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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **North Carolina**                |                                   |
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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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| ***NC***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Castle-Hayne, Charlotte,       |                                   |
| Conover, Fayetteville,            |                                   |
| Greensboro, High Point,           |                                   |
| Hillsborough, New Bern, Raleigh,  |                                   |
| Sanford, Washington***            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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.n              |                                   |
| oaa.gov/jsp/raob.jsp]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Digital Coast Inundation        |                                   |
| Visualization**                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Web-based visualization tool |                                   |
| is a pilot project for eastern    |                                   |
| North Carolina that shows the     |                                   |
| degree of coastal inundation that |                                   |
| would occur as water levels rise. |                                   |
| The tool will help users          |                                   |
| understand the factors that can   |                                   |
| affect sea levels and coastal     |                                   |
| inundation. Users will be able to |                                   |
| zoom in to see street-level       |                                   |
| impacts to habitat and            |                                   |
| infrastructure at various water   |                                   |
| depths.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Online Flood Inundation Maps**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center is working with the    |                                   |
| National Weather Service and the  |                                   |
| Federal Emergency Management      |                                   |
| Agency to provide on-line access  |                                   |
| to flood severity maps for 17     |                                   |
| flood forecast locations in       |                                   |
| southeastern North Carolina.      |                                   |
| These maps, based on              |                                   |
| high-resolution digital elevation |                                   |
| data and hydraulic modeling,      |                                   |
| contain visual and interactive    |                                   |
| information on the extent and     |                                   |
| severity of floods. Local         |                                   |
| officials and emergency managers  |                                   |
| who make evacuation and road      |                                   |
| closure decisions use this        |                                   |
| information.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Coastal Ocean       |                                   |
| Observing Regional Association    |                                   |
| (SECOORA) is one of 11 Regional   |                                   |
| Associations being established    |                                   |
| through IOOS. SECOORA is to be    |                                   |
| designed and operated to provide  |                                   |
| data, information and products on |                                   |
| marine and estuarine systems.     |                                   |
| Information will be provided to   |                                   |
| users in a common manner and      |                                   |
| according to sound scientific     |                                   |
| practice.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://secoora.org/]{           |                                   |
| .underline}](http://secoora.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Atlantic Oceanographic and      |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hurricane Research**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Atlantic Oceanographic and    |                                   |
| Meteorological Laboratory\'s      |                                   |
| Hurricane Research Division       |                                   |
| (HRD), located in Miami, FL,      |                                   |
| conducts research to advance the  |                                   |
| understanding and prediction of   |                                   |
| hurricanes and other tropical     |                                   |
| weather, benefiting the North     |                                   |
| Carolina coastal region. HRD's    |                                   |
| research is based on a            |                                   |
| combination of models, theories,  |                                   |
| and observations, with particular |                                   |
| emphasis on data obtained with    |                                   |
| research aircraft. These          |                                   |
| observations are primarily        |                                   |
| collected in our annual field     |                                   |
| program using the two NOAA        |                                   |
| turboprop aircraft and jet        |                                   |
| operated by the NOAA Aircraft     |                                   |
| Operations Center. The goals of   |                                   |
| this research are to: advance the |                                   |
| prediction of tropical cyclone    |                                   |
| intensity change, improve the     |                                   |
| prediction of tropical cyclone    |                                   |
| tracks, improve the understanding |                                   |
| of and ability to predict         |                                   |
| tropical cyclone frequency and    |                                   |
| intensity, and enhance the        |                                   |
| ability to diagnose and predict   |                                   |
| the impact of tropical cyclones   |                                   |
| on life and property.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd    |                                   |
| /index.html]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/index.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Severe Storms          |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Flood Observations and          |                                   |
| Warnings**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| CI-FLOW (Coastal and Inland Flood |                                   |
| Observation and Warning Project)  |                                   |
| is a multi-agency project to      |                                   |
| evaluate and test new             |                                   |
| technologies to produce accurate  |                                   |
| and timely identification of      |                                   |
| inland and coastal floods in the  |                                   |
| Tar-Pamlico and Neuse river       |                                   |
| basins of coastal North Carolina. |                                   |
| The program was initiated in      |                                   |
| response to the devastating human |                                   |
| and economic losses caused by     |                                   |
| storm-surge and coastal flooding  |                                   |
| from Hurricanes Floyd and Dennis  |                                   |
| in 1999.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.nssl.noaa.            |                                   |
| gov/projects/ciflow/]{.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 North      |                                   |
| Carolina. A tsunami is a series   |                                   |
| of very large ocean waves caused  |                                   |
| by underwater earthquakes,        |                                   |
| landslides, volcanic eruptions,   |                                   |
| explosions, and even meteor       |                                   |
| impacts. Capable of flooding      |                                   |
| hundreds of meters inland past    |                                   |
| the typical high-water level, the |                                   |
| fast-moving water associated with |                                   |
| an inundating tsunami can crush   |                                   |
| homes and other coastal           |                                   |
| structures. More common           |                                   |
| occurrences, and devastating in   |                                   |
| an economic sense, are false      |                                   |
| alarms that lead to expensive     |                                   |
| evacuations of coastal areas.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The PMEL NCTR staff conducts      |                                   |
| research and development          |                                   |
| activities in close collaboration |                                   |
| with the National Weather Service |                                   |
| (NWS) Tsunami Warning Centers,    |                                   |
| National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), |                                   |
| and the coastal states.           |                                   |
| Activities focus on the           |                                   |
| development of site-specific      |                                   |
| forecast models for coastal       |                                   |
| population centers. These models  |                                   |
| are integrated into a             |                                   |
| PMEL-developed operational        |                                   |
| tsunami forecasting system at the |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers. PMEL     |                                   |
| developed the original real-time  |                                   |
| DART tsunami-measuring buoy,      |                                   |
| which has been transitioned to    |                                   |
| NDBC. Engineering development is  |                                   |
| underway at PMEL to improve the   |                                   |
| cost-effectiveness of these       |                                   |
| platforms. Tsunami research at    |                                   |
| PMEL focuses on model             |                                   |
| improvements and tsunami hazard   |                                   |
| mitigation.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NMFS Restoration Center**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| North Carolina contains the       |                                   |
| largest estuarine system of any   |                                   |
| Atlantic Coast state. This 2.3    |                                   |
| million acre network of habitats  |                                   |
| provides productive and diverse   |                                   |
| habitats for finfish, shellfish,  |                                   |
| and other wildlife, and           |                                   |
| recreation for millions of        |                                   |
| people. NMFS Habitat Restoration  |                                   |
| Center works with 45 local        |                                   |
| partners in North Carolina to     |                                   |
| restore salt marshes, shorelines, |                                   |
| and oyster reefs; and to remove   |                                   |
| dams that block migratory fish    |                                   |
| habitat. Thirty-nine projects     |                                   |
| have been constructed since 1999  |                                   |
| and through the Community-based   |                                   |
| Restoration Program 1,100         |                                   |
| volunteers have contributed       |                                   |
| almost 10,000 hours to restore    |                                   |
| coastal habitat. The North River  |                                   |
| Farms Project, a multi-year       |                                   |
| effort currently underway, will   |                                   |
| improve estuarine habitat and     |                                   |
| restore tidal flow to an area     |                                   |
| previously filled and ditched for |                                   |
| agriculture. When completed, this |                                   |
| project will restore over 6000    |                                   |
| acres and serve as a model for    |                                   |
| large-scale projects nationwide.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <h                                |                                   |
| ttp://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/> |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Damage Assessment, Remediation, |                                   |
| and Restoration Program**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| On behalf of the public, NOAA's   |                                   |
| Damage Assessment, Remediation,   |                                   |
| and Restoration Program acts as a |                                   |
| trustee for natural resources.    |                                   |
| DARRP collaborates with federal,  |                                   |
| state, and tribal entities and    |                                   |
| works with cleanup agencies (such |                                   |
| as the Environmental Protection   |                                   |
| Agency), local organizations, the |                                   |
| public, and those responsible for |                                   |
| the incident. This work is to     |                                   |
| protect coastal and marine        |                                   |
| natural resources; respond to     |                                   |
| discharges of oil and hazardous   |                                   |
| substances; assess risks and      |                                   |
| injuries to natural resources;    |                                   |
| and restore injured natural       |                                   |
| resources and related             |                                   |
| socioeconomic benefits.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Regional Office and   |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS is responsible for the       |                                   |
| management, conservation and      |                                   |
| protection of living marine       |                                   |
| resources within the United       |                                   |
| States\' Exclusive Economic Zone  |                                   |
| (water to 200 miles off the       |                                   |
| seaward boundaries of coastal     |                                   |
| states). Using the tools provided |                                   |
| by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, NMFS |                                   |
| assesses and predicts the status  |                                   |
| of fish stocks, develops and      |                                   |
| ensures compliance with fisheries |                                   |
| regulations, restores and         |                                   |
| protects habitat and works to     |                                   |
| reduce wasteful fishing           |                                   |
| practices, and promote            |                                   |
| sustainable fisheries. Under the  |                                   |
| Marine Mammal Protection Act and  |                                   |
| the Endangered Species Act, NMFS  |                                   |
| recovers protected marine species |                                   |
| (i.e. whales, turtles). The       |                                   |
| Southeast Regional Office         |                                   |
| (located in Saint Petersburg, FL) |                                   |
| is composed of four divisions:    |                                   |
| (1) Sustainable Fisheries; (2)    |                                   |
| Habitat Conservation; (3)         |                                   |
| Protected Resources; and (4)      |                                   |
| Operations, Management and        |                                   |
| Information, which houses         |                                   |
| constituent services and grants.  |                                   |
| The region manages 175 fish       |                                   |
| species or multispecies complexes |                                   |
| in the Gulf of Mexico, South      |                                   |
| Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea under |                                   |
| 17 fishery management plans.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Fisheries Science   |                                   |
| Center is headquartered on        |                                   |
| Virginia Key, Miami, FL. The      |                                   |
| Center is comprised of five NMFS  |                                   |
| Laboratories (Galveston, TX;      |                                   |
| Pascagoula, MS; Panama City, Fl;  |                                   |
| Miami, Fl; and Beaufort, NC) and  |                                   |
| two satellite facilities          |                                   |
| (Lafayette, LA; Stennis Space     |                                   |
| Center, MS) in the region. The    |                                   |
| Center implements a science and   |                                   |
| research program that provides    |                                   |
| information and technology for    |                                   |
| fishery resource conservation;    |                                   |
| habitat conservation, and; the    |                                   |
| recovery of protected and         |                                   |
| endangered species. The Southeast |                                   |
| Regional Office and Science       |                                   |
| Center are responsible for the    |                                   |
| inland states of Arkansas, Iowa,  |                                   |
| Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri,       |                                   |
| Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma,   |                                   |
| and Tennessee, the coastal states |                                   |
| of North Carolina, South          |                                   |
| Carolina, Georgia, Florida,       |                                   |
| Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,  |                                   |
| and Texas, the Commonwealth of    |                                   |
| Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin  |                                   |
| Islands.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[htt                             |                                   |
| p://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/index.html |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
| http://www.                       |                                   |
| sefsc.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http |                                   |
| ://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/index.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Demonstration Project** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| While climate is an important     |                                   |
| factor for all coastal            |                                   |
| communities, coastal officials    |                                   |
| often do not know where to access |                                   |
| climate information, or know how  |                                   |
| to incorporate this information   |                                   |
| into their decision-making        |                                   |
| processes. Two pilot websites     |                                   |
| were developed for the states of  |                                   |
| Georgia and North Carolina to     |                                   |
| address this issue---one for      |                                   |
| recreation and tourism and        |                                   |
| another for recreational and      |                                   |
| commercial fishing.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.cormp.org/climate/>   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Elevation Mapping**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center works with state and   |                                   |
| local officials to collect and    |                                   |
| distribute high-resolution        |                                   |
| topographic and bathymetric data  |                                   |
| sets. The Center worked with the  |                                   |
| private sector to acquire new     |                                   |
| light detection and ranging       |                                   |
| (lidar) and Interferometric       |                                   |
| Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR)  |                                   |
| data for coastal management       |                                   |
| applications such as the analysis |                                   |
| of storm surge and storm          |                                   |
| inundation, erosion, and habitat  |                                   |
| mapping. The Center also worked   |                                   |
| with state and federal partners   |                                   |
| to share costs and find multiple  |                                   |
| uses for coastal lidar and IfSAR  |                                   |
| data sets.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc                  |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/crs/tcm/]{.underline}]( |                                   |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/tcm/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Community Vulnerability         |                                   |
| Assessment Tool**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This informational aid is         |                                   |
| designed to assist communities in |                                   |
| their efforts to reduce hazard    |                                   |
| vulnerability. The tutorial steps |                                   |
| users through a process of        |                                   |
| analyzing physical, social,       |                                   |
| economic, and environmental       |                                   |
| vulnerability at the community    |                                   |
| level. This tool was piloted in   |                                   |
| coastal North Carolina and helps  |                                   |
| local and state governments       |                                   |
| determine and prioritize their    |                                   |
| localities' vulnerability to      |                                   |
| coastal hazards.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.no               |                                   |
| aa.gov/products/nchaz/startup.htm |                                   |
| ]{.underline}](http://www.csc.noa |                                   |
| a.gov/products/nchaz/startup.htm) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **GeoSpatial Collaboration with   |                                   |
| the National Weather Service**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center is working with the    |                                   |
| National Weather Service to       |                                   |
| improve the geospatial display    |                                   |
| and delivery of products and      |                                   |
| services related to weather,      |                                   |
| water, and climate. As part of    |                                   |
| this project,                     |                                   |
| flood-severity-inundation map     |                                   |
| libraries will be implemented and |                                   |
| available for 35 Gulf Coast       |                                   |
| regions and 17 locations in North |                                   |
| Carolina, with additional pilot   |                                   |
| locations in development.         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **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 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 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)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Topographic and Bathymetric     |                                   |
| Applications**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides information   |                                   |
| about the availability of         |                                   |
| topographic and bathymetric data  |                                   |
| sets and assists coastal managers |                                   |
| in working with these             |                                   |
| sets---particularly in relation   |                                   |
| to storm surge and inundation     |                                   |
| modeling. The current focus of    |                                   |
| this project is on developing a   |                                   |
| data inventory for Texas,         |                                   |
| Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,  |                                   |
| Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North |                                   |
| Carolina, South Carolina, and     |                                   |
| Virginia and guidance documents   |                                   |
| describing the coastal management |                                   |
| applications of topography and    |                                   |
| bathymetry.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noa              |                                   |
| a.gov/topobathy/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.csc.noaa.gov/topobathy/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Training**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides training to   |                                   |
| the coastal resource managers of  |                                   |
| the nation in three focus areas:  |                                   |
| geospatial technology, coastal    |                                   |
| management, and building process  |                                   |
| skills. Training can take place   |                                   |
| at the Center's training facility |                                   |
| for some courses but most often   |                                   |
| is taken to coastal managers in   |                                   |
| the field.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/bins/resources/training.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.csc.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/bins/resources/training.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service (NWS)  |                                   |
| and Office of Oceanic and         |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Incident Meteorologist Program  |                                   |
| and Earth Systems Research        |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fire Weather Services and       |                                   |
| Support**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Weather Service      |                                   |
| (NWS) fire weather forecasters    |                                   |
| are called Incident               |                                   |
| Meteorologists (IMETS). When a    |                                   |
| fire reaches a large enough size  |                                   |
| the IMETS are called out to the   |                                   |
| fire to provide constant weather  |                                   |
| updates and forecast briefings to |                                   |
| the fire incident commanders at   |                                   |
| the fire. The IMETS are very      |                                   |
| important members of the fire     |                                   |
| fighting team, as changes in the  |                                   |
| fires are largely due to changes  |                                   |
| in the weather. To improve NWS    |                                   |
| fire weather services to the      |                                   |
| public, NOAA's Earth System       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory (ESRL)        |                                   |
| conducts modeling,                |                                   |
| instrumentation and data services |                                   |
| research. ESRL data dissemination |                                   |
| and display systems are designed  |                                   |
| to be used by trained             |                                   |
| meteorologists, the US Forest     |                                   |
| Service, and the Bureau of Land   |                                   |
| Management. For example, the      |                                   |
| FX-Net thin client system and the |                                   |
| Gridded FX-Net full function      |                                   |
| system are ESRL-developed         |                                   |
| software systems that are a       |                                   |
| critical part of the equipment    |                                   |
| the IMETS bring with them to the  |                                   |
| fire. NWS forecasters at fires in |                                   |
| all 50 states use these mobile    |                                   |
| PC--based client software         |                                   |
| packages. Computer servers that   |                                   |
| communicate with the mobile PC    |                                   |
| clients are located in Hawaii,    |                                   |
| Alaska, Utah, Colorado, Texas and |                                   |
| New York. State emergency         |                                   |
| managers in many of the NWS       |                                   |
| regional areas also use the       |                                   |
| PC-base clients. Other            |                                   |
| collaborators who work to improve |                                   |
| NWS fire weather services include |                                   |
| the University of Colorado in     |                                   |
| Boulder (CU), NCAR and private    |                                   |
| sector instrumentation companies. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **North Carolina Grants**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA is a leading provider of     |                                   |
| climate, weather, and water       |                                   |
| information and services to the   |                                   |
| nation and the world. NOAA's      |                                   |
| Climate Program Office was        |                                   |
| established in October 2005. The  |                                   |
| Office manages the competitive    |                                   |
| research program by which NOAA    |                                   |
| funds high-priority climate       |                                   |
| science to advance understanding  |                                   |
| of atmospheric, oceanic,          |                                   |
| land-based, and snow and ice      |                                   |
| processes, and how they affect    |                                   |
| climate. It focuses on developing |                                   |
| a broader user community for      |                                   |
| climate products and services,    |                                   |
| provides NOAA a focal point for   |                                   |
| climate activities within NOAA,   |                                   |
| leads NOAA climate education and  |                                   |
| outreach activities, and          |                                   |
| coordinates international climate |                                   |
| activities. It supports projects  |                                   |
| across the nation conducted by    |                                   |
| investigators outside the federal |                                   |
| government, such as the through   |                                   |
| the academic and private sectors, |                                   |
| within the federal government,    |                                   |
| and in NOAA Cooperative           |                                   |
| Institutes. The Climate Program   |                                   |
| Office provides climate funding   |                                   |
| in this state.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **North Carolina Sea Grant        |                                   |
| College Program**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Sea Grant        |                                   |
| College Program is a              |                                   |
| federal-university partnership    |                                   |
| that integrates research,         |                                   |
| education, and outreach           |                                   |
| (extension and communications).   |                                   |
| Sea Grant forms a network of 32   |                                   |
| programs in all U.S. coastal and  |                                   |
| Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico   |                                   |
| and Guam. North Carolina Sea      |                                   |
| Grant is your link to research    |                                   |
| and resources for a healthier     |                                   |
| coast. Through research, outreach |                                   |
| and education programs, we        |                                   |
| provide unbiased, science-based   |                                   |
| information to enhance the        |                                   |
| sustainable use and conservation  |                                   |
| of ocean and coastal resources to |                                   |
| benefit communities, the economy  |                                   |
| and the environment. North        |                                   |
| Carolina Sea Grant works with     |                                   |
| partners on the national,         |                                   |
| regional, state and local levels. |                                   |
| With headquarters at North        |                                   |
| Carolina State University in      |                                   |
| Raleigh, North Carolina Sea Grant |                                   |
| also has coastal offices in       |                                   |
| Manteo, Morehead City and         |                                   |
| Wilmington.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http:                            |                                   |
| //www.ncseagrant.org]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC- 2***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Raleigh***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Advisor**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The 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.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://www.ngs.noaa.g    |                                   |
| ov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.ngs.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Coordinator**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Through a cooperative agreement   |                                   |
| and part of the National Ocean    |                                   |
| Service (NOS) State Advisor       |                                   |
| Program, the State Geodetic       |                                   |
| Coordinator is a State 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 assistance  |                                   |
| in planning and implementing      |                                   |
| Geographic/Land Information       |                                   |
| System (GIS/LIS) projects.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http:/                           |                                   |
| /http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ADVISORS |                                   |
| /AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **North Carolina Coastal          |                                   |
| Management Program**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Division of Coastal           |                                   |
| Management within the Department  |                                   |
| of Environment and Natural        |                                   |
| Resources administers the North   |                                   |
| Carolina Coastal Program. North   |                                   |
| Carolina\'s coastal zone includes |                                   |
| 20 coastal counties that in       |                                   |
| whole, or in part, are adjacent   |                                   |
| to, adjoining, intersected or     |                                   |
| bounded by the Atlantic Ocean or  |                                   |
| any coastal sound. Some of the    |                                   |
| greatest challenges facing North  |                                   |
| Carolina\'s coastal zone are the  |                                   |
| impacts from population growth    |                                   |
| and coastal development,          |                                   |
| including loss of sensitive       |                                   |
| coastal habitats and increased    |                                   |
| risks to life and property from   |                                   |
| coastal hazards. In recent years, |                                   |
| housing development along North   |                                   |
| Carolina\'s coastlines has        |                                   |
| significantly increased. Through  |                                   |
| development permits and setback   |                                   |
| laws, the state tries to ensure   |                                   |
| that new buildings are out of     |                                   |
| harms way during storms. The      |                                   |
| Coastal Program is designed to    |                                   |
| address these issues along with   |                                   |
| others, such as public access to  |                                   |
| beaches and other shorefronts,    |                                   |
| conservation and restoration of   |                                   |
| wetlands, and management of beach |                                   |
| erosion.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/nc.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/nc.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Raleigh-Durham***              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Durham WFO**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located at the Centennial Campus  |                                   |
| of North Carolina State           |                                   |
| University, this National Weather |                                   |
| Service Weather Forecast Office   |                                   |
| provides weather and flood        |                                   |
| warnings, daily forecasts and     |                                   |
| meteorologic and hydrologic data  |                                   |
| for 31 counties, with a           |                                   |
| population of 3.7 million         |                                   |
| residents, covering the northern  |                                   |
| Piedmont, northern and central    |                                   |
| Coastal Plain, and the Sandhills  |                                   |
| of North Carolina.                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:/                          |                                   |
| /www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC- 2, 4, 13***                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Raleigh***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Physical Sciences      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hydrometeorological Testbed**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Hydrometeorological       |                                   |
| Testbed (HMT) is a national       |                                   |
| program that implements regional  |                                   |
| demonstrations focused on the use |                                   |
| of advanced observational &       |                                   |
| modeling tools for the purpose of |                                   |
| improving hydrologic forecasts    |                                   |
| and warnings. The major           |                                   |
| activities of the HMT are         |                                   |
| quantitative precipitation        |                                   |
| estimation (QPE) & forecasting    |                                   |
| (QPF), snow information,          |                                   |
| hydrologic applications, decision |                                   |
| support systems and verification. |                                   |
| The testbed approach will         |                                   |
| accelerate transitions from the   |                                   |
| research and development          |                                   |
| community to operations, as       |                                   |
| described in NOAA\'s Strategic    |                                   |
| Plan and recommended by the NOAA  |                                   |
| Hydrology Team\'s Science and     |                                   |
| Technology Infusion Plan (STIP) & |                                   |
| the U.S. Weather Research Program |                                   |
| (USWRP). Project management       |                                   |
| resides in Boulder, CO. Research  |                                   |
| and development efforts are       |                                   |
| underway in Boulder, CO and       |                                   |
| Norman OK as well as with other   |                                   |
| NOAA and non-NOAA partners. Field |                                   |
| instrumentation, system and       |                                   |
| forecast product development is   |                                   |
| focused on the American River     |                                   |
| Basin in California in an effort  |                                   |
| to better protect one of the most |                                   |
| flood vulnerable cities in the    |                                   |
| U.S. - Sacramento. Other areas of |                                   |
| CA are part of the project, as    |                                   |
| well as a site to study the       |                                   |
| hydrologic forcing of flash       |                                   |
| flooding in southern Arizona.     |                                   |
| Active planning for a testbed     |                                   |
| located in North Carolina has     |                                   |
| begun with a tentative start date |                                   |
| of HMT-SE in 2010. Long-term      |                                   |
| planning includes additional      |                                   |
| testbeds in other regions.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://hmt.noaa.gov]{.          |                                   |
| underline}](http://hmt.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC- 3***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Beaufort***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Conservation Division** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Beaufort Field Office**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Beaufort Field Office is      |                                   |
| co-located with the National      |                                   |
| Ocean Service's Center for        |                                   |
| Coastal Fisheries Habitat         |                                   |
| Research and with the Beaufort    |                                   |
| Laboratory of NMFS' Southeast     |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center. This    |                                   |
| office is responsible for         |                                   |
| implementing NMFS' habitat        |                                   |
| protection programs in North      |                                   |
| Carolina. In addition to          |                                   |
| conducting mandated essential     |                                   |
| fish habitat consultations        |                                   |
| associated with extensive coastal |                                   |
| development activities, the       |                                   |
| Beaufort Field Office             |                                   |
| participates in state and         |                                   |
| regional habitat planning and     |                                   |
| restoration efforts, supports the |                                   |
| planning activities of North      |                                   |
| Carolina's National Environmental |                                   |
| Policy Act/404 Merger process,    |                                   |
| and participates in the planning  |                                   |
| processes for major federal water |                                   |
| development projects.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://sero.nmfs.                |                                   |
| noaa.gov/hcd/hcd.htm]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Beaufort Laboratory**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Southeast Fisheries Science   |                                   |
| Center\'s research at the         |                                   |
| Beaufort laboratory focuses on    |                                   |
| three main areas: (1) stock       |                                   |
| assessments for federally and     |                                   |
| state managed species, including  |                                   |
| groupers, snappers, and menhaden, |                                   |
| (2) fisheries ecology research to |                                   |
| support fisheries and ecosystem   |                                   |
| management, and (3) protected     |                                   |
| species research focusing on sea  |                                   |
| turtles and marine mammal         |                                   |
| management and conservation.      |                                   |
| Sophisticated mathematical,       |                                   |
| ecological, chemical,             |                                   |
| biochemical, and satellite        |                                   |
| imagery methodologies are used in |                                   |
| the course of these studies.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Headboat Program**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS headboat program,            |                                   |
| established in 1972 to develop a  |                                   |
| database on reef fish             |                                   |
| populations, collects data from   |                                   |
| recreational headboats operating  |                                   |
| in coastal waters of the          |                                   |
| Southeast United States and has   |                                   |
| become a principal source of data |                                   |
| for reef fishery management in    |                                   |
| both the Gulf of Mexico and the   |                                   |
| United States South Atlantic.     |                                   |
| These data are used in landings   |                                   |
| reports, stock assessment         |                                   |
| modeling, and management advice   |                                   |
| for many important fish stocks.   |                                   |
| Headboat samplers are located in  |                                   |
| Ormond Beach, FL; Pensacola, FL;  |                                   |
| Key West, Fl; Tequesta, FL;       |                                   |
| Beaufort, NC; Wilmington, NC; St. |                                   |
| Petersburg, FL; New Orleans, LA;  |                                   |
| Port Aransas, TX; Port Isabel,    |                                   |
| TX; and Georgetown, SC.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Centers for Coastal    |                                   |
| Ocean Science**                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Coastal Fisheries    |                                   |
| Habitat Research**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Established in 1899, the National |                                   |
| Ocean Service Center for Coastal  |                                   |
| Fisheries Habitat Research is the |                                   |
| nation\'s second oldest Federal   |                                   |
| marine laboratory. Located on     |                                   |
| Pivers Island in Beaufort, North  |                                   |
| Carolina, the Center\'s mission   |                                   |
| is to provide coastal managers    |                                   |
| with scientific information and   |                                   |
| tools to address NOAA\'s          |                                   |
| responsibilities for resource     |                                   |
| damage assessment, management of  |                                   |
| marine sanctuaries, coastal zone  |                                   |
| management, estuarine research    |                                   |
| reserves, and natural resource    |                                   |
| management. In support of these   |                                   |
| diverse NOAA requirements, the    |                                   |
| Center conducts research on       |                                   |
| coastal restoration, including    |                                   |
| sea grass, marsh and reef         |                                   |
| environments. The Center provides |                                   |
| research on harmful algal blooms  |                                   |
| including, improved detection     |                                   |
| techniques, and bloom affects to  |                                   |
| ecosystems and human health.      |                                   |
| Also, the Center provides         |                                   |
| research and management support   |                                   |
| on invasive species, fisheries    |                                   |
| and protected species. The Center |                                   |
| is organizationally diverse and   |                                   |
| houses National Ocean Service,    |                                   |
| National Marine Fisheries Service |                                   |
| and North Carolina Estuarine      |                                   |
| Research Reserve staff.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[ht                              |                                   |
| tp://http://www.ccfhr.noaa.gov/]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://secoora.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Cape Hatteras***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuaries**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **U.S.S. Monitor National Marine  |                                   |
| Sanctuary**                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA designated the site of the   |                                   |
| wreckage of the U.S.S. Monitor, a |                                   |
| Civil War vessel that lay off the |                                   |
| coast of North Carolina, as its   |                                   |
| first National Marine Sanctuary   |                                   |
| in 1975. The Monitor was the      |                                   |
| prototype for a class of U.S.     |                                   |
| Civil War ironclad warships that  |                                   |
| significantly altered both naval  |                                   |
| technology and marine             |                                   |
| architecture in the 19th century. |                                   |
| While being towed to Beaufort,    |                                   |
| N.C., the Monitor encountered a   |                                   |
| great gale and sank on December   |                                   |
| 31, 1862. For over a century, the |                                   |
| Monitor lay undiscovered in 76    |                                   |
| meters of water 25 kilometers off |                                   |
| Cape Hatteras, protected by       |                                   |
| nature. In August of 1973,        |                                   |
| scientists aboard Duke            |                                   |
| University\'s research vessel     |                                   |
| Eastward located the Monitor      |                                   |
| using sidescan sonar. The         |                                   |
| wreck\'s propeller was recovered  |                                   |
| in 1998.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://monitor.noaa.gov/>        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Cape Lookout National Shore*** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the South Atlantic   |                                   |
| and Gulf of Mexico**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |                                   |
| (SEGM), one of the six NURP       |                                   |
| regional centers, is based at the |                                   |
| University of North Carolina,     |                                   |
| Wilmington. The SEGM Center       |                                   |
| focuses on undersea research off  |                                   |
| the coasts of North Carolina,     |                                   |
| South Carolina, Georgia, and      |                                   |
| Florida and in the Florida Keys   |                                   |
| and Gulf of Mexico. The Center    |                                   |
| operates the world's only         |                                   |
| undersea research laboratory,     |                                   |
| Aquarius, located 8 miles off the |                                   |
| coast of Florida and capable of   |                                   |
| housing scientists for 10 day     |                                   |
| missions. Center facilities are   |                                   |
| located in Wilmington, NC, and    |                                   |
| Key Largo, FL, near the site of   |                                   |
| Aquarius. Areas of research       |                                   |
| include hydrocarbon exploration   |                                   |
| and development; management of    |                                   |
| fisheries resources; conservation |                                   |
| of the Florida Keys\' coral       |                                   |
| reefs; anthropogenic and natural  |                                   |
| processes that impact coastal     |                                   |
| resources, including beach        |                                   |
| erosion and the introduction of   |                                   |
| excess nutrients to near shore    |                                   |
| habitats; and detection of        |                                   |
| current global climate conditions |                                   |
| through long-term monitoring and  |                                   |
| assessment of past changes. The   |                                   |
| center's research goals evolve to |                                   |
| meet changing national and        |                                   |
| regional needs.                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and    |                                   |
| ht                                |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://secoora.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Carolina Beach***              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. 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.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering United States        |                                   |
| territorial waters in the         |                                   |
| Caribbean, the Southeast          |                                   |
| Enforcement Division\'s           |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure. The Southeast Division   |                                   |
| is home to the nation\'s large    |                                   |
| shrimp trawl fishery, and is      |                                   |
| widely known for its vast coral   |                                   |
| reefs fisheries, turtle beaches,  |                                   |
| and highly prized saltwater game  |                                   |
| fish. Georgian waters also play   |                                   |
| host to the calving grounds for   |                                   |
| the approximately 350 endangered  |                                   |
| Northern Right whales, while      |                                   |
| Floridian waters hold the only    |                                   |
| continental coral reef in the     |                                   |
| United States. The Divisions is   |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within the Florida     |                                   |
| Keys, Flower Garden Bank, the     |                                   |
| Monitor and Gray's Reef National  |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuaries.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/se_southeast. |                                   |
| html]{.underline}](http://www.nmf |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/se_southeast.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Kitty Hawk***                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office for 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.       |                                   |
| Stretching across the Gulf of     |                                   |
| Mexico, up the eastern seaboard   |                                   |
| from the Florida Keys to the      |                                   |
| northern shore of North Carolina  |                                   |
| and covering U.S. territorial     |                                   |
| waters in the Caribbean, the      |                                   |
| Southeast Enforcement Division\'s |                                   |
| responsibility is vast beyond     |                                   |
| measure. The Southeast Division   |                                   |
| is home to the nation\'s large    |                                   |
| shrimp trawl fishery, and is      |                                   |
| widely known for its vast coral   |                                   |
| reefs fisheries, turtle beaches,  |                                   |
| and highly prized saltwater game  |                                   |
| fish. Georgian waters also play   |                                   |
| host to the calving grounds for   |                                   |
| the approximately 350 endangered  |                                   |
| Northern Right whales, while      |                                   |
| Floridian waters hold the only    |                                   |
| continental coral reef in the     |                                   |
| United States. The Divisions is   |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within the Florida     |                                   |
| Keys, Flower Garden Bank, the     |                                   |
| Monitor and Gray's Reef National  |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuaries.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.nmfs.no              |                                   |
| aa.gov/ole/se_southeast.html]{.un |                                   |
| derline}](http://gcoos.tamu.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Newport/Morehead City***       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Newport/Morehead WFO**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in Newport, this National |                                   |
| Weather Service Weather Forecast  |                                   |
| Office provides weather and flood |                                   |
| warnings, daily forecasts and     |                                   |
| meteorologic and hydrologic data  |                                   |
| for 15 counties in northeastern   |                                   |
| North Carolina serving a          |                                   |
| population of 570,000. This       |                                   |
| office also provides marine       |                                   |
| forecasts and warnings for most   |                                   |
| of the North Carolina coast       |                                   |
| including the Albemarle and       |                                   |
| Pamlico sounds.                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx]{.un |                                   |
| derline}](http://gcoos.tamu.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC- 3, 7***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Beaufort***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **North Carolina National         |                                   |
| Estuarine Research Reserve**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The 10,000 acre North Carolina    |                                   |
| National Estuarine Research       |                                   |
| Reserve was designated in 1985    |                                   |
| and is comprised of four          |                                   |
| components including Currituck    |                                   |
| Banks, Rachel Carson, Mansonboro  |                                   |
| Island, and Zeke\'s Island. The   |                                   |
| North Carolina Department of      |                                   |
| Environment and Natural Resources |                                   |
| manage the Reserve. The Reserve   |                                   |
| has completed research projects   |                                   |
| on such diverse topics as         |                                   |
| estuarine eutrophication,         |                                   |
| productivity of benthic           |                                   |
| microalgae, use of dredge         |                                   |
| material to renourish salt mashes |                                   |
| and effects of feral horses on    |                                   |
| salt marsh productivity. The      |                                   |
| Reserve\'s education program      |                                   |
| serves to enhance estuarine       |                                   |
| awareness and to provide the      |                                   |
| crucial linkage between research  |                                   |
| and coastal management by         |                                   |
| translation of scientific         |                                   |
| information.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://http://www.ncner         |                                   |
| r.org/pubsiteinfo/index.html]{.un |                                   |
| derline}](http://gcoos.tamu.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOS operates four long-term       |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of North    |                                   |
| Carolina 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 Duck Pier, Oregon      |                                   |
| Inlet, Cape Hatteras, Beaufort,   |                                   |
| Wilmington, and Wrightsville      |                                   |
| Beach.                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesan                  |                                   |
| dcurrents.noaa.gov/]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Wilmington***                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Southeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fishery Statistics Office**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Field agents serve as the         |                                   |
| principle data collection agent   |                                   |
| for marine fisheries throughout   |                                   |
| the Southeast US (NC-TX). They    |                                   |
| implement and coordinate surveys  |                                   |
| involving the collection of       |                                   |
| fishery related data from the     |                                   |
| public. Responsibilities and      |                                   |
| functions are to develop,         |                                   |
| implement, operate, and manage an |                                   |
| integrated fishery statistical    |                                   |
| data acquisition program for      |                                   |
| research and fishery management.  |                                   |
| In North Carolina, a field agent  |                                   |
| is stationed in Wilmington.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC- 4***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Durham***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Durham 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) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC- 7***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Wilmington***                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Wilmington WFO**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in Wilmington, this       |                                   |
| National Weather Service office   |                                   |
| provides all the weather and      |                                   |
| flood warnings, daily forecasts,  |                                   |
| and meteorologic and hydrologic   |                                   |
| data for 14 counties, with a      |                                   |
| population of 796,000 residents,  |                                   |
| covering southeastern North       |                                   |
| Carolina and northeastern South   |                                   |
| Carolina. NWS data and products   |                                   |
| form a national information       |                                   |
| database and infrastructure,      |                                   |
| which can be used by other        |                                   |
| government agencies, the private  |                                   |
| sector, media, the public and the |                                   |
| global community.                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.e                    |                                   |
| rh.noaa.gov/er/ilm/]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/ilm/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the South Atlantic   |                                   |
| and Gulf of Mexico**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |                                   |
| (SEGM), one of the six NURP       |                                   |
| regional centers, is based at the |                                   |
| University of North Carolina,     |                                   |
| Wilmington. The SEGM Center       |                                   |
| focuses on undersea research off  |                                   |
| the coasts of North Carolina,     |                                   |
| South Carolina, Georgia, and      |                                   |
| Florida and in the Florida Keys   |                                   |
| and Gulf of Mexico. Center        |                                   |
| facilities are located in         |                                   |
| Wilmington, NC, and Key Largo,    |                                   |
| FL. Areas of research include     |                                   |
| hydrocarbon exploration and       |                                   |
| development; management of        |                                   |
| fisheries resources;              |                                   |
| anthropogenic and natural         |                                   |
| processes that impact coastal     |                                   |
| resources, including beach        |                                   |
| erosion and the introduction of   |                                   |
| excess nutrients to near shore    |                                   |
| habitats; and detection of        |                                   |
| current global climate conditions |                                   |
| through long-term monitoring and  |                                   |
| assessment of past changes. The   |                                   |
| center's research goals evolve to |                                   |
| meet changing national and        |                                   |
| regional needs.                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.oceane               |                                   |
| xplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the Southeastern     |                                   |
| United States and Gulf of         |                                   |
| Mexico**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| Southeastern United States and    |                                   |
| the Gulf of Mexico, located at    |                                   |
| the University of North Carolina  |                                   |
| at Wilmington, 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 conducts research in   |                                   |
| the South Atlantic Bight (North   |                                   |
| Carolina to Florida), Florida     |                                   |
| Keys, and Gulf of Mexico. Science |                                   |
| initiatives addressed by the      |                                   |
| Center include research related   |                                   |
| to: hydrocarbon exploration and   |                                   |
| development, management of        |                                   |
| fisheries resources,              |                                   |
| anthropogenic and natural         |                                   |
| processes that impact coastal     |                                   |
| resources (e.g. beach erosion),   |                                   |
| introduction of excess nutrients  |                                   |
| to near shore habitats, detection |                                   |
| of present global climate         |                                   |
| conditions through long-term      |                                   |
| monitoring, and assessment of     |                                   |
| past changes through geologic and |                                   |
| paleoceanographic studies.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and    |                                   |
| http://www.oceane                 |                                   |
| xplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC-11***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Asheville***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Environmental          |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service (NESDIS)**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Climatic Data Center** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Data Archive**          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Climatic Data Center |                                   |
| (NCDC) is the world\'s largest    |                                   |
| active archive of weather data    |                                   |
| that includes all weather records |                                   |
| obtained by the NOAA National     |                                   |
| Weather Service (NWS), the Air    |                                   |
| Force, Navy, Federal Aviation     |                                   |
| Administration, Coast Guard, and  |                                   |
| volunteer cooperative observers.  |                                   |
| NCDC operates the World Data      |                                   |
| Center for Meteorology, which is  |                                   |
| co-located at NCDC in Asheville,  |                                   |
| North Carolina, and the World     |                                   |
| Data Center for Paleoclimatology, |                                   |
| which is located in Boulder,      |                                   |
| Colorado. NCDC supports a         |                                   |
| three-tier national climate       |                                   |
| services support program - the    |                                   |
| partners include NCDC, Regional   |                                   |
| Climate Centers, and State        |                                   |
| Climatologists.                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov        |                                   |
| /oa/ncdc.html]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Asheville 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) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NC-13***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Raleigh***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Total Column Ozone              |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) makes           |                                   |
| measurements of the column        |                                   |
| amounts of ozone between the      |                                   |
| earth\'s surface and the top of   |                                   |
| the atmosphere at a number of     |                                   |
| locations around the United       |                                   |
| States, including Raleigh, NC.    |                                   |
| The observations are obtained     |                                   |
| with ground-based spectrometers   |                                   |
| that measure the attenuation by   |                                   |
| ozone of ultraviolet light. This  |                                   |
| integrated ozone amount is        |                                   |
| critical in determining 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 will be important   |                                   |
| to monitor the ozone layer for    |                                   |
| the expected recovery and         |                                   |
| 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)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ultraviolet Radiation (UV)      |                                   |
| Monitoring Network**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates an     |                                   |
| ultraviolet radiation (UV)        |                                   |
| monitoring network site in        |                                   |
| Raleigh 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.esr                   |                                   |
| l.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/]{.underline} |                                   |
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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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