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  • Surveys of abandoned vessels : American Samoa
    Personal Author:
    Boring, Christine Lord.; Helton, Doug.; Zelo, Ian Joseph.; Kolinski, Steven P.;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Ocean Service., Office of Response and Restoration.; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.); National Park Marine Debris Monitoring Program (U.S.);
    Published:
    2006
    Description:
    "In 1999, the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, and the Commonwealth of American Samoa began a collaborative effort to address nine abandoned fishing vessels on a reef in Pago Pago, American Samoa. These vessels were a public nuisance and posed an array of thr...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1007.69 KB]
    Added:
    02/03/2016
  • Graveyard of the Atlantic, an overview of North Carolina's maritime cultural landscape
    Personal Author:
    Hoyt, Joseph; Delgado, James P.; Barr, Bradley W.; Terrell, Bruce G.; Grussing, Valerie;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Ocean Service., Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
    Published:
    2014
    Series:
    Maritime Heritage Program series no. 4
    Description:
    North Carolina's shoreline from Currituck Sound to Cape Fear is a dramatic marine setting influenced by dynamic environmental change, with barrier islands that stretch along hundreds of miles of coastline, from 20 to 40 miles offshore, that have been...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 14.41 MB]
    Added:
    09/21/2016
  • Fish and habitat community assessments on North Carolina shipwrecks : potential sites for detecting climate change in the Graveyard of the Atlantic
    Personal Author:
    Whitfield, Paula E.; Muñoz, Roldan C.; Buckel, Christine A.; Heesemann, Lauren M.;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Ocean Service., Office of National Marine Sanctuaries,
    Published:
    2011
    Series:
    Marine sanctuaries conservation series ; ONMS-11-03
    Description:
    The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (MNMS) was the nation's first sanctuary, originally established in 1975 to protect the famous civil war ironclad shipwreck, the USS Monitor. Since 2008, sanctuary sponsored archeological research has branched out...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.55 MB]
    Added:
    12/05/2016
  • Multiyear study of the dependence of sea salt aerosol on wind speed and sea ice conditions in the coastal Arctic
    Personal Author:
    May, N. W.; Quinn, P. K.; McNamara, S. M.; Pratt, K. A.;
    Published:
    2016
    Description:
    Thinning of Arctic sea ice gives rise to ice fracturing and leads (areas of open water surrounded by sea ice) that are a potential source of sea salt aerosol. Atmospheric particle inorganic ion concentrations, local sea ice conditions, and meteorolog...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 760.48 KB]
    Added:
    02/10/2017
  • Volcanic platforms, ancient reefs, ridges, and seamounts : mapping the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
    Personal Author:
    Kelley, Christopher D.
    Corporate Author:
    Schmidt Ocean Institute; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.);
    Published:
    2014
    Series:
    NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center mission report
    Description:
    Cruise summary for the March 5-April 11, 2014 expedition to the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Mission objectives included bathymetric mapping of the area, exploration of the submarine geological features, and recording of marine mammal ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 480.01 KB]
    Added:
    03/08/2016
  • Inferenced oceanic Kelvin/Russby wave influence on North American West Coast precipitation
    Personal Author:
    Lee, Martin E.; Chelton, Dudley, 1952-;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region.
    Published:
    1998
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; no. 253
    Description:
    The complex interaction of coupled ocean-atmosphere processes is still far from being completely understood, and documented. This Technical Attachment documents a nonclassic, oceanic Kelvin/Rossby wave conceptual model to partially explain above norm...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.09 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Downslope winds of Santa Barbara, California
    Personal Author:
    Ryan, Gary
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1996
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 240
    Description:
    Warming, downslope winds from the Santa Ynez Mountains in Southern California can translate to gusty surface winds in the vicinity of Santa Barbara. These winds, called "sundowners," have many of the same characteristics common to downslope winds fou...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 12.25 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of Miles City, Montana
    Personal Author:
    Spector, David A.; Strobin, Mark H.;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region.
    Published:
    2000
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 262
    Description:
    "Miles City is located on the western edge of the northern Great Plains in a shallow part of the Yellowstone River Valley. The Tongue River runs south of the city. To the north, the river bluffs are from 200 to 300 feet above the valley floor. There ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.96 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of Los Angeles, California
    Personal Author:
    Bruno, David; Ryan, Gary; Kaplan, Curt; Slemmer, Jonathan;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region.
    Published:
    2000
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 261
    Description:
    "Los Angeles is noted for its moderate weather. Under the modified Koppen classification system, Los Angeles climate is categorized as Mediterranean. This climate type is characterized by pronounced seasonal changes in rainfall - a dry summer and a r...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 22.60 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of Las Vegas, Nevada
    Personal Author:
    Skrbac, Paul H.
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region.
    Published:
    1999
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 260
    Description:
    During the last two decades, the Las Vegas Valley has emerged as one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the nation. The population has expanded from about 400,000 in 1980 to an estimated 1.1 million in 1995. In addition, Las Vegas attracts ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.63 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of San Jose
    Personal Author:
    Miller, Miguel
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1999
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 259
    Description:
    "San Jose is located in the Santa Clara Valley which extends to the southeast from San Francisco Bay. The valley is oriented in a northwest-southeast direction with mountain ranges on both sides. To the west and south lie the Santa Cruz Mountains. Th...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.09 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • 1985-1998 north Pacific tropical cyclones impacting the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, an updated climatology
    Personal Author:
    Garza, Armando L.
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1999
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 258
    Description:
    Tropical systems impacting the southwestern United States are not as uncommon as one might initially think, and their effects throughout this region of the country have been documented by several authors. In 1986, a comprehensive record of effecrs of...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 8.39 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of Seattle, Washington
    Personal Author:
    Felton, Dana
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1998
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 257
    Description:
    "The climate of Seattle is the direct result of the terrain surrounding the area and the proximity of the city to the Pacific Ocean. The Cascade Mountains, east of the city, and, to a lesser extent, the Olympic Mountains, which are located northwest ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 7.38 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of San Diego, California
    Personal Author:
    Evans, Thomas E., III; Halvorson, Donald A.;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1998
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 256
    Description:
    "The city of San Diego, California has a moderated Mediterranean climate with some surprising and unique features. The National Weather Service has not issued a climatology of San Diego, but in 1913 the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation w...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.91 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Creation and maintenance of a comprehensive climate database
    Personal Author:
    Petrescu, Eugene
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1998
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 255
    Description:
    Requests for climate information from the public and media are one of the more frequent inquiries that a National Weather Service field office receives. Climate data are also of importance for local research studies, determining long-term climate tre...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.54 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of Eureka, California
    Personal Author:
    Puffer, Alan H.
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1998
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 252
    Description:
    "Eureka, California, was established in May 1850, by the Union and Mendocino Companies, and incorporated on April18, 1856. After a hotly fought election with . the city of Arcata, Eureka became the county seat in 1856"--Introduction.
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.66 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • A Composite study examining five heavy snowfall patterns for south-central Montana
    Personal Author:
    Ausdall, Jonathan D. Van.; Humphrey, Thomas W.;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1998
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 251
    Description:
    This study identifies heavy snow patterns for south-central Montana. A snow amount of 6 inches or greater for each event was considered heavy snow for this study. Data for the years 1948-1994 was compiled using the NCEP Version Ill Grid Point Data Se...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.08 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • The Northeast Nevada climate book
    Personal Author:
    Gorelow, Andrew C.; Clark, Edwin C.;
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1998
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 247 (Revised)
    Description:
    "This Technical memorandum covers the five-county area of northern and northeastern Nevada. The five counties are: Elko, Eureka, Humbolt, Lander, and White Pine Counties"--Introduction.
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 44.71 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Climate of Tucson
    Personal Author:
    Glueck, John R.
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1997
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 249
    Description:
    "This paper presents a climatic history of Tucson, Arizona spanning a 100+ year period of continuous record keeping (1894-1996; unvalidated 1866-1894). Detailed tables of daily, monthly, and yearly records of temperature, precipitation and snowfall a...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.72 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017
  • Northwest Oregon daily extremes and normals
    Personal Author:
    Rockey, Clinton C. D.
    Corporate Author:
    United States, National Weather Service., Western Region,
    Published:
    1997
    Series:
    NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 250
    Description:
    "Modernization of the National Weather Service (NWS), which began in the late 1980s, is nearing its completion. Improved technology, forecasting skills and the installation of new radar and satellite systems have given weather forecasters more abilit...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.86 MB]
    Added:
    06/19/2017