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**2019 Year in Review** *NOS by the Numbers* 140+ The number of sites within the nation’s only high-frequency radar network, operated by U.S. IOOS®.
 U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System
 $320 billion The amount of money ocean industries contribute to the U.S. economy.
 national centers for coastal ocean science
  3,700 The number of jobs that reducing marine debris to near zero could result in along Ohio’s Lake Erie shoreline.
 office of response and restoration
  2 The number of autonomous control systems integrated in two existing hydrographic survey launches assigned to NOAA Ship *Rainier.*
 Office of coast survey
 100+ The number of World War 1-era ships, known as the “Ghost Fleet,”  that the newly designated Mallows Bay - Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary will protect.
 OFFICE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES
  3,100 The number in pounds of marine debris that participants in the Planet Stewards Education Project removed from beaches.
 NOS Management and Budget
  21% The potential cost savings of the pending NOAA General Services Administration contract to modernize National Ocean Service networks.
 NOS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
  1,500 The number of coastal professionals across the U.S. that were trained in Office for Coastal Management’s instructor-led courses.
 OFFICE FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT
 14,423 The number of images the National Geodetic Survey captured to assess damage during Hurricane Dorian.
 national geodetic survey
   $28 million The total amount of money that the Office of Response and Restoration reached in agreements requiring companies to restore natural resources damaged from pollution.
 office of response and restoration
 22 The number of years of data that the National Geodetic Survey processed from over 3,000 worldwide permanent GPS reference stations to improve precise positional coordinates.
 national geodetic survey
 35,000 The number of times the Environmental Response Management Application — a mapping and data sharing tool — was used by environmental emergency responders.
 office of response and restoration
 NOS **Accomplishments** NOS by the Numbers: 2019  Browse by Office: Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services Coral Reef Conservation Program U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System® National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science National Geodetic Survey NOS Management and Budget NOS Information Management Office for Coastal Management Office of Coast Survey Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Office of Response and Restoration   **Search** Our facts    Get **Social**
  **Last updated:** 10/19/21 **Author:** NOAA How to cite this article Contact Us


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