NOAA Corps Capt. Randall J. TeBeest assumed command today of the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) in Tampa, Fla. The center is home to most of NOAA’s 11 research aircraft, including the agency’s WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream-IV “hurricane hunter” planes.
Capt. Randall J. TeBeest assumes command of Aircraft Operations Center Read More >
NOAA Corps officer Michael S. Devany was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (lower half) during a July 15 ceremony in Silver Spring, Md. Devany was also named director of NOAA’s Marine and Aviation Operations Centers (MAOC), assuming command of the day-to-day operations of the 18 research ships and 11 aircraft in NOAA’s fleet.
Rear Adm. Devany appointed director of fleet operations Read More >
A NOAA investigation has found the crew of the NOAA Research Ship Auk, captained by a NOAA contractor, exercised due care before and after it struck a North Atlantic Right Whale in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off the Massachusetts coast in April 2009.
There has not always been a need to know precisely how hard the wind blows 350 feet above Earth’s surface. Today, wind turbines occupy that zone of the atmosphere, generating electricity. So NOAA and several partners have launched a year-long effort to improve forecasts of the winds there, which ultimately will help to reach the nation’s renewable energy goals.
