   |
| endangered species. The Southeast |                                   |
| Regional Office and Science       |                                   |
| Center are responsible for the    |                                   |
| inland states of Arkansas, Iowa,  |                                   |
| Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri,       |                                   |
| Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma,   |                                   |
| and Tennessee, the coastal states |                                   |
| of North Carolina, South          |                                   |
| Carolina, Georgia, Florida,       |                                   |
| Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,  |                                   |
| and Texas, the Commonwealth of    |                                   |
| Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin  |                                   |
| Islands.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http                             |                                   |
| ://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/index.html> |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
| [http://www.sefsc.noaa            |                                   |
| .gov](http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Demonstration Project** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| While climate is an important     |                                   |
| factor for all coastal            |                                   |
| communities, coastal officials    |                                   |
| often don't know where to access  |                                   |
| climate information or how to     |                                   |
| incorporate this information into |                                   |
| their decision-making processes.  |                                   |
| Two pilot websites were developed |                                   |
| for the states of Georgia and     |                                   |
| North Carolina to address this    |                                   |
| issue---one for recreation and    |                                   |
| tourism and another for           |                                   |
| recreational and commercial       |                                   |
| fishing.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.cormp.org/climate/>   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Storm and Shoreline Products    |                                   |
| for Practitioners**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Resilience is about building the  |                                   |
| capacity to "bounce back." These  |                                   |
| products enhance community        |                                   |
| resilience by providing           |                                   |
| information, resources, and tools |                                   |
| relating to coastal storm hazards |                                   |
| and shoreline change. Products    |                                   |
| and services include the          |                                   |
| following: a storm information    |                                   |
| website, easy access to hurricane |                                   |
| evacuation studies, an            |                                   |
| information guide regarding best  |                                   |
| management practices for          |                                   |
| shoreline change, and an expanded |                                   |
| hurricane preparedness study for  |                                   |
| Chatham County, Geogia, including |                                   |
| a decision-support tool and model |                                   |
| for mapping storm surge zones.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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 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**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Georgia 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)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Georgia Sea Grant 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. The Georgia Sea Grant   |                                   |
| College Program is headquartered  |                                   |
| at the University of Georgia in   |                                   |
| Athens. An additional six         |                                   |
| universities and research         |                                   |
| institutes participate in the     |                                   |
| statewide program of research,    |                                   |
| education and extension services  |                                   |
| that works to promote the wise    |                                   |
| use of marine resources. Georgia  |                                   |
| Sea Grant sponsors research       |                                   |
| projects in the areas of coastal  |                                   |
| ecosystem health modeling, marine |                                   |
| ecosystem dynamics,               |                                   |
| biotechnology, fisheries health   |                                   |
| and water quality. Georgia Sea    |                                   |
| Grant also provides technical     |                                   |
| training, particularly in the     |                                   |
| area of aquaculture, for          |                                   |
| underrepresented and minority     |                                   |
| students. The Program partners    |                                   |
| with the Marine Extension         |                                   |
| Service, located in Savannah,     |                                   |
| Brunswick and Atlanta, to support |                                   |
| Georgia\'s seafood industry,      |                                   |
| marine business and aquaculture   |                                   |
| industries and to address         |                                   |
| conservation engineering, seafood |                                   |
| safety and water quality issues.  |                                   |
| Additionally, Georgia Sea Grant   |                                   |
| provides educational              |                                   |
| opportunities for students,       |                                   |
| interns and the public to learn   |                                   |
| about the marine environment, its |                                   |
| processes and resources.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.gasg.org]{.          |                                   |
| underline}](http://www.gasg.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***GA-1***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Brunswick***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Environmental          |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service (NESDIS and Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research  |                                   |
| (OAR)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Brunswick 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 Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Georgia Coastal Management      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Georgia Department of Natural |                                   |
| Resources administers the Georgia |                                   |
| Coastal Program. The Georgia      |                                   |
| coastal zone includes the state's |                                   |
| six coastal counties and five     |                                   |
| "inland tier" counties which      |                                   |
| include Chatham, Effingham,       |                                   |
| Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Long,   |                                   |
| Glynn, Wayne, Brantley, Camden    |                                   |
| and Charlton counties. Georgia\'s |                                   |
| Coastal Program offers technical  |                                   |
| assistance to local governments,  |                                   |
| property owners, developers and   |                                   |
| the public on a variety of        |                                   |
| coastal issues. The goal is to    |                                   |
| minimize environmental impacts    |                                   |
| and to clarify regulatory         |                                   |
| requirements. Georgia\'s Coastal  |                                   |
| Program is responsible for        |                                   |
| executing leases for state owned  |                                   |
| water bottoms, issues marsh       |                                   |
| permits for activities below the  |                                   |
| ordinary high water mark, and     |                                   |
| issues shore permits for          |                                   |
| activities affecting the          |                                   |
| sand-sharing system. The Coastal  |                                   |
| Program also sponsors the Coastal |                                   |
| Ark, a mobile training and        |                                   |
| education platform that travels   |                                   |
| throughout the state providing    |                                   |
| technical assistance and          |                                   |
| educational materials to local    |                                   |
| governments, students, and the    |                                   |
| public.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/ga.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/ga.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the South Atlantic   |                                   |
| and Gulf of Mexico**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 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. The       |                                   |
| Center for the South Atlantic and |                                   |
| Gulf of Mexico is one of six      |                                   |
| undersea centers established by   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Undersea Research Program |                                   |
| (NURP) to provide the research    |                                   |
| community access to advanced      |                                   |
| underwater technologies. NOAA\'s  |                                   |
| Undersea Research Program (NURP)  |                                   |
| is a unique national service that |                                   |
| provides undersea scientists with |                                   |
| tools and expertise that they     |                                   |
| need to work in the undersea      |                                   |
| environment, from the shoreline   |                                   |
| to the deep sea. Each year, the   |                                   |
| program supports 200 or more      |                                   |
| undersea research projects        |                                   |
| related to NOAA\'s mission as     |                                   |
| steward of oceanic resources and  |                                   |
| environments, including research  |                                   |
| to support NOAA\'s management     |                                   |
| responsibilities in fisheries     |                                   |
| (stock assessment validation,     |                                   |
| understanding essential fish      |                                   |
| habitat), corals, and other       |                                   |
| coastal resources.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and     |                                   |
| http://www.oc                     |                                   |
| eanexplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Fort Pulaski***                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOS operates one long-term        |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| station in the state of Georgia   |                                   |
| which provides data and           |                                   |
| information on tidal datums and   |                                   |
| relative sea level trends, and is |                                   |
| capable of producing real-time    |                                   |
| data for storm surge warning.     |                                   |
| This station is located at Fort   |                                   |
| Pulaski.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://www.tidesandcurr  |                                   |
| ents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Glynco***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering U.S. territorial     |                                   |
| waters in the Caribbean, the      |                                   |
| Southeast Enforcement Division\'s |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure. The Southeast Division   |                                   |
| is home to the nation\'s large    |                                   |
| shrimp trawl fishery, and is      |                                   |
| widely known for its vast coral   |                                   |
| reefs fisheries, turtle beaches,  |                                   |
| and highly-prized saltwater       |                                   |
| gamefish. Georgian waters also    |                                   |
| play host to the calving grounds  |                                   |
| for the approximately 350         |                                   |
| endangered Northern Right whales, |                                   |
| while Floridian waters hold the   |                                   |
| only continental coral reef in    |                                   |
| the United States. The Division   |                                   |
| is also responsible for           |                                   |
| enforcement activities within the |                                   |
| Florida Keys, Flower Garden Bank, |                                   |
| the Monitor and Gray's Reef       |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuaries.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nmf                   |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/se_southeast.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Sapelo Island***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Sapelo Island National          |                                   |
| Estuarine Research Reserve**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Sapelo Island is the fourth       |                                   |
| largest Georgia barrier island    |                                   |
| and one of the most pristine. The |                                   |
| Georgia Department of Natural     |                                   |
| Resources manages the Reserve.    |                                   |
| The 6,000-acre Reserve,           |                                   |
| designated in 1976, is made up of |                                   |
| salt marsh, maritime forest, and  |                                   |
| beach and dune areas. Not only is |                                   |
| the island rich in natural        |                                   |
| history, but also in human        |                                   |
| history dating back 4,000 years.  |                                   |
| At the Reserve, education tours   |                                   |
| for school groups and special     |                                   |
| archaeological and natural        |                                   |
| history programs for the public   |                                   |
| are available. Marine and         |                                   |
| estuarine research is a tradition |                                   |
| at Sapelo Island. Research        |                                   |
| projects include habitat          |                                   |
| restoration, oyster reef          |                                   |
| ecological studies, and invasive  |                                   |
| species monitoring. The Reserve   |                                   |
| also conducts long-term           |                                   |
| monitoring of environmental       |                                   |
| conditions.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://nerrs.noaa.go            |                                   |
| v/SapeloIsland/]{.underline}](htt |                                   |
| p://nerrs.noaa.gov/SapeloIsland/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Savannah***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Cooperative Marine         |                                   |
| Education and Research Program**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Fisheries Science   |                                   |
| Center supports the Savannah      |                                   |
| State University/NOAA Cooperative |                                   |
| Marine Education and Research     |                                   |
| Program, which is a partnership   |                                   |
| to the NOAA Living Marine         |                                   |
| Resources Cooperative Science     |                                   |
| Center. The goal is conducting    |                                   |
| research in line with the         |                                   |
| interests of NOAA Fisheries while |                                   |
| preparing students for careers in |                                   |
| research, management, and public  |                                   |
| policy that support the           |                                   |
| sustainable harvest and           |                                   |
| conservation of our nation\'s     |                                   |
| living marine resources.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Skidaway Island***             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Gray\'s Reef National Marine    |                                   |
| Sanctuary**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Gray\'s Reef National Marine  |                                   |
| Sanctuary includes one of the     |                                   |
| largest near-shore limestone      |                                   |
| reefs in the southeastern United  |                                   |
| States. Designated a sanctuary in |                                   |
| 1981, Gray\'s Reef consists of    |                                   |
| large limestone outcroppings and  |                                   |
| ledges mixed with sandy,          |                                   |
| flat-bottomed troughs in waters   |                                   |
| 16 to 23 meters deep off the      |                                   |
| coast of Georgia near Savannah.   |                                   |
| This rare, rocky and irregular    |                                   |
| platform and its associated       |                                   |
| carpet of attached organisms is   |                                   |
| known as a \"live bottom.\"       |                                   |
| Numerous species of fish,         |                                   |
| including black sea bass,         |                                   |
| snapper, grouper and mackerel     |                                   |
| make the sanctuary extremely      |                                   |
| popular for sport fishing,        |                                   |
| snorkeling and diving. The reef   |                                   |
| is part of the only known calving |                                   |
| ground for the highly endangered  |                                   |
| right whale.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://www.graysr        |                                   |
| eef.nos.noaa.gov]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.graysreef.nos.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***GA-2***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Newton***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Environmental          |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service (NESDIS and Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research  |                                   |
| (OAR)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Newton 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/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***GA-3***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Atlanta***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Regional Resources              |                                   |
| Coordinator**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA acts on behalf of the        |                                   |
| Secretary of Commerce as a        |                                   |
| Federal trustee, under CERCLA and |                                   |
| other laws, for natural resources |                                   |
| in coastal and marine areas.      |                                   |
| NOAA\'s mandate is to protect and |                                   |
| restore trust resources that are  |                                   |
| injured by Superfund site         |                                   |
| contaminants. NOAA fulfills its   |                                   |
| responsibilities through an       |                                   |
| effective network of Regional     |                                   |
| Resource Coordinators (RRCs)      |                                   |
| placed in eight EPA regional      |                                   |
| offices, as well as an            |                                   |
| interdisciplinary technical       |                                   |
| support group located in Seattle. |                                   |
| The RRC based in Atlanta responds |                                   |
| to local technical requirements   |                                   |
| by identifying risks to natural   |                                   |
| resources, recommending           |                                   |
| protective remedial measures, and |                                   |
| designing projects to restore     |                                   |
| injured resources and habitats in |                                   |
| cooperation with U.S. EPA         |                                   |
| Superfund program managers, the   |                                   |
| State of Georgia, and other       |                                   |
| trustee agencies. RRCs work with  |                                   |
| lead cleanup agencies to achieve  |                                   |
| remedies that protect both human  |                                   |
| health and natural resources by   |                                   |
| fostering cooperative,            |                                   |
| cost-effective problem solving    |                                   |
| strategies; developing            |                                   |
| environmentally protective        |                                   |
| remedies; and minimizing costly   |                                   |
| litigation. Additionally, RRCs    |                                   |
| improve coordination among        |                                   |
| trustee agencies and protect      |                                   |
| natural resources through         |                                   |
| participation in settlement       |                                   |
| negotiations with responsible     |                                   |
| parties.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://response.restora         |                                   |
| tion.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //response.restoration.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center Weather Service Unit**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **CWSU Atlanta**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Housed in the Federal Aviation    |                                   |
| Administration\'s Atlanta Air     |                                   |
| Route Traffic Control Center      |                                   |
| (ARTCC), the Center Weather       |                                   |
| Service Unit (CWSU) Atlanta staff |                                   |
| provides forecasts and other      |                                   |
| weather information to ARTCC      |                                   |
| personnel for use in directing    |                                   |
| the safe, smooth flow of aviation |                                   |
| traffic in central Georgia,       |                                   |
| western South Carolina, western   |                                   |
| North Carolina, central Alabama,  |                                   |
| and eastern Tennessee.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.srh.noaa.gov/ztl]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ztl) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***GA-5***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Atlanta***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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: Georgia Institute of  |                                   |
| Technology, University of         |                                   |
| Georgia.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***GA-8***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Peachtree City***              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast River Forecast        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This National Weather Service     |                                   |
| Weather Forecast Office provides  |                                   |
| weather and flood warnings, daily |                                   |
| forecasts and meteorologic and    |                                   |
| hydrologic data for most of the   |                                   |
| state. The co-located Southeast   |                                   |
| River Forecast Center (SERFC)     |                                   |
| provides continuous               |                                   |
| hydrometeorological data          |                                   |
| assimilation, river basin         |                                   |
| modeling, and hydrologic forecast |                                   |
| preparation. It also provides     |                                   |
| flash flood and headwater         |                                   |
| guidance that WFOs need to carry  |                                   |
| out their Flash Flood Watch/      |                                   |
| Warning responsibilities. The     |                                   |
| SERFC serves a 258,000 square     |                                   |
| mile area that covers the entire  |                                   |
| state of Florida, most of         |                                   |
| Alabama, and the Carolinas, parts |                                   |
| of Mississippi.                   |                                   |
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| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/>    |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
| <http://www.srh.noaa.gov/atr/>    |                                   |
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| ***GA-10***                       |                                   |
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| ***Watkinsville***                |                                   |
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| **National Environmental          |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service (NESDIS and Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research  |                                   |
| (OAR)**                           |                                   |
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| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
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| **Watkinsville Station**          |                                   |
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| 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.                     |                                   |
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| <http://www                       |                                   |
| .ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/uscrn/> |                                   |
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| **NOAA's Office of Legislative    |                                   |
| Affairs**                         |                                   |
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| **Tel: 202-482-4981               |                                   |
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| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov](ht |                                   |
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