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NOAA Research Honors Authors of 13 Scientific
Papers |
 The NOAA authors of 13 scientific research and review papers
were honored with the OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper Awards for 2002
by acting NOAA Research director Louisa Koch this month.
"Published
research papers are a time-honored measure of scientific productivity;
each and every one is a credit to our organization," Koch said. Twenty-six
papers were submitted for consideration. All appeared over the past
two years in prestigious scientific journals.
"In addition
to congratulating the award recipients, I want to also recognize the
eleven laboratory scientists who served as reviewers for this year's
award cycle," Koch said. "I also applaud the Laboratory Directors who
provide the nurturing research environment, scientific direction and
encouragement that is a necessary prerequisite for scientific achievement.
The awards are as much a tribute to you as they are to the actual recipients."
Stanley Goldenberg
(above) of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
coauthored a research paper, The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane
activity: causes and
implications, which appeared in Science in 2001. It was one
of 13 papers honored by acting NOAA Research director Louisa Koch.
VADM Lautenbacher
Meets Charleston Staffers, Tours Brown
Vice Admiral Lautenbacher visited the NOAA
Ocean Service science center in Charleston, S.C., this month. After
meeting staffers and going aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H.
Brown, he spoke at an all-hands meeting. Read his message, which touches on his
recent all-hands meeting with NOAA staffers.
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(left) NOAA Corps
Lieutenant Junior Grade Jennifer Pralgo, the navigation officer of
the research vessel The Ronald Brown, explains the ships propulsion
system to NOAA Administrator Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, U.S.
Navy (Retired) during a January 7th visit to the ship at its home
port in Charleston, South Carolina. Brown Executive Officer
Commander John Steger, at left in the photo, conducted a tour of
the Brown during Lautenbacher's first visit to the ship. The Brown
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(above) While touring the Brown, VADM Lautenbacher was
shown examples of the ship's ocean bottom research by Chief Survey
Technician Jonathan Shannahoff. The Brown has a large array of
sensors for meteorological and oceanographic data research. With
its highly advanced instruments and sensors, the Brown is a
state-of-the-art oceanographic and atmospheric research platform
that travels worldwide supporting scientific studies to increase
the understanding of the world's oceans and climate.
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Employee of Month
Janice Long
OFA Human Resources Operations
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Team Member of Month
Jim Hall
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
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| Janice
Long, administrative officer for the NOAA Human Resources
Operations office in Silver Spring, Md., is the January Employee of
the Month. James E. Hall, a data systems project manager for NOAA's
National Data Buoy Center at the Stennis, Miss., Space Center, is
the Team Member of the Month. Read their profiles in the January
NOAA Report, coming soon to an inbox near you! |
Pica Named Junior Officer of the Year |
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Lt.
Joe Pica (left), associate director of NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic
and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Fla., has been named NOAA's
Junior Officer of the Year for 2002. Pica was cited for "outstanding
leadership and management skills." According to the laboratory's
nomination, "The laboratory has a long history of working closely
with NOAA Corps officers and the consensus of an overwhelming majority
of AOML employees it that Lt. Pica is the best of the best." |
Mahoney Testifies on Climate Change |
 NOAA
Deputy Administrator Dr. James Mahoney testified before the Senate Commerce,
Science and Transportation Committee on January 8 on Climate Change:
Greenhouse Gas Reductions and Trading Systems. In his testimony,
Mahoney noted that the workshop and strategic plan directly respond
to President Bush's call that the best scientific information be developed
to assist the United States in developing a well-reasoned approach to
climate change issues. "If we fail to fully evaluate the scientific
information bearing on global change, we would be subject to the justifiable
criticism that our strategy to cope with potentially our largest-ever
investment in environmental management would be seen as a 'ready-fire-aim'
approach." (Note: A video of the committee hearing may still available
on C-Span's video index under Science/Technology;
Dr. Mahoney's testimony comes at about the 42-minute mark.)
The next day, Timothy Keeney,
NOAA Deputy Assistant Secretary also testified before the Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Recent Oil Spills
and the Required Phase-out of Single Hull Tanker Vessels. In his
testimony, Keeney stated, "NOAA's principal concern regarding
tankers is the impact of spills on the ocean and coastal
environment, including habitat and living marine
resources."
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