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| **NOAA In Your State and Territory**                                  |
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| **District of Columbia**                                              |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily lives of every person in the United   |
| States and in much of the world. Our products and services are the    |
| result of the hard work 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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| ***DC***                                                              |
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| ***Washington***                                                      |
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| **National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)**                          |
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| **NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office**                                        |
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| **Emerging Scientist Project**                                        |
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| The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office runs the Emerging Scientist Project, a |
| unique program that brings environmental and marine science to D.C.   |
| high school students and teachers. The Emerging Scientist Project     |
| blends classroom outreach and field experiences for students with     |
| hands-on teacher professional development. The result is a program    |
| that increases student understanding of the environment while         |
| stimulating their interest in future careers in science.              |
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| **National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)**                          |
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| **Northeast Fisheries Science Center**                                |
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| **National Systematics Laboratory - National Museum of Natural        |
| History, Division of Fishes**                                         |
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| The National Systematic Laboratory studies fishes, crustaceans,       |
| squids and corals. As part of the Smithsonian Institution's National  |
| Museum of Natural History, located on the National Mall in            |
| Washington, D.C., its major research activities are to describe new   |
| species, to catalogue and revise groups of species so they can be     |
| correctly identified, and to study the evolutionary relationships     |
| among species. Staff hold adjunct positions at the National Museum    |
| and curate the museum's fish collection, by far the world\'s largest, |
| with some 4 million specimens.                                        |
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| [[http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov                                           |
| /nsl/mainpage/]{.underline}](http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nsl/mainpage/) |
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| **NOAA**                                                              |
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| **All Offices**                                                       |
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| **Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History - Sant   |
| Ocean Hall**                                                          |
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| NOAA has worked with the Smithsonian Institution\'s National Museum   |
| of Natural History to create the Sant Ocean Hall to engage, educate,  |
| and inspire the public through state-of-the-art displays. The Ocean   |
| Hall is one component of NOAA's Ocean Science Initiative intended to  |
| educate and inform the public and expand our understanding of the     |
| Earth\'s oceans.                                                      |
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| [[http://ocean.si.edu/ocean_hal                                       |
| l/index.html]{.underline}](http://ocean.si.edu/ocean_hall/index.html) |
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| **NOAA Headquarters**                                                 |
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| **Office of the Under Secretary**                                     |
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| **HCHB-- Department of Commerce**                                     |
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| The Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and          |
| Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator is located in downtown DC in the    |
| Department of Commerce's Herbert C. Hoover Building. The Office of    |
| the Under Secretary oversees all NOAA Line, Staff, and Program office |
| and activities. Other NOAA offices located within the Under           |
| Secretary's office, or the HCHB, include the Office of Legislative    |
| Affairs, Office of Education, Office of Communications, Office of     |
| International Affairs, among others.                                  |
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| [[http://www.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http://www.noaa.gov/)             |
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| **NOAA's Office of Education**                                        |
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| **Educational Partnership Program**                                   |
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| **NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences**                              |
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| The NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) is led by Howard      |
| University, in collaboration with three partners: Jackson State       |
| University, the University of Texas at El Paso, and the University of |
| Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. This Center is one of four cooperative       |
| science centers that are part of NOAA's Educational Partnership       |
| Program with Minority Serving Institutions. NCAS research and         |
| training goals are to help improve the accuracy of weather and        |
| climate forecast models (particularly in predicting precipitation),   |
| and to produce highly educated and skilled students from              |
| underrepresented communities for research and operational careers in  |
| weather and climate prediction.                                       |
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| [[http://www.gs                                                       |
| .howard.edu/atmosci/]{.underline}](http://www.gs.howard.edu/atmosci/) |
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| **Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)**                  |
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| **Climate Program Office**                                            |
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| **Washington, DC Grants**                                             |
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| 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.                                                |
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| [http://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline}                                |
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| **Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)**                  |
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| **Earth System Research Laboratory/Global Systems Division**          |
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| **Science On a Sphere®**                                              |
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| Science On a Sphere (SOS) is a room-sized global display system that  |
| uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a  |
| six-foot diameter sphere, analogous to a giant animated globe.        |
| Researchers at NOAA developed Science On a Sphere® as an educational  |
| tool to help illustrate Earth System science to people of all ages.   |
| Animated images of atmospheric storms, climate change, and ocean      |
| temperature can be shown on the sphere, which is used to explain what |
| are sometimes complex environmental processes, in a way that is       |
| simultaneously intuitive and captivating.                             |
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| [http://www.sos.noaa.gov/ and                                         |
| http://sos.noaa.gov/news/sos_sites.html]{.underline}                  |
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| ***Washington, DC/ Leesburg, VA***                                    |
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| **National Weather Service (NWS)**                                    |
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| **Center Weather Service Unit**                                       |
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| **Washington, DC CWSU**                                               |
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| Housed in the Federal Aviation Administration\'s Washington Air Route |
| Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), the Center Weather Service Unit       |
| (CWSU) Washington staff provides forecasts and other weather          |
| information to ARTCC personnel for use in directing the safe, smooth  |
| flow of aviation traffic in Maryland, District of Columbia, Delaware, |
| Virginia, and eastern North Carolina.                                 |
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| [[h                                                                   |
| ttp://www.erh.noaa.gov/zdc]{.underline}](http://www.erh.noaa.gov/zdc) |
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| **NOAA's Office of Legislative Affairs**                              |
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| **Tel: 202-482-4981                                                   |
| [http://www.legislative.noaa.gov](http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/)** |
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