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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Alaska**                        |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
| United States and in much of the  |   ![](media/image2.               |
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| of NOAA's dedicated staff and     |                                   |
| partner organizations located in  |   -------------------             |
| program and research offices      | --------------------------------- |
| throughout the country. The       |                                   |
| following is a summary of NOAA    |                                   |
| programs based in, and focused    |                                   |
| on, your state. The entries are   |                                   |
| listed by statewide, region, and  |                                   |
| then by congressional districts   |                                   |
| and cities or towns.*             |                                   |
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| ***AK***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOS operates 24 long-term         |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of Alaska   |                                   |
| which provide data and            |                                   |
| information on tidal datum,       |                                   |
| relative sea level trends, and    |                                   |
| are capable of producing          |                                   |
| real-time data for tsunami and    |                                   |
| storm surge warning. These        |                                   |
| stations are located at           |                                   |
| Ketchikan, Port Alexander, Sitka, |                                   |
| Juneau, Skagway, Elfin Cove,      |                                   |
| Yakutat, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, |                                   |
| Seldovia, Nikiski, Anchorage,     |                                   |
| Kodiak, Akutaj, Sand Point, Atka, |                                   |
| Adak, Nikolski, Unalaska, Nome,   |                                   |
| and Red Dog and Prudhoe Bay.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesand                 |                                   |
| currents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Resource Manager        |                                   |
| Training**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides training to   |                                   |
| the coastal resource managers of  |                                   |
| the nation in three focus areas:  |                                   |
| geospatial technology, coastal    |                                   |
| management, and building process  |                                   |
| skills. Training can take place   |                                   |
| at the Center's training facility |                                   |
| for some courses but most often   |                                   |
| is taken to coastal managers in   |                                   |
| the field.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/bins/resources/training.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.csc.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/bins/resources/training.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Legislative Atlas**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Web-based legislative        |                                   |
| mapping tool provides coastal     |                                   |
| resource managers with easy       |                                   |
| access to coastal legislative     |                                   |
| data and information. In 2008 the |                                   |
| Legislative Atlas team added      |                                   |
| additional legislative            |                                   |
| information for the three regions |                                   |
| represented in the                |                                   |
| atlas---Hawaii, West Coast, and   |                                   |
| the Gulf of Maine. This added     |                                   |
| information included both federal |                                   |
| and state regulations. The        |                                   |
| legislative query tool is also    |                                   |
| being redesigned according to     |                                   |
| user input.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislat |                                   |
| iveatlas/]{.underline}](http://ww |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Integrated Ocean         |                                   |
| Observing System (IOOS) program   |                                   |
| manages the development of a      |                                   |
| national network of 11 Regional   |                                   |
| Associations (RAs) of coastal     |                                   |
| ocean observing systems. The      |                                   |
| Alaska Ocean Observing System is  |                                   |
| a collaboration of federal and    |                                   |
| state agencies, academic and      |                                   |
| research institutions, and        |                                   |
| private and stakeholder groups,   |                                   |
| working together to improve our   |                                   |
| ability to provide accurate       |                                   |
| information about Alaska\'s       |                                   |
| coastal and ocean environment and |                                   |
| enable more informed              |                                   |
| decision-making. The AOOS focal   |                                   |
| point is its Alaska Marine        |                                   |
| Information System, a regional    |                                   |
| integrated data system for Alaska |                                   |
| coastal and ocean data and        |                                   |
| projects. Priority issues are     |                                   |
| climate change impacts, marine    |                                   |
| navigation safety, and ecosystem  |                                   |
| health.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.aoos.org/abou        |                                   |
| t/mission.htm]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //www.aoos.org/about/mission.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Chemical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fish Lidar, Oceanic,            |                                   |
| Experimental (FLOE)**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory is doing numerous      |                                   |
| coastal water surveys using NOAA  |                                   |
| Fish Lidar. LIDAR is an acronym   |                                   |
| for Light Detection And Ranging.  |                                   |
| Fish Lidar uses pulses of laser   |                                   |
| light to measure schools of fish  |                                   |
| swimming in the ocean. The per    |                                   |
| kilometer cost of a survey using  |                                   |
| Lidar from a small aircraft is    |                                   |
| less than 10 percent of a ship    |                                   |
| survey, and the depth penetration |                                   |
| is more than 3 times that of a    |                                   |
| visual survey. Current projects   |                                   |
| include distribution of forage    |                                   |
| species and biological hot spots  |                                   |
| in the southeast Bering Sea,      |                                   |
| abundance and distribution of     |                                   |
| sardine off the coast of Oregon   |                                   |
| and Washington, and surveys of    |                                   |
| menhaden abundance in Chesapeake  |                                   |
| Bay. The Bering Sea observations  |                                   |
| are done on an Aero Commander     |                                   |
| based in Washington State.        |                                   |
| Collaborators are NOAA Fisheries  |                                   |
| (Alaska Science Center),          |                                   |
| University of Alaska at           |                                   |
| Fairbanks, and the University of  |                                   |
| Washington.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://esrl.noaa.gov            |                                   |
| /csd/fishlidar/]{.underline}](htt |                                   |
| p://esrl.noaa.gov/csd/fishlidar/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Marine Environmental    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ecosystems and Fisheries        |                                   |
| Oceanography Coordinated          |                                   |
| Investigations**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Pacific Marine Environmental  |                                   |
| Laboratory (PMEL), headquartered  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington, conducts  |                                   |
| Ecosystems and                    |                                   |
| Fisheries-Oceanography            |                                   |
| Coordinated Investigations        |                                   |
| (EcoFOCI) in the Bering Sea and   |                                   |
| Gulf of Alaska in partnership     |                                   |
| with the Alaska Fisheries Science |                                   |
| Center (AFSC) of the National     |                                   |
| Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).  |                                   |
| The goal of EcoFOCI is to         |                                   |
| understand the factors, including |                                   |
| climate, which affect ecosystem   |                                   |
| dynamics in the Northeast Pacific |                                   |
| Ocean and the Bering Sea and      |                                   |
| apply that understanding to       |                                   |
| improve the management of living  |                                   |
| marine resources, especially      |                                   |
| those commercially valuable fish  |                                   |
| and shellfish stocks in Alaskan   |                                   |
| waters. The University of Alaska  |                                   |
| Fairbanks, the Cooperative        |                                   |
| Institute for Arctic Research,    |                                   |
| and other institutions join PMEL  |                                   |
| and AFSC in FOCI research. OAR,   |                                   |
| the National Marine Fisheries     |                                   |
| Service, the National Ocean       |                                   |
| Service, the National Science     |                                   |
| Foundation, and the North Pacific |                                   |
| Marine Research Program fund      |                                   |
| EcoFOCI.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:                           |                                   |
| //www.ecofoci.noaa.gov]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Marine Environmental    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Center for Tsunami         |                                   |
| Research (NCTR)**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Tsunami Research Program at   |                                   |
| the Pacific Marine Environmental  |                                   |
| Laboratory (PMEL), headquartered  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington, seeks to  |                                   |
| mitigate tsunami hazards to all   |                                   |
| U.S. coastal states and           |                                   |
| territories. 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)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Region**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Regional Office and      |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS is responsible for the       |                                   |
| management, conservation and      |                                   |
| protection of living marine       |                                   |
| resources within the United       |                                   |
| States\' Exclusive Economic Zone  |                                   |
| (water to 200 miles off the       |                                   |
| seaward boundaries of coastal     |                                   |
| states). Using the tools provided |                                   |
| by the *Magnuson-Stevens Act*,    |                                   |
| NMFS assesses and predicts the    |                                   |
| status of fish stocks, develops   |                                   |
| and ensures compliance with       |                                   |
| fisheries regulations, restores   |                                   |
| and protects habitat and works to |                                   |
| reduce wasteful fishing           |                                   |
| practices, and promote            |                                   |
| sustainable fisheries. Under the  |                                   |
| *Marine Mammal Protection Act*    |                                   |
| and the *Endangered Species Act*, |                                   |
| NMFS recovers protected marine    |                                   |
| species (i.e. whales, porpoises). |                                   |
| The Regional Office is based in   |                                   |
| Juneau, AK, with field offices    |                                   |
| located in Anchorage, Kodiak, and |                                   |
| Dutch Harbor. Regional employees  |                                   |
| oversee the nation\'s marine      |                                   |
| steward responsibilities in       |                                   |
| Alaska, including 70 percent of   |                                   |
| the U.S. Continental Shelf and    |                                   |
| the nation\'s most prolific       |                                   |
| fishing grounds.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Alaska Fisheries Science      |                                   |
| Center is based in Seattle, WA.   |                                   |
| The mission of the Center is to   |                                   |
| plan, develop, and manage         |                                   |
| scientific research programs,     |                                   |
| which generate the best           |                                   |
| scientific data available for     |                                   |
| understanding, managing, and      |                                   |
| conserving the region\'s marine   |                                   |
| resources. Center scientists      |                                   |
| compile and analyze broad         |                                   |
| databases on fishery,             |                                   |
| oceanography, marine mammal, and  |                                   |
| environmental research. In        |                                   |
| addition to ongoing survey and    |                                   |
| assessment activities, the Center |                                   |
| is engaged in cutting-edge        |                                   |
| research on emerging issues such  |                                   |
| as global warming, loss of sea    |                                   |
| ice, and ocean acidification. The |                                   |
| primary responsibilities of the   |                                   |
| Regional Office and Fisheries     |                                   |
| Science Center are to work with   |                                   |
| the North Pacific Fishery         |                                   |
| Management Council, state of      |                                   |
| Alaska, other federal agencies,   |                                   |
| Alaskan coastal subsistence       |                                   |
| communities, and U.S.             |                                   |
| representatives participating in  |                                   |
| international fishery and marine  |                                   |
| mammal negotiations. The Office   |                                   |
| also works with the fishing       |                                   |
| industry and its constituents, to |                                   |
| provide scientific data and       |                                   |
| analysis and technical advice to  |                                   |
| manage sustainable fisheries,     |                                   |
| recover protected species, and    |                                   |
| conserve valuable habitats for    |                                   |
| marine life.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://w                         |                                   |
| ww.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov](http |                                   |
| ://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
| and <http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/>   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Community-based Restoration     |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Alaska has hundreds of thousands  |                                   |
| of acres of rivers, streams,      |                                   |
| estuaries, and coastal bays that  |                                   |
| provide diverse habitats for      |                                   |
| finfish, shellfish, and other     |                                   |
| wildlife. Alaska's environment is |                                   |
| still among the most pristine in  |                                   |
| the world, but development and    |                                   |
| resource pressures are having an  |                                   |
| impact. Prompt restoration is     |                                   |
| cost-effective and worthwhile     |                                   |
| because fish stocks are healthy   |                                   |
| enough to repopulate newly        |                                   |
| restored areas. The               |                                   |
| Community-based Restoration       |                                   |
| Program achieves science-based    |                                   |
| habitat restoration through       |                                   |
| community involvement and         |                                   |
| stewardship. We build powerful    |                                   |
| partnerships among Alaska's       |                                   |
| public, private, and non-profit   |                                   |
| organizations, including          |                                   |
| FishAmerica Foundation, The       |                                   |
| Nature Conservancy, National Fish |                                   |
| and Wildlife Foundation, and      |                                   |
| Trout Unlimited. Our projects     |                                   |
| continually demonstrate the       |                                   |
| benefits and effectiveness of     |                                   |
| locally based habitat             |                                   |
| conservation in Alaska.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:                           |                                   |
| //www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/resto |                                   |
| ration/projects_programs/crp/inde |                                   |
| x.html]{.underline}](http://www.n |                                   |
| mfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/ |                                   |
| projects_programs/crp/index.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**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska 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/]{.unde |                                   |
| rline}](http://www.cpo.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Chemical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Exploring New Observational     |                                   |
| Technologies -- Unmanned Aircraft |                                   |
| Systems**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL is the home of NOAA's UAS    |                                   |
| Project, which is organized into  |                                   |
| three regional test beds          |                                   |
| including the Arctic (AK),        |                                   |
| Pacific (CA and HI), and Gulf     |                                   |
| Coast (FL) test beds. Unmanned    |                                   |
| Aircraft Systems (UAS) are        |                                   |
| expected to revolutionize NOAA's  |                                   |
| ability to monitor the global     |                                   |
| environment, while increasing     |                                   |
| national security, individual     |                                   |
| safety, profits, and economic     |                                   |
| competitiveness for U.S.          |                                   |
| companies. UAS have the potential |                                   |
| to fill critical observation gaps |                                   |
| in climate change research,       |                                   |
| weather and water resources       |                                   |
| forecasting, ecosystem monitoring |                                   |
| and management, and coastal       |                                   |
| mapping. These information gaps   |                                   |
| usually exist over remote and     |                                   |
| often dangerous areas, such as    |                                   |
| the polar regions, the            |                                   |
| mid-oceans, expansive wildlands,  |                                   |
| volcanic islands, and other       |                                   |
| remote reaches of the Earth.      |                                   |
| Manned aircraft flights are not   |                                   |
| advisable in these areas due to   |                                   |
| long flight durations and         |                                   |
| hazardous conditions. This        |                                   |
| project engages industry          |                                   |
| affiliates that developed UAS     |                                   |
| technologies for national defense |                                   |
| and now will apply them for the   |                                   |
| benefit of the global             |                                   |
| environment.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://uas.noaa.gov/]{.         |                                   |
| underline}](http://uas.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ground Based GPS Meteorology**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory operates and maintains |                                   |
| the Ground-Based GPS Meteorology  |                                   |
| project, currently consisting of  |                                   |
| more than 300 GPS water vapor     |                                   |
| observing systems that provide    |                                   |
| near real-time integrated         |                                   |
| precipitable water vapor (IPW)    |                                   |
| measurements for weather          |                                   |
| forecasting, climate modeling,    |                                   |
| observing system calibration and  |                                   |
| validation, 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) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Sea Grant**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 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. Alaska Sea Grant        |                                   |
| addresses priority coastal and    |                                   |
| marine issues affecting 54        |                                   |
| percent of the U.S. general       |                                   |
| coastline through research,       |                                   |
| education, and information        |                                   |
| transfer. Current research and    |                                   |
| outreach projects address impacts |                                   |
| on the salmon industry, wiser     |                                   |
| utilization of fisheries, marine  |                                   |
| environmental issues, economic    |                                   |
| leadership and diversification of |                                   |
| Alaska\'s marine economy. Alaska  |                                   |
| Sea Grant supports formal         |                                   |
| graduate education associated     |                                   |
| with funded research projects     |                                   |
| throughout the University of      |                                   |
| Alaska system. Alaska Sea Grant   |                                   |
| encourages faculty to share       |                                   |
| logistics and expertise with      |                                   |
| government, industry, and other   |                                   |
| concerned constituent groups so   |                                   |
| that Sea Grant\'s investment      |                                   |
| benefits a larger context of      |                                   |
| regional concerns.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.uaf.edu/seagrant]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***AK - At Large***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Anchorage***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Fisheries Science        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fisheries Monitoring and        |                                   |
| Analysis Division Anchorage Field |                                   |
| Office**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Alaska Fisheries Science      |                                   |
| Center\'s Fisheries Monitoring    |                                   |
| and Analysis Division conducts    |                                   |
| research associated with sampling |                                   |
| commercial fishery catches,       |                                   |
| estimation of catch and bycatch   |                                   |
| mortality, and analysis of        |                                   |
| fishery-dependent data. The       |                                   |
| Anchorage Field Station is        |                                   |
| involved in debriefing and        |                                   |
| oversight of fishery observers    |                                   |
| who collect catch data onboard    |                                   |
| fishing vessels and at onshore    |                                   |
| processing plants. Division staff |                                   |
| process data and make it          |                                   |
| available to the Sustainable      |                                   |
| Fisheries Division of the Alaska  |                                   |
| Regional Office for quota         |                                   |
| monitoring and to scientists in   |                                   |
| other Alaska Fisheries Science    |                                   |
| Center divisions for stock        |                                   |
| assessment, ecosystem             |                                   |
| investigations, and an array of   |                                   |
| research investigations.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/d  |                                   |
| efault.htm]{.underline}](http://w |                                   |
| ww.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/default.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fishery Management Council**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **North Pacific Fishery           |                                   |
| Management Council**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The North Pacific Fishery         |                                   |
| Management Council is one of      |                                   |
| eight regional councils           |                                   |
| established by the                |                                   |
| *Magnuson-Stevens Fishery         |                                   |
| Conservation and Management Act*  |                                   |
| in 1976 to manage fisheries in    |                                   |
| the 200-mile Exclusive Economic   |                                   |
| Zone. The North Pacific Council   |                                   |
| manages groundfish in the Gulf of |                                   |
| Alaska, Bering Sea and Aleutian   |                                   |
| Islands, targeting cod, pollock   |                                   |
| flatfish, mackerel, sablefish and |                                   |
| rockfish species harvested by     |                                   |
| trawl, long-line, jib and pot     |                                   |
| gear. The Council also makes      |                                   |
| allocation decisions for halibut  |                                   |
| in concert with the International |                                   |
| Pacific Halibut Commission. Other |                                   |
| large Alaska fisheries for salon, |                                   |
| crab and scallops are managed     |                                   |
| jointly with the state of Alaska. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/npfmc]{.underline}](http://ww |                                   |
| w.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Seafood Inspection     |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Federal Inspection Office**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Inspection Office is part of  |                                   |
| the National Seafood Inspection   |                                   |
| Program, which conducts a         |                                   |
| voluntary inspection program for  |                                   |
| fishery products on a             |                                   |
| fee-for-service basis. The office |                                   |
| offers a wide range of services   |                                   |
| to the area\'s fishermen and fish |                                   |
| processors including process and  |                                   |
| product inspection, product       |                                   |
| grading, lot inspection,          |                                   |
| laboratory analysis, and          |                                   |
| training. All edible foodstuffs,  |                                   |
| ranging from whole fish to        |                                   |
| formulated products, as well as   |                                   |
| fishmeal used for animal foods,   |                                   |
| are eligible for inspection and   |                                   |
| certification.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://s                        |                                   |
| eafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/]{.underline |                                   |
| }](http://seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA Fisheries Service Office for |                                   |
| Law Enforcement is dedicated      |                                   |
| primarily to the enforcement of   |                                   |
| laws that protect and regulate    |                                   |
| our nation's living marine        |                                   |
| resources and their natural       |                                   |
| habitat. OLE special agents and   |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| over 900,000 square miles of open |                                   |
| water and 33,000 miles of         |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the AKD       |                                   |
| continues to oversee one of the   |                                   |
| richest yielding fisheries in the |                                   |
| world.                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alas |                                   |
| ka.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Port of Anchorage PORTS**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A Physical Oceanographic          |                                   |
| Real-Time System (PORTS®) is      |                                   |
| operated cooperatively with the   |                                   |
| local maritime community in the   |                                   |
| Port of Anchorage at which        |                                   |
| real-time data are                |                                   |
| quality-controlled and            |                                   |
| disseminated to local users for   |                                   |
| safe and efficient navigation.    |                                   |
| Real-time data are available for  |                                   |
| water levels and meteorological   |                                   |
| data from two stations, Anchorage |                                   |
| and Nikiski.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesa                   |                                   |
| ndcurrents.noaa.gov]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Coordinator**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Part of the National Ocean        |                                   |
| Service (NOS) State Advisor       |                                   |
| Program, the State Geodetic       |                                   |
| Coordinator is an employee that   |                                   |
| serves as liaison between NOS and |                                   |
| the host state. In this method,   |                                   |
| NOS helps guide and assist the    |                                   |
| State\'s charting, geodetic and   |                                   |
| surveying programs through        |                                   |
| technical transfer. This program  |                                   |
| also provides technical           |                                   |
| assistance in planning and        |                                   |
| implementing Geographic/Land      |                                   |
| Information System: (GIS/LIS)     |                                   |
| projects.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.ngs.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.ngs.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Scientific Support              |                                   |
| Coordinator**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Emergency Response        |                                   |
| Division (ERD) strives to reduce  |                                   |
| risks to coastal habitats and     |                                   |
| resources from oil and hazardous  |                                   |
| chemical spills. ERD\'s           |                                   |
| multi-disciplinary Scientific     |                                   |
| Support Team has decades of       |                                   |
| experience in responding to oil   |                                   |
| spill emergencies. Led by its     |                                   |
| nine regionally based Scientific  |                                   |
| Support Coordinators (SSCs),      |                                   |
| ERD\'s response to spill          |                                   |
| emergencies has gained a          |                                   |
| reputation for rapid, well        |                                   |
| thought out, yet cost effective   |                                   |
| environmental protection          |                                   |
| decisions. The SSC based in       |                                   |
| Anchorage works directly with     |                                   |
| U.S. Coast Guard spill response   |                                   |
| teams by providing critical       |                                   |
| scientific support to the federal |                                   |
| On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) during |                                   |
| spills of oil or hazardous        |                                   |
| materials. SSCs use oil spill     |                                   |
| trajectory estimates, chemical    |                                   |
| hazards analyses, and assessments |                                   |
| of the sensitivity of biological  |                                   |
| and human-use resources to help   |                                   |
| the OSC make timely operational   |                                   |
| decisions. SSCs provide guidance, |                                   |
| experience, and resources to      |                                   |
| develop spill preparedness plans  |                                   |
| that help identify the spill      |                                   |
| response action with the greatest |                                   |
| environmental benefit.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://response.restora         |                                   |
| tion.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //response.restoration.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Aviation Weather Unit**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Volcanic Ash Advisory Center    |                                   |
| for the North Pacific**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The collocated Alaska Aviation    |                                   |
| Weather Unit provides en route    |                                   |
| aviation weather forecasts and    |                                   |
| warnings for the entire state.    |                                   |
| The Unit also serves as the       |                                   |
| Volcanic Ash Advisory Center for  |                                   |
| the North Pacific within the      |                                   |
| boundaries of the Alaska flight   |                                   |
| information region and northeast  |                                   |
| Russia. There are only nine       |                                   |
| Advisory Centers worldwide. The   |                                   |
| Anchorage Volcanic Ash Advisory   |                                   |
| Center covers air routes over     |                                   |
| some of the most active volcanic  |                                   |
| areas in the world.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://aawu.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://aawu.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Region**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Headquarters**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in downtown Anchorage at  |                                   |
| the New Federal Building and U.S. |                                   |
| Court House, Alaska Region        |                                   |
| Headquarters provides direct      |                                   |
| program management and            |                                   |
| administrative support for 19     |                                   |
| National Weather Service field    |                                   |
| offices in the State of Alaska.   |                                   |
| The Headquarters office manages   |                                   |
| all operations and scientific     |                                   |
| programs of the region and        |                                   |
| provides technical and            |                                   |
| operational support.              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.arh.noaa.gov]{.unde  |                                   |
| rline}](http://www.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska-Pacific Region**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **River Forecast Center**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The collocated Alaska-Pacific     |                                   |
| River Forecast Center provides    |                                   |
| operational hydrologic services   |                                   |
| for three Weather Forecast        |                                   |
| Offices located in Anchorage,     |                                   |
| Fairbanks, and Juneau.            |                                   |
| Operational products generated by |                                   |
| the River Forecast Center include |                                   |
| flood, general river,             |                                   |
| recreational, navigation, and     |                                   |
| reservoir inflow forecasts; water |                                   |
| supply and spring flood outlooks; |                                   |
| and various types of flash flood  |                                   |
| guidance. The Center also         |                                   |
| provides hydrologic development   |                                   |
| support for both the Alaska and   |                                   |
| Pacific Regions.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://aprfc.arh.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://aprfc.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center Weather Service Unit**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Anchorage Air Route Traffic     |                                   |
| Control Center**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located at the Federal Aviation   |                                   |
| Administration\'s Anchorage Air   |                                   |
| Route Traffic Control Center, the |                                   |
| Center Weather Service Unit       |                                   |
| provides aviation forecasts for   |                                   |
| the entire State of Alaska        |                                   |
| including the Aleutian Islands,   |                                   |
| the Bering Sea, and the North     |                                   |
| Pacific. The Unit is an integral  |                                   |
| part of the Air Route Traffic     |                                   |
| Control Center operation and is   |                                   |
| tasked with providing             |                                   |
| meteorological consultation and   |                                   |
| forecasts to traffic managers and |                                   |
| planners in an effort to ensure   |                                   |
| safe and efficient flow of air    |                                   |
| traffic through the National      |                                   |
| Airspace System.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://cwsu.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://cwsu.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Anchorage WFO**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located near Ted Stevens          |                                   |
| Anchorage International Airport,  |                                   |
| this Weather Forecast Office      |                                   |
| provides all the weather and      |                                   |
| flood warnings, daily forecasts,  |                                   |
| and meteorologic and hydrologic   |                                   |
| data for the southern portion of  |                                   |
| Alaska, excluding the             |                                   |
| southeastern panhandle. The       |                                   |
| Anchorage office also serves an   |                                   |
| extensive marine area including   |                                   |
| the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering |                                   |
| Sea. In addition, they provide    |                                   |
| ice forecasting for the entire    |                                   |
| state of Alaska.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Volcanic Ash Collaboration      |                                   |
| Tool**                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Volcanic ash is an extreme hazard |                                   |
| to aircraft, having caused more   |                                   |
| than \$250M in damage to aircraft |                                   |
| during the past 20 years. The     |                                   |
| Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric |                                   |
| Research (OAR) Earth System       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory, in           |                                   |
| collaboration with other federal  |                                   |
| and state agencies, has developed |                                   |
| and installed the software        |                                   |
| decision aid called the Volcanic  |                                   |
| Ash Coordination Tool (VACT). The |                                   |
| tool enables organizations, such  |                                   |
| as the Anchorage Volcanic Ash     |                                   |
| Advisory Center, that generate    |                                   |
| forecasts for ash to view         |                                   |
| identical information (e.g.,      |                                   |
| satellite images and results of   |                                   |
| ash dispersion models) for        |                                   |
| diagnosing eruptions and          |                                   |
| forecasting presence of ash. VACT |                                   |
| also enables users to collaborate |                                   |
| in real-time via display          |                                   |
| interactions and audio            |                                   |
| connections. The benefit is more  |                                   |
| timely forecasts that are fully   |                                   |
| consistent across and between     |                                   |
| domains of responsibility.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www-ad.fsl.noaa.gov/as   |                                   |
| dad/projects/vact/index.php]{.und |                                   |
| erline}](http://www-ad.fsl.noaa.g |                                   |
| ov/asdad/projects/vact/index.php) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Annette***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the Southeast Alaskan  |                                   |
| village of Metlakatla on Annette  |                                   |
| Island, this Weather Service      |                                   |
| Office provides expert            |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Juneau, and    |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pant.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pant.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Annette Island, Bethel, Cape   |                                   |
| Hinchinbrook, Central, Cold Bay,  |                                   |
| College, Fairbanks, Glennallen,   |                                   |
| Juneau, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Potato  |                                   |
| Point, Pt. Barrow, and            |                                   |
| Talkeetna***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Auke Bay***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Fisheries Science        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Auke Bay Laboratory**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Alaska Fisheries Science      |                                   |
| Center\'s Auke Bay Laboratories   |                                   |
| (ABL) conducts scientific         |                                   |
| research throughout Alaska on     |                                   |
| fish stocks, fish habitats, and   |                                   |
| the chemistry of marine           |                                   |
| environments. Marine survey data  |                                   |
| from ABL research on commercially |                                   |
| marketable species such as        |                                   |
| rockfish, sablefish, and salmon,  |                                   |
| and on non-marketable and/or      |                                   |
| protected species such as eel     |                                   |
| grass, plankton, Steller sea      |                                   |
| lions, and harbor seals are       |                                   |
| widely used by commercial         |                                   |
| interests such as fishing         |                                   |
| industries, and governmental      |                                   |
| agencies involved in managing     |                                   |
| natural resources. ABL\'s         |                                   |
| capabilities in environmental     |                                   |
| chemistry research contribute to  |                                   |
| greater understanding of the fate |                                   |
| and effects of pollutants in      |                                   |
| marine ecosystems and the         |                                   |
| structure and functioning of      |                                   |
| marine food webs.                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ABL is organized into the four    |                                   |
| major research programs: Marine   |                                   |
| Salmon Interactions, Marine       |                                   |
| Ecology and Stock Assessment,     |                                   |
| Ocean Carrying Capacity, and      |                                   |
| Habitat Assessment and Marine     |                                   |
| Chemistry. The headquarters of    |                                   |
| ABL is the Ted Stevens Marine     |                                   |
| Research Institute, an office and |                                   |
| laboratory building located at    |                                   |
| Lena Point, north of Juneau,      |                                   |
| Alaska. The ABL headquarters      |                                   |
| serves as the focal point for     |                                   |
| four other ABL facilities. Three  |                                   |
| ABL facilities are located in the |                                   |
| city and borough of Juneau at     |                                   |
| Auke Bay, Auke Creek, and         |                                   |
| downtown Juneau, and one is       |                                   |
| located at Little Port Walter, on |                                   |
| Baranov Island, southeast of      |                                   |
| Sitka.                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/ABL/d  |                                   |
| efault.php]{.underline}](http://w |                                   |
| ww.afsc.noaa.gov/ABL/default.php) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Barrow***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the village of Barrow, |                                   |
| the farthest north community in   |                                   |
| the United States, this Weather   |                                   |
| Service Office provides expert    |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Fairbanks, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pabr.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pabr.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Barrow 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 and operates 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/crn/hourly]{.underline}](htt |                                   |
| p://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/ Chemical Sciences     |                                   |
| Division and Global Monitoring    |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Barrow Observatory**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Barrow Observatory is one of  |                                   |
| five baseline observatories       |                                   |
| supported by NOAA\'s Climate      |                                   |
| Observations and Analysis Program |                                   |
| and operated by the Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research  |                                   |
| (OAR), Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO. The observatories are part of |                                   |
| a global network of observatories |                                   |
| monitoring atmospheric            |                                   |
| constituents that cause climate   |                                   |
| change and depletion of the ozone |                                   |
| layer. The observatories are      |                                   |
| located in Barrow, Alaska; Mauna  |                                   |
| Loa, Hawaii; South Pole,          |                                   |
| Antarctica; Trinidad Head,        |                                   |
| California; and cape Matatula,    |                                   |
| Island of Tutuila, American       |                                   |
| Samoa. The Barrow Observatory     |                                   |
| measures ozone in the total       |                                   |
| column above the observatory and  |                                   |
| monitors air pollution (Arctic    |                                   |
| haze) flowing across the Arctic   |                                   |
| from Eurasia to Alaska which has  |                                   |
| been decreasing since the         |                                   |
| collapse of the Soviet Union. The |                                   |
| Barrow Observatory is host to 25  |                                   |
| cooperative research projects     |                                   |
| from various universities and     |                                   |
| government agencies from around   |                                   |
| the nation.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/g      |                                   |
| md/obop/brw/]{.underline}](http:/ |                                   |
| /www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/brw/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud   |                                   |
| Processes affecting Arctic        |                                   |
| Climate (ARCPAC)**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| During the months of March and    |                                   |
| April in the International Polar  |                                   |
| Year of 2008, ESRL will engage in |                                   |
| a field measurement campaign to   |                                   |
| understand why the Arctic sea ice |                                   |
| is decreasing faster than         |                                   |
| expected. This effort will be     |                                   |
| focused on measurements of        |                                   |
| aerosol and cloud processes,      |                                   |
| which can be used to reduce       |                                   |
| uncertainty in radiation and      |                                   |
| climate models. Airborne          |                                   |
| measurements will be made in the  |                                   |
| Colorado Front Range and in the   |                                   |
| Alaskan Arctic, and ship borne    |                                   |
| measurements will be made in New  |                                   |
| England and in the Norwegian and  |                                   |
| Barents Seas. The Alaskan         |                                   |
| aircraft observations will be     |                                   |
| closely coordinated with in situ  |                                   |
| measurements made at ESRL\'s      |                                   |
| long-term monitoring ground site  |                                   |
| near Barrow, Alaska. The          |                                   |
| measurements are also coordinated |                                   |
| with concurrent NASA and DOE      |                                   |
| projects, and are linked to       |                                   |
| international efforts through     |                                   |
| POLARCAT, and official IPY        |                                   |
| organizational structure. A NOAA  |                                   |
| WP-3D aircraft will be used for   |                                   |
| the Alaskan Arctic measurements   |                                   |
| and will be based at Fairbanks.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.noaa.g          |                                   |
| ov/csd/arcpac/]{.underline}](http |                                   |
| ://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/arcpac/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere -- Halocarbon          |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| sampling network to measure the   |                                   |
| distribution and trends of the    |                                   |
| gases most responsible for        |                                   |
| human-caused depletion of the     |                                   |
| stratospheric ozone layer. Weekly |                                   |
| samples are collected in          |                                   |
| high-pressure flasks at fixed     |                                   |
| locations. The air sample flasks  |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO for analysis. Some locations   |                                   |
| conduct continuous surface        |                                   |
| measurements on site. Halocarbon  |                                   |
| measurements help determine the   |                                   |
| effectiveness of efforts to       |                                   |
| protect and restore the ozone     |                                   |
| layer - so it can protect us from |                                   |
| the sun's ultraviolet radiation.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/hats/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/hats/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere -- Ozone               |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL conducts long-term           |                                   |
| monitoring of ozone at the        |                                   |
| surface, with aircraft, and with  |                                   |
| balloons, through cooperative     |                                   |
| relationships with local          |                                   |
| partners. The ESRL tropospheric   |                                   |
| ozone aircraft measurement        |                                   |
| program is being done in          |                                   |
| conjunction with the Carbon Cycle |                                   |
| and Greenhouse Gas (CCGG)         |                                   |
| group\'s existing aircraft        |                                   |
| sampling network. Aircraft based  |                                   |
| in-situ tropospheric ozone        |                                   |
| measurements provide data         |                                   |
| relevant to: pollution events,    |                                   |
| lower atmosphere mixing dynamics, |                                   |
| boundary layer stability, ozone   |                                   |
| trend studies, and the validity   |                                   |
| of other samples collected        |                                   |
| in-flight. Near ground level      |                                   |
| ozone is currently monitored      |                                   |
| using ultraviolet absorption      |                                   |
| photometers at eight sites that   |                                   |
| are generally representative of   |                                   |
| background conditions. These      |                                   |
| sites, four of which have records |                                   |
| exceeding 25 years in length,     |                                   |
| provide information on possible   |                                   |
| long-term changes in tropospheric |                                   |
| ozone near the surface and        |                                   |
| support air quality research.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/ozwv/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ozwv/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ultraviolet Radiation (UV)      |                                   |
| Monitoring Network**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates an     |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation (UV)        |                                   |
| monitoring network in Alaska with |                                   |
| sites at the Barrow Observatory,  |                                   |
| Nome, and St. Paul Island. These  |                                   |
| measurements are done as part of  |                                   |
| ESRL's research on the Earth\'s   |                                   |
| surface radiation budget.         |                                   |
| Research efforts are devoted to   |                                   |
| the extent and cause of observed  |                                   |
| variations in long-term radiation |                                   |
| and meteorological measurements,  |                                   |
| using satellite observations and  |                                   |
| climate model calculations. In    |                                   |
| addition, observations of         |                                   |
| spectral solar radiation are made |                                   |
| for remote sensing of certain     |                                   |
| atmospheric constituents and      |                                   |
| spectral solar UV is measured for |                                   |
| the investigation of the          |                                   |
| interaction of ozone and solar    |                                   |
| radiation. ESRL also provides     |                                   |
| essential instrument calibration  |                                   |
| services for national and         |                                   |
| worldwide partner UV monitoring   |                                   |
| networks.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/grad/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Bethel***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the village of Bethel  |                                   |
| near the mouth of the Yukon and   |                                   |
| Kuskokwim Rivers, this Weather    |                                   |
| Service Office provides expert    |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Anchorage, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pabe.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pabe.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Cold Bay***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the village of Cold    |                                   |
| Bay near the western end of the   |                                   |
| Alaska Peninsula, this Weather    |                                   |
| Service Office provides expert    |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Anchorage, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pacd.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pacd.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Dutch Harbor***                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Fisheries Science        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fisheries Monitoring and        |                                   |
| Analysis Division Dutch Harbor    |                                   |
| Field Office**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Alaska Fisheries Science      |                                   |
| Center\'s Fisheries Monitoring    |                                   |
| and Analysis Division conducts    |                                   |
| research associated with sampling |                                   |
| commercial fishery catches,       |                                   |
| estimation of catch and bycatch   |                                   |
| mortality, and analysis of        |                                   |
| fishery-dependent data. The Dutch |                                   |
| Harbor Field Station is involved  |                                   |
| in providing in-season support to |                                   |
| fishery observers who collect     |                                   |
| catch data onboard fishing        |                                   |
| vessels and at onshore processing |                                   |
| plants. Division staff also       |                                   |
| responds to fishing industry      |                                   |
| requests for vessel inspections   |                                   |
| and pre-cruise meetings and       |                                   |
| provide the industry with         |                                   |
| information on the methods of     |                                   |
| collecting fishery dependent data |                                   |
| and how fishery managers use it.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/d  |                                   |
| efault.htm]{.underline}](http://w |                                   |
| ww.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/default.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Office for Law Enforcement   |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| over 900,000 square miles of open |                                   |
| water and 33,000 miles of         |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the Alaska    |                                   |
| division continues to oversee one |                                   |
| of the richest yielding fisheries |                                   |
| in the world.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alas |                                   |
| ka.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Fairbanks***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Environmental          |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service (NESDIS)**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Satellite Operations  |                                   |
| (OSO)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fairbanks Command and Data      |                                   |
| Acquisition (CDA) Station**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Fairbanks Command and Data    |                                   |
| Acquisition Station acquires data |                                   |
| from NOAA\'s Polar-orbiting       |                                   |
| Operational Environmental         |                                   |
| Satellites (POES). The Fairbanks  |                                   |
| CDA Station also has one of       |                                   |
| six-second generation search and  |                                   |
| rescue (SARSAT) local user        |                                   |
| terminals, installed September    |                                   |
| 1992, that improve land and sea   |                                   |
| search and rescue capabilities in |                                   |
| the U.S. area of responsibility.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://www.fcdas.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://www.fcdas.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fairbanks WFO**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Collocated with the International |                                   |
| Arctic Research Center at the     |                                   |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks    |                                   |
| campus, this Weather Forecast     |                                   |
| Office provides all the weather   |                                   |
| and flood warnings, daily         |                                   |
| forecasts, and meteorologic and   |                                   |
| hydrologic data for the northern  |                                   |
| two-thirds of the state. The      |                                   |
| terrestrial area of               |                                   |
| responsibility of this office is  |                                   |
| the largest assigned to any       |                                   |
| National Weather Service Weather  |                                   |
| Forecast Office, encompassing     |                                   |
| some 340,000 square miles. Its    |                                   |
| area extends southward to the     |                                   |
| crest of the Alaska Range, which  |                                   |
| includes Mt. McKinley, North      |                                   |
| America\'s highest mountain, and  |                                   |
| eastward to the Alaska-Canada     |                                   |
| border, westward to the Bering    |                                   |
| Strait and northward to the       |                                   |
| Arctic Ocean including Barrow,    |                                   |
| the farthest north community in   |                                   |
| the United States.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fairbanks 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 and operates 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/crn/hourly]{.underline}](htt |                                   |
| p://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute for       |                                   |
| Alaska Research (CIFAR),          |                                   |
| University of Alaska**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Founded in 2008, the Cooperative  |                                   |
| Institute for Alaska Research     |                                   |
| conducts ecosystem and            |                                   |
| environmental research related to |                                   |
| Alaska and its associated Arctic  |                                   |
| regions, including the Gulf of    |                                   |
| Alaska, Bering Sea,               |                                   |
| Chukchi/Beaufort Seas, and Arctic |                                   |
| Ocean. CIFAR continues to         |                                   |
| facilitate the developed          |                                   |
| long-term collaboration between   |                                   |
| NOAA and the University of Alaska |                                   |
| begun under the Cooperative       |                                   |
| Institute of Arctic Research in   |                                   |
| 1994, within which targeted       |                                   |
| research, technology, education   |                                   |
| and outreach can be developed and |                                   |
| sustained.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| CIFAR plays a central role in     |                                   |
| communication and coordination    |                                   |
| between NOAA, researchers,        |                                   |
| management agencies,              |                                   |
| non-governmental organizations,   |                                   |
| Alaska communities, and the       |                                   |
| public in collaborative research, |                                   |
| education, and outreach efforts.  |                                   |
| CIFAR conducts research in three  |                                   |
| thematic areas: (1) ecosystem     |                                   |
| function; (2) coastal hazards;    |                                   |
| and (3) climate change and        |                                   |
| variability.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.cifar.uaf.edu]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://www.cifar.uaf.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Total Column Ozone              |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) takes column    |                                   |
| measurements of the amount of     |                                   |
| ozone between the earth\'s        |                                   |
| surface and the top of the        |                                   |
| atmosphere at a number of         |                                   |
| locations in the United States,   |                                   |
| including Fairbanks, AK. The      |                                   |
| observations are obtained with    |                                   |
| ground-based spectrometers that   |                                   |
| measure the attenuation by ozone  |                                   |
| of ultraviolet light. These       |                                   |
| measurements are used to          |                                   |
| determine the amount of           |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation reaching    |                                   |
| the earth\'s surface. Excess      |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation is          |                                   |
| responsible for human skin cancer |                                   |
| and is also harmful to other      |                                   |
| biogenic organisms. Column ozone  |                                   |
| measurements monitor changes in   |                                   |
| the stratospheric ozone layer     |                                   |
| resulting from human-produced     |                                   |
| chlorine and bromine compounds    |                                   |
| that destroy ozone. With controls |                                   |
| now in place on the manufacture   |                                   |
| and use of these ozone-destroying |                                   |
| compounds, it is important to     |                                   |
| monitor the ozone layer for the   |                                   |
| expected recovery and to          |                                   |
| determine whether other factors   |                                   |
| such as long-term climate change  |                                   |
| are influencing this recovery.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://                         |                                   |
| www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/ozone |                                   |
| .html]{.underline}](http://www.es |                                   |
| rl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/ozone.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the West Coast and   |                                   |
| Polar Regions**                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| West Coast and Polar Regions,     |                                   |
| based at the University of Alaska |                                   |
| Fairbanks School of Fisheries and |                                   |
| Ocean Sciences, is one of six     |                                   |
| undersea centers established by   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Undersea Research Program |                                   |
| (NURP) to provide the research    |                                   |
| community access to advanced      |                                   |
| underwater technologies.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center supports undersea      |                                   |
| research and scientific           |                                   |
| investigation along the western   |                                   |
| coast and the polar regions of    |                                   |
| the United States. Research       |                                   |
| themes addressed include          |                                   |
| fisheries research, shelf and     |                                   |
| slope ecology, ridge crest        |                                   |
| processes, subduction zone        |                                   |
| processes, seamounts, and polar   |                                   |
| research. Each year the Center    |                                   |
| makes available to the marine     |                                   |
| research community an array of    |                                   |
| advanced technology systems,      |                                   |
| including remotely operated       |                                   |
| vehicles, geophysical instruments |                                   |
| (such as side scan sonar and      |                                   |
| seismic reflection systems), and  |                                   |
| shallow and deep-diving           |                                   |
| submersibles.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.oceane               |                                   |
| xplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Homer***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Kachemak Bay National Estuarine |                                   |
| Research Reserve**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| At 365,000 acres of lands and     |                                   |
| waters, Kachemak Bay is the       |                                   |
| largest reserve in the National   |                                   |
| Estuarine Research Reserve        |                                   |
| System. The reserve was           |                                   |
| designated in 1999 and the lead   |                                   |
| state agency is Alaska Department |                                   |
| of Fish and Game. The reserve     |                                   |
| incorporates the Bay itself,      |                                   |
| which is contiguous to the        |                                   |
| southeastern entrance to Cook     |                                   |
| Inlet in south central Alaska;    |                                   |
| the Fox River Flats, a river      |                                   |
| delta at the head of the Bay; and |                                   |
| portions of Kachemak Bay State    |                                   |
| Park/State Wilderness Park.       |                                   |
| Research priorities include       |                                   |
| implementing an ecological        |                                   |
| monitoring program, investigating |                                   |
| effects of non-point source       |                                   |
| pollution, habitat conservation   |                                   |
| and/or restoration, biodiversity  |                                   |
| and invasive species. The reserve |                                   |
| will offer a variety of           |                                   |
| educational and training programs |                                   |
| and activities according to       |                                   |
| assessed needs.                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://nerrs.noaa.              |                                   |
| gov/KachemakBay/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://nerrs.noaa.gov/KachemakBay/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Juneau***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Fisheries Science        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ted Stevens Marine Research     |                                   |
| Institute**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Alaska's largest fisheries        |                                   |
| research facility, the 66,000     |                                   |
| square foot Ted Stevens Marine    |                                   |
| Research Institute is designed to |                                   |
| meet the research needs of NOAA   |                                   |
| Fisheries' ecosystem approach to  |                                   |
| management, while maintaining     |                                   |
| scientific research throughout    |                                   |
| Alaska on fish stocks, other      |                                   |
| marine creatures, marine          |                                   |
| habitats, and the chemistry of    |                                   |
| marine environments. Scientific   |                                   |
| information from this facility is |                                   |
| widely used by commercial         |                                   |
| interests such as fishing         |                                   |
| industries and by governmental    |                                   |
| agencies involved in managing     |                                   |
| natural resources. The Juneau     |                                   |
| facility is part of the Alaska    |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center, which   |                                   |
| strives to plan, develop and      |                                   |
| manage scientific research        |                                   |
| programs, which generate the best |                                   |
| scientific data available for     |                                   |
| understanding, managing and       |                                   |
| conserving the region\'s living   |                                   |
| marine resources and the          |                                   |
| environmental quality essential   |                                   |
| for their existence.              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/a      |                                   |
| bl/tsmri.htm]{.underline}](http:/ |                                   |
| /www.afsc.noaa.gov/abl/tsmri.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Division Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Office for Law Enforcement   |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| over 900,000 square miles of open |                                   |
| water and 33,000 miles of         |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the Alaska    |                                   |
| division continues to oversee one |                                   |
| of the richest yielding fisheries |                                   |
| in the world.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alas |                                   |
| ka.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Coastal Management       |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Alaska Department of Natural  |                                   |
| Resources administers the Alaska  |                                   |
| Coastal Program. Alaska has a     |                                   |
| three-tiered coastal zone based   |                                   |
| on the proximity to the land-sea  |                                   |
| interface. Local coastal programs |                                   |
| may also establish boundaries     |                                   |
| that are more specific. Alaska\'s |                                   |
| coastal zone is home to many      |                                   |
| important industries, including   |                                   |
| seafood processing, oil and gas   |                                   |
| development, mining, and timber   |                                   |
| harvesting. Its potential oil and |                                   |
| gas reserves are among the        |                                   |
| largest in the world. Nearly all  |                                   |
| of the minerals classified as     |                                   |
| strategic by the federal          |                                   |
| government are found in Alaska.   |                                   |
| The coast also supports a rich    |                                   |
| cultural heritage with its many   |                                   |
| Native Alaskan tribes who rely on |                                   |
| the state\'s natural resources    |                                   |
| for subsistence living. The       |                                   |
| long-term prosperity of these     |                                   |
| coastal cultures depends upon a   |                                   |
| healthy environment. The Coastal  |                                   |
| Program seeks to strike a balance |                                   |
| while sustaining the economic,    |                                   |
| ecological, and cultural value of |                                   |
| Alaska\'s coastal areas.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/ak.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/ak.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Juneau WFO**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the Mendenhall Valley  |                                   |
| north of the city of Juneau, this |                                   |
| Weather Forecast Office provides  |                                   |
| all the weather and flood         |                                   |
| warnings, daily forecasts, and    |                                   |
| meteorologic and hydrologic data  |                                   |
| for Alaska\'s southeast           |                                   |
| panhandle. The office in Juneau   |                                   |
| provides detailed forecasts and   |                                   |
| warnings for 65,000 year-round    |                                   |
| residents and more than 700,000   |                                   |
| annual visitors in Southeast      |                                   |
| Alaska. Due to the remoteness of  |                                   |
| the region, boats and airplanes   |                                   |
| are used to travel between        |                                   |
| communities. Accurate forecasts   |                                   |
| and warnings are vital to safe    |                                   |
| arrivals, departures, and the     |                                   |
| general protection of life and    |                                   |
| property while traveling within   |                                   |
| Southeast Alaska.                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pajk.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pajk.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Kenai Peninsula***             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Kenai Peninsula**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| In 2007, NMFS, working together   |                                   |
| with industry, state, federal,    |                                   |
| tribal, and other partners,       |                                   |
| reached a hydropower settlement   |                                   |
| agreement that restores fish      |                                   |
| access to 4.8 river miles and     |                                   |
| improves habitat for over twenty  |                                   |
| river miles in Alaska's central   |                                   |
| Kenai Peninsula. The flow         |                                   |
| improvements and restored habitat |                                   |
| access will benefit rainbow trout |                                   |
| and Chinook, Coho, sockeye, and   |                                   |
| pink salmon in the Cooper Creek,  |                                   |
| a tributary of the Kenai River.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.fa                   |                                   |
| kr.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration.h |                                   |
| tm]{.underline}](http://www.fakr. |                                   |
| noaa.gov/habitat/restoration.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Ketchikan***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Office for Law Enforcement   |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| over 900,000 square miles of open |                                   |
| water and 33,000 miles of         |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the Alaska    |                                   |
| division continues to oversee one |                                   |
| of the richest yielding fisheries |                                   |
| in the world.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alas |                                   |
| ka.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Marine and Aviation   |                                   |
| Operations (OMAO)**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Homeport**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Ship *Fairweather***       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA ship *Fairweather* is    |                                   |
| managed by the Marine Operations  |                                   |
| Center-Pacific in Seattle,        |                                   |
| Washington. *Fairweather* is      |                                   |
| homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska,  |                                   |
| and conducts hydrographic surveys |                                   |
| in Alaska and along the West      |                                   |
| Coast in support of NOAA\'s       |                                   |
| mission to promote the safety and |                                   |
| efficiency of maritime            |                                   |
| transportation and commerce.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.moc.noaa.gov/        |                                   |
| fa/index.html]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //www.moc.noaa.gov/fa/index.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***King Salmon***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the Bristol Bay        |                                   |
| village of King Salmon, this      |                                   |
| Weather Service Office provides   |                                   |
| expert hydro-meteorological data  |                                   |
| in support of local, regional,    |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Anchorage, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pakn.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pakn.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Kodiak***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Fisheries Science        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fisheries Monitoring and        |                                   |
| Analysis Division Kodiak Field    |                                   |
| Office**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Alaska Fisheries Science      |                                   |
| Center\'s Fisheries Monitoring    |                                   |
| and Analysis Division conducts    |                                   |
| research associated with sampling |                                   |
| commercial fishery catches,       |                                   |
| estimation of catch and bycatch   |                                   |
| mortality, and analysis of        |                                   |
| fishery-dependent data. The       |                                   |
| Kodiak Field Station is involved  |                                   |
| in providing in-season support to |                                   |
| fishery observers who collect     |                                   |
| catch data onboard fishing        |                                   |
| vessels and at onshore processing |                                   |
| plants. Division staff also       |                                   |
| provides the industry with        |                                   |
| information on the methods of     |                                   |
| collecting fishery dependent data |                                   |
| and how it is used by fishery     |                                   |
| managers.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/d  |                                   |
| efault.htm]{.underline}](http://w |                                   |
| ww.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/default.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Fisheries Science        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Kodiak Fisheries Research       |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Kodiak Fisheries Research     |                                   |
| Center (KFRC) is the primary      |                                   |
| facility for the Alaska Fisheries |                                   |
| Science Center\'s Resource        |                                   |
| Assessment and Conservation       |                                   |
| Engineering Division Shellfish    |                                   |
| Assessment Program. Resource      |                                   |
| assessment activities are         |                                   |
| primarily stock assessment        |                                   |
| surveys and related research on   |                                   |
| commercially important crab and   |                                   |
| fish in the eastern Bering Sea,   |                                   |
| Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of     |                                   |
| Alaska in support of catch quota  |                                   |
| determinations and management     |                                   |
| actions. The KFRC facility also   |                                   |
| provides offices and research     |                                   |
| support for other NMFS program    |                                   |
| activities including North        |                                   |
| Pacific Groundfish Observer       |                                   |
| Program, National Marine Mammal   |                                   |
| Laboratory, Alaska Regional       |                                   |
| Office, and Sustainable           |                                   |
| Fisheries. The Kodiak Fisheries   |                                   |
| Research Center was conceived as  |                                   |
| a means of providing office and   |                                   |
| laboratory space for fisheries    |                                   |
| research in Kodiak within a       |                                   |
| common location is located on     |                                   |
| approximately seven acres in      |                                   |
| close proximity to the University |                                   |
| of Alaska's Fisheries Industrial  |                                   |
| Technology Center on Near Island. |                                   |
| The facility consists of three    |                                   |
| buildings: a pump house, housing  |                                   |
| for visiting researchers and      |                                   |
| students, and the main building.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.afs                  |                                   |
| c.noaa.gov/kodiak/]{.underline}]( |                                   |
| http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/kodiak/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Office for Law Enforcement   |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| over 900,000 square miles of open |                                   |
| water and 33,000 miles of         |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the Alaska    |                                   |
| Division continues to oversee one |                                   |
| of the richest yielding fisheries |                                   |
| in the world.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alas |                                   |
| ka.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located at the nations largest    |                                   |
| U.S. Coast Guard Base on the      |                                   |
| Island of Kodiak, \"the Emerald   |                                   |
| Isle,\" this Weather Service      |                                   |
| Office provides expert            |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Anchorage, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://padq.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://padq.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Marine and Aviation   |                                   |
| Operations (OMAO)**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Homeport**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Ship *Oscar Dyson***       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA ship *Oscar Dyson* is    |                                   |
| managed by the Marine Operations  |                                   |
| Center-Pacific in Seattle,        |                                   |
| Washington. The *Oscar Dyson* is  |                                   |
| homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, and |                                   |
| is the first of four planned      |                                   |
| acoustically quiet NOAA fishery   |                                   |
| survey vessels designed and built |                                   |
| for NOAA. *Oscar Dyson* was       |                                   |
| commissioned during the spring of |                                   |
| FY 2005 and supports NOAA\'s      |                                   |
| mission to conserve, protect,     |                                   |
| manage, and restore living marine |                                   |
| resources through ecosystem       |                                   |
| approaches to management.         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.moc.noaa.gov/od/]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.moc.noaa.gov/od/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Kotzebue***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the northwest Alaskan  |                                   |
| village of Kotzebue, the          |                                   |
| \"gateway to the arctic,\" this   |                                   |
| Weather Service Office provides   |                                   |
| expert hydro-meteorological data  |                                   |
| in support of local, regional,    |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Fairbanks, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://paot.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://paot.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Little Port Walter***          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Alaska Fisheries Science        |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Marine Salmon Interactions      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Marine Salmon Interactions    |                                   |
| Program conducts research on      |                                   |
| marine ecology of juvenile        |                                   |
| salmon, on stock assessment and   |                                   |
| enhancement of salmonids and on   |                                   |
| other fishes in Southeast Alaska  |                                   |
| and other parts of North Pacific  |                                   |
| Ocean marine ecosystems. Studies  |                                   |
| focus on stewardship and          |                                   |
| management of salmon as keystone  |                                   |
| indicator species regarding       |                                   |
| ecosystem fluctuations in support |                                   |
| of NOAA Fisheries goals and       |                                   |
| international obligations         |                                   |
| including Pacific Salmon Treaty,  |                                   |
| North Pacific Anadromous Fish     |                                   |
| Commission, and Global Ocean      |                                   |
| Ecosystems Dynamics.              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.af                   |                                   |
| sc.noaa.gov/ABL/MSI/msi_default.p |                                   |
| hp]{.underline}](http://www.afsc. |                                   |
| noaa.gov/ABL/MSI/msi_default.php) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***McGrath***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located along the Upper Kuskokwim |                                   |
| River in the village of McGrath,  |                                   |
| this Weather Service Office       |                                   |
| provides expert                   |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Anchorage, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pamc.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pamc.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Nome***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located on the Seward Peninsula   |                                   |
| at the end of the Iditarod Trail  |                                   |
| in the City of Nome, this Weather |                                   |
| Service Office provides expert    |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Fairbanks, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://paom.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://paom.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Palmer***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **West Coast and Alaska**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tsunami Warning Center**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami |                                   |
| Warning Center, located in the    |                                   |
| historic City of Palmer, has the  |                                   |
| primary responsibility for the    |                                   |
| detection, location, and          |                                   |
| determination of magnitude of     |                                   |
| potentially tsunamigenic          |                                   |
| earthquakes occurring in the      |                                   |
| coastal areas of Alaska, British  |                                   |
| Columbia, the U.S. West Coast,    |                                   |
| the U.S. and Canadian Atlantic    |                                   |
| coasts, and the U.S. Gulf of      |                                   |
| Mexico coast. The Center is       |                                   |
| responsible for the preparation   |                                   |
| and dissemination of tsunami      |                                   |
| warnings, watches, advisories,    |                                   |
| and information bulletins to      |                                   |
| civilian and military officials   |                                   |
| in its area of responsibility     |                                   |
| regardless of epicenter location. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ultraviolet Radiation (UV)      |                                   |
| Monitoring Network**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates an     |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation (UV)        |                                   |
| monitoring network in Alaska with |                                   |
| sites at the Barrow Observatory,  |                                   |
| Nome, and St. Paul Island. These  |                                   |
| measurements are done as part of  |                                   |
| ESRL's research on the Earth\'s   |                                   |
| surface radiation budget.         |                                   |
| Research efforts are devoted to   |                                   |
| the extent and cause of observed  |                                   |
| variations in long-term radiation |                                   |
| and meteorological measurements,  |                                   |
| using satellite observations and  |                                   |
| climate model calculations. In    |                                   |
| addition, observations of         |                                   |
| spectral solar radiation are made |                                   |
| for remote sensing of certain     |                                   |
| atmospheric constituents and      |                                   |
| spectral solar UV is measured for |                                   |
| the investigation of the          |                                   |
| interaction of ozone and solar    |                                   |
| radiation. ESRL also provides     |                                   |
| essential instrument calibration  |                                   |
| services for national and         |                                   |
| worldwide partner UV monitoring   |                                   |
| networks.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/grad/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Petersburg***                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Office for Law Enforcement   |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| With over 900,000 square miles of |                                   |
| open water and 33,000 miles of    |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the Alaska    |                                   |
| division continues to oversee one |                                   |
| of the richest yielding fisheries |                                   |
| in the world.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alas |                                   |
| ka.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Prince of Wales Island***      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Prince of Wales Island**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| On Prince of Wales Island         |                                   |
| historic logging practices        |                                   |
| decimated salmon streams and      |                                   |
| estuaries. Currently, Prince of   |                                   |
| Wales has the highest density of  |                                   |
| roads in all of Southeast Alaska. |                                   |
| Most of these are now abandoned   |                                   |
| logging roads that, while not in  |                                   |
| use, still constrict estuary      |                                   |
| function and fish passage.        |                                   |
| Partnering with the local United  |                                   |
| States Forest Service, Trout      |                                   |
| Unlimited and The Nature          |                                   |
| Conservancy, NOAA is repairing    |                                   |
| these areas through               |                                   |
| watershed-based restoration       |                                   |
| activities and is working with    |                                   |
| the community to build local      |                                   |
| expertise and capacity for        |                                   |
| community-based restoration in    |                                   |
| this economically depressed area. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.fa                   |                                   |
| kr.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration.h |                                   |
| tm]{.underline}](http://www.fakr. |                                   |
| noaa.gov/habitat/restoration.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Seward***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Seward Field Office**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Office for Law Enforcement   |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| over 900,000 square miles of open |                                   |
| water and 33,000 miles of         |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the Alaska    |                                   |
| division continues to oversee one |                                   |
| of the richest yielding fisheries |                                   |
| in the world.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alas |                                   |
| ka.html]{.underline}](http://www. |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Shemya Island***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere - Cooperative Global   |                                   |
| Air Sampling Network**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| Cooperative Global Air Sampling   |                                   |
| Network to measure the            |                                   |
| distribution and trends of carbon |                                   |
| dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4),  |                                   |
| the two gases most responsible    |                                   |
| for human-caused climate change,  |                                   |
| as well as other greenhouse gases |                                   |
| and volatile organic compounds.   |                                   |
| Samples are collected weekly at   |                                   |
| fixed locations and on several    |                                   |
| commercial ships. The air samples |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO. The observed geographical     |                                   |
| patterns and small but persistent |                                   |
| spatial gradients are used to     |                                   |
| better understand the processes,  |                                   |
| both natural and human induced,   |                                   |
| that underlie the trends. These   |                                   |
| measurements help determine the   |                                   |
| magnitude of carbon sources and   |                                   |
| sinks in North America.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.                     |                                   |
| esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.h |                                   |
| tml]{.underline}](http://www.esrl |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Sitka***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Office for Law Enforcement   |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office of Law    |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. With  |                                   |
| over 900,000 square miles of open |                                   |
| water and 33,000 miles of         |                                   |
| coastline, the special agents,    |                                   |
| enforcement officers and support  |                                   |
| personnel of this division are    |                                   |
| responsible for fisheries         |                                   |
| conservation and protection       |                                   |
| covering the largest coastline of |                                   |
| any state. Known for well-managed |                                   |
| fisheries with complicated        |                                   |
| allocation schemes, the Alaska    |                                   |
| division continues to oversee one |                                   |
| of the richest yielding fisheries |                                   |
| in the world.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.                      |                                   |
| nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ak_alaska.html> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Sitka 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 and operates 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/crn/hourly]{.underline}](htt |                                   |
| p://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***St. Paul***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The St. Paul Island Weather       |                                   |
| Service Office, located in the    |                                   |
| Bering Sea among the Pribilof     |                                   |
| Islands, provides expert          |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Anchorage, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://pasn.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pasn.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **St. Paul 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 and operates 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/crn/hourly]{.underline}](htt |                                   |
| p://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ultraviolet Radiation (UV)      |                                   |
| Monitoring Network**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates an     |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation (UV)        |                                   |
| monitoring network in Alaska with |                                   |
| sites at the Barrow Observatory,  |                                   |
| Nome, and St. Paul Island. These  |                                   |
| measurements are done as part of  |                                   |
| ESRL's research on the Earth\'s   |                                   |
| surface radiation budget.         |                                   |
| Research efforts are devoted to   |                                   |
| the extent and cause of observed  |                                   |
| variations in long-term radiation |                                   |
| and meteorological measurements,  |                                   |
| using satellite observations and  |                                   |
| climate model calculations. In    |                                   |
| addition, observations of         |                                   |
| spectral solar radiation are made |                                   |
| for remote sensing of certain     |                                   |
| atmospheric constituents and      |                                   |
| spectral solar UV is measured for |                                   |
| the investigation of the          |                                   |
| interaction of ozone and solar    |                                   |
| radiation. ESRL also provides     |                                   |
| essential instrument calibration  |                                   |
| services for national and         |                                   |
| worldwide partner UV monitoring   |                                   |
| networks.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/gmd/grad/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Valdez***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in northern Prince        |                                   |
| William Sound, at the end of the  |                                   |
| \"Trans-Alaska Pipeline,\" in the |                                   |
| City of Valdez, this Weather      |                                   |
| Service Office provides expert    |                                   |
| hydro-meteorological data in      |                                   |
| support of local, regional,       |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Anchorage, and |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
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| [http://pavw.arh.noaa.gov]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://pavw.arh.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
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| ***Yakutat***                     |                                   |
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| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
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| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
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| **Weather Service Office**        |                                   |
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| Located along the northeastern    |                                   |
| coast of the Gulf of Alaska in    |                                   |
| the village of Yakutat, this      |                                   |
| Weather Service Office provides   |                                   |
| expert hydro-meteorological data  |                                   |
| in support of local, regional,    |                                   |
| national, and global weather,     |                                   |
| hydrologic, and climatic forecast |                                   |
| and warning programs in           |                                   |
| accordance with the National      |                                   |
| Weather Service mission. The      |                                   |
| Office also supports the mission  |                                   |
| of their associated Weather       |                                   |
| Forecast Office in Juneau, and    |                                   |
| the goals of the National Weather |                                   |
| Service through value-added       |                                   |
| public service, education, and    |                                   |
| outreach.                         |                                   |
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| [http                             |                                   |
| ://paya.arh.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
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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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