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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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- proper noun Acronym of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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- noun an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather
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I think it's exciting that the new head of the NOAA is a working scientist, a strong advocate for the environment, and someone who has been heavily involved in public policy issues, which I assume means she understands how the system "works".
Archive 2008-12-01 Peggy 2008
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I think it's exciting that the new head of the NOAA is a working scientist, a strong advocate for the environment, and someone who has been heavily involved in public policy issues, which I assume means she understands how the system "works".
Jane Lubchenco to Head NOAA? Peggy 2008
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I don't think we need another agency to do something NOAA is already doing.
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Like the hurricane forecast, NOAA is following, not leading.
Winter outlook aftershock: Bastardi knocks NOAA Jason Samenow 2010
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I don't think we need another agency to do something NOAA is already doing.
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While those figures were used as the basis for the government's response to the spill – they appeared on an internal Coast Guard situation report and on a dry-erase board in NOAA's Seattle war room – they were never announced to the public, according to the report.
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Be careful in making sure to call it NOAA-N Prime, because NOAA-N is a separate satellite already launched in 2005.
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There were a ton of reactions to the news that neither AccuWeather nor NOAA is expecting high odds of a snowy winter in the D.C. metro region.
Winter outlook aftershock: Bastardi knocks NOAA Jason Samenow 2010
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NOAA is a federal facility on high security alert, so attendees must enter by the security gate and may need to present photo ID.
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MacDonald and Georgia Tech scientist Joseph Montoya said NOAA is at it again with statements saying there is no oil in ocean floor sediments.
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