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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Delaware**                      |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
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| of NOAA's dedicated staff and     |                                   |
| partner organizations located in  |   -------------------             |
| program and research offices      | --------------------------------- |
| throughout the country. The       |                                   |
| following is a summary of NOAA    |                                   |
| programs based in, and focused    |                                   |
| on, your state. The entries are   |                                   |
| listed by statewide, region, and  |                                   |
| then by congressional districts   |                                   |
| and cities or towns.*             |                                   |
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| ***DE***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean    |                                   |
| Observing Regional Association    |                                   |
| (MACOORA) is one of eleven        |                                   |
| regional associations in the      |                                   |
| United States focused on ocean    |                                   |
| observing. Our region extends     |                                   |
| from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod    |                                   |
| and includes all the estuaries    |                                   |
| and the continental shelf waters. |                                   |
| Nearly 25 percent of the          |                                   |
| nation\'s population lives next   |                                   |
| to the MACOORA ocean region.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://http://www.macoora.org/]{.und |                                   |
| erline}](http://www.macoora.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Mid-Atlantic Bight   |                                   |
| (MAB)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 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  |                                   |
| Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB), one of  |                                   |
| the six NURP regional centers,    |                                   |
| supports undersea research along  |                                   |
| the mid-Atlantic states, from     |                                   |
| south of Long Island to Virginia, |                                   |
| including Chesapeake Bay.         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The MAB Center is administered by |                                   |
| Rutgers University in New Jersey, |                                   |
| and Stony Brook University in New |                                   |
| York. The MAB Center provides     |                                   |
| advanced undersea research        |                                   |
| platforms such as a REMUS         |                                   |
| Autonomous Underwater Vehicle     |                                   |
| (AUV) and LEO-15, the Long-term   |                                   |
| Ecosystem Observatory located at  |                                   |
| 15 meter depth offshore of New    |                                   |
| Jersey. LEO-15 is able to collect |                                   |
| data on various ocean parameters  |                                   |
| over long periods, which may be   |                                   |
| used to distinguish between       |                                   |
| changes in the marine environment |                                   |
| induced by natural versus         |                                   |
| anthropogenic events. LEO-15      |                                   |
| serves as the core element of a   |                                   |
| shelf-wide ocean observation      |                                   |
| network that will increase        |                                   |
| understanding of episodic events  |                                   |
| such as storms, upwelling, and    |                                   |
| hypoxia, which are poorly studied |                                   |
| by conventional methods.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and     |                                   |
| http://www.oc                     |                                   |
| eanexplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Marine Environmental    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Center for Tsunami         |                                   |
| Research (NCTR)**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Tsunami Research Program at   |                                   |
| the Pacific Marine Environmental  |                                   |
| Laboratory (PMEL), headquartered  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington, seeks to  |                                   |
| mitigate tsunami hazards to all   |                                   |
| U.S. coastal states and           |                                   |
| territories, including Delaware.  |                                   |
| 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)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Regional Office and   |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| National Marine Fisheries Service |                                   |
| (NMFS) is responsible for the     |                                   |
| management, conservation and      |                                   |
| protection of living marine       |                                   |
| resources within the United       |                                   |
| States\' Exclusive Economic Zone  |                                   |
| (water three to 200 mile          |                                   |
| offshore). Using the tools        |                                   |
| provided by the *Magnuson-Stevens |                                   |
| Act*, NMFS assesses and predicts  |                                   |
| the status of fish stocks,        |                                   |
| develops and ensures compliance   |                                   |
| with fisheries regulations,       |                                   |
| restores and protects habitat and |                                   |
| works to reduce wasteful fishing  |                                   |
| practices, and promote            |                                   |
| sustainable fisheries. Under the  |                                   |
| *Marine Mammal Protection Act*    |                                   |
| and the *Endangered Species Act*, |                                   |
| NMFS recovers protected marine    |                                   |
| species (i.e. whales, turtles).   |                                   |
| With the help of the six regional |                                   |
| offices and eight councils, NMFS  |                                   |
| is able to work with communities  |                                   |
| on fishery management issues. The |                                   |
| Northeast Regional Office         |                                   |
| (located in Gloucester, MA) is    |                                   |
| comprised of five divisions:      |                                   |
| Sustainable Fisheries, Habitat    |                                   |
| Conservation, Protected           |                                   |
| Resources, Fisheries Statistics,  |                                   |
| and State, Federal, and           |                                   |
| Constituent Programs. Key species |                                   |
| managed in the Northeast Region   |                                   |
| include the northeast             |                                   |
| "multispecies complex" (cod,      |                                   |
| haddock, yellowtail flounder      |                                   |
| etc.), Atlantic sea scallops,     |                                   |
| herring, lobster, and summer      |                                   |
| flounder. Key marine endangered   |                                   |
| species in this region are        |                                   |
| Atlantic salmon, northern right   |                                   |
| whales, and Atlantic shortnose    |                                   |
| sturgeon.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Northeast Science Center      |                                   |
| (headquartered in Woods Hole, MA) |                                   |
| focuses on collection, analysis,  |                                   |
| and presentation of scientific    |                                   |
| information about the Northeast   |                                   |
| Shelf ecosystem, its condition,   |                                   |
| and its marine life. In addition  |                                   |
| to its six laboratories, the      |                                   |
| Center uses 6 research vessels to |                                   |
| support its work. They are the    |                                   |
| NOAA ships *Albatross IV*,        |                                   |
| *Delaware II*, and *Henry B.      |                                   |
| Bigelow*, and the small research  |                                   |
| vessels *Gloria Michelle*,        |                                   |
| *Victor Loosanoff*, and *Nauvoo*. |                                   |
| The Northeast Regional Office and |                                   |
| Science Center are responsible    |                                   |
| for the District of Columbia and  |                                   |
| the following states: Maine, New  |                                   |
| Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode   |                                   |
| Island, Connecticut, New York,    |                                   |
| New Jersey, Pennsylvania,         |                                   |
| Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and |                                   |
| North Carolina; and the inland    |                                   |
| states of Vermont, Minnesota,     |                                   |
| Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,    |                                   |
| Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/>  |                                   |
| and <http://www.nefsc.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 Management Fellowship** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Coastal Management       |                                   |
| Fellowship matches postgraduate   |                                   |
| students with state coastal zone  |                                   |
| programs to work on two-year      |                                   |
| projects proposed by the state.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://http://www.csc.noaa.      |                                   |
| gov/cms/fellows.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Training**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides training to   |                                   |
| the coastal resource managers of  |                                   |
| the nation in three focus areas:  |                                   |
| geospatial technology, coastal    |                                   |
| management, and building process  |                                   |
| skills. Training can take place   |                                   |
| at the Center's training facility |                                   |
| for some courses but most often   |                                   |
| is taken to coastal managers in   |                                   |
| the field.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/bins/resources/training.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.csc.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/bins/resources/training.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Advisor**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Geodetic Advisor is a        |                                   |
| National Ocean Service (NOS)      |                                   |
| employee who guides and assists   |                                   |
| the state\'s charting, geodetic   |                                   |
| and surveying programs through    |                                   |
| technical expertise. The program  |                                   |
| is designed to fill a need for    |                                   |
| more accurate geodetic surveys,   |                                   |
| and is in response to the desire  |                                   |
| of states to improve their        |                                   |
| surveying techniques to meet      |                                   |
| Federal Geodetic Control          |                                   |
| subcommittee standards and        |                                   |
| specifications. The surveys       |                                   |
| provide the basis for all forms   |                                   |
| of mapping and engineering        |                                   |
| projects, and monitoring of the   |                                   |
| dynamic Earth. This program also  |                                   |
| provides technical assistance in  |                                   |
| planning and implementing         |                                   |
| Geographic/Land Information       |                                   |
| System: (GIS/LIS) projects. The   |                                   |
| State Advisor for DE is based in  |                                   |
| Silver Spring, MD, traveling to   |                                   |
| DE as required.                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://www.ngs.noaa.g    |                                   |
| ov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.ngs.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Delaware Sea Grant Program**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Sea Grant        |                                   |
| College Program is a              |                                   |
| federal-university partnership    |                                   |
| that integrates research,         |                                   |
| education, and outreach           |                                   |
| (extension and communications).   |                                   |
| Sea Grant forms a network of 32   |                                   |
| programs in all U.S. coastal and  |                                   |
| Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico   |                                   |
| and Guam. Delaware Sea Grant,     |                                   |
| based at the University of        |                                   |
| Delaware, is a statewide network  |                                   |
| of research, education, and       |                                   |
| extension services focused on     |                                   |
| advancing the wise use,           |                                   |
| conservation, and management of   |                                   |
| marine and coastal resources. In  |                                   |
| addition to conducting research   |                                   |
| in ecosystems, environmental      |                                   |
| technologies and engineering,     |                                   |
| biotechnology, and marine         |                                   |
| commerce and transportation, the  |                                   |
| program works to translate        |                                   |
| complex scientific information to |                                   |
| the public.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.ocean.u              |                                   |
| del.edu/seagrant]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.ocean.udel.edu/seagrant) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***DE-At Large***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Claymont to Cape Henlopen***   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Delaware River and Bay PORTS®** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A Physical Oceanographic          |                                   |
| Real-Time System (PORTS®) is      |                                   |
| operated cooperatively with the   |                                   |
| local maritime community in       |                                   |
| Delaware River and Bay 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 from 10 stations,    |                                   |
| meteorological data from eight    |                                   |
| locations, current data from      |                                   |
| three locations, conductivity and |                                   |
| temperature data from four        |                                   |
| locations and air gap from two    |                                   |
| locations.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesand                 |                                   |
| currents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Dover***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Delaware Coastal Management     |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Division of Soil and Water    |                                   |
| Conservation, within the Delaware |                                   |
| Department of Natural Resources   |                                   |
| and Environmental Control         |                                   |
| (DNREC), administer the Delaware  |                                   |
| Coastal Program. The whole state  |                                   |
| of Delaware is considered         |                                   |
| coastal; however, the coastal     |                                   |
| zone is divided into two tiers,   |                                   |
| the "coastal strip" and the rest  |                                   |
| of the state. The coastal strip,  |                                   |
| averaging four miles in width,    |                                   |
| receives special zoning           |                                   |
| protection from industrial        |                                   |
| development, while the second     |                                   |
| tier falls under general program  |                                   |
| provisions. The Coastal Program   |                                   |
| manages the coastal zone and      |                                   |
| resolves conflicts related to     |                                   |
| coastal zone issues. The          |                                   |
| program\'s mission is to          |                                   |
| \"Preserve, protect, develop and  |                                   |
| where possible restore and        |                                   |
| enhance the resources of          |                                   |
| Delaware\'s coastal zone.\"       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/de.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/de.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Delaware National Estuarine     |                                   |
| Research Reserve**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Delaware National Estuarine       |                                   |
| Research Reserve, designated in   |                                   |
| June 1993, includes 4,930 acres   |                                   |
| of protected land and open water. |                                   |
| The Delaware Department of        |                                   |
| Natural Resources and             |                                   |
| Environmental Control manage it.  |                                   |
| The main site sits along Delaware |                                   |
| Bay, approximately six miles      |                                   |
| outside Dover; a smaller unit is  |                                   |
| located 24 miles north along      |                                   |
| Blackbird Creek. This reserve     |                                   |
| features a full range of tidal    |                                   |
| wetlands within a historic 18th   |                                   |
| century plantation setting. The   |                                   |
| reserve contains nearly 100       |                                   |
| species of birds. Education       |                                   |
| services are being developed to   |                                   |
| link researchers with decision    |                                   |
| makers, and activities for all    |                                   |
| ages are being planned to enhance |                                   |
| awareness of the importance of    |                                   |
| estuaries in Delaware Bay.        |                                   |
| Reserve facilities include a      |                                   |
| visitor's center, fishing pier,   |                                   |
| 1,300-foot boardwalk, two miles   |                                   |
| of trails, dock, and boat ramp.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://nerrs                    |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/Delaware/]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Delaware/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Lewes, Reedy Point***          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Ocean Service (NOS)  |                                   |
| operates two long-term            |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of          |                                   |
| Delaware, which provide data and  |                                   |
| information on tidal datum and    |                                   |
| relative sea level trends, and    |                                   |
| are capable of producing          |                                   |
| real-time data for storm surge    |                                   |
| warning. These stations are       |                                   |
| located at Lewes and Reedy Point. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesa                   |                                   |
| ndcurrents.noaa.gov]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Reedy Point***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Sussex County***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Air Resources Laboratory**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atmospheric Integrated Research |                                   |
| Monitoring Network**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A NOAA Atmospheric Integrated     |                                   |
| Research Monitoring Network       |                                   |
| (AIRMoN) site is located in Lewes |                                   |
| (Sussex County), DE. The site has |                                   |
| been in operation since 1992 and  |                                   |
| has collected data on major ions  |                                   |
| in precipitation (rain, snow) on  |                                   |
| a daily or an event basis. The    |                                   |
| major ions collected include      |                                   |
| sulfate, nitrate, pH, ammonium,   |                                   |
| sodium, chloride, and soil        |                                   |
| cations. AIRMoN is a sub-network  |                                   |
| of the National Atmospheric       |                                   |
| Deposition Program.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://nadp.                    |                                   |
| sws.uiuc.edu/AIRMoN]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/AIRMoN) |                                   |
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| **NOAA's Office of Legislative    |                                   |
| Affairs**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tel: 202-482-4981               |                                   |
| [ht                               |                                   |
| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov/)** |                                   |
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