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NWS
Hosts Chinese Meteorologists
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delegation of nine meteorologists from the People’s
Republic of China Yunnan Provincial Meteorological Bureau
toured the NWS Forecast Office in Lincoln, Illinois in late
November. The tour, which was arranged with the assistance
of NOAA’s International Activities office and The 21st
Century Institute of Chicago/Beijing/Shanghai, was part of
a two-week visit to the United States by the Chinese delegation.
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Forecasters
Heather Stanley (right) and Ed Shimon (foreground) listen
as an interpreter relays information about the Graphical
Forecast Editor to a group of nine meteorologists from
the Yunnan Provincial Meteorological Bureau, during
a recent tour. |
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| Hydrometeorological
technician Chris Geelhart (right) and data acquisition
program manager Billy Ousley (left foreground) demonstrate
the abilities of the AWIPS Hydroview software for the
visiting meteorologists. |
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50
Years of Air Quality Modeling
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| Celebrating
the 50th anniversary of air quality modeling at a recent NOAA/EPA
symposium in Research Triangle Park, N.C. were NOAA Deputy
Administrator Dr. James Mahoney
and S.T. Rao, director of NOAA’s
Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division. The event was sponsored
by the American Meteorological Society.
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NOAA
Deputy Administrator Dr. James Mahoney and S.T. Rao,
director of NOAA’s Atmospheric Sciences Modeling
Division, at the 50th anniversary symposium on air
quality modeling recently.
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Alaska
Governor Visits Fairweather
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Alaska
governor Frank Murkowski visited the NOAA ship Fairweather
in Ketchikan, Alaska, on a snowy Saturday earlier this
month, accompanied by Alaska transportation commissioner Mike
Barton. The tour focused on the status of bathymetry and soundings
in Tongass Narrows with an eye toward future transportation
projects in the Ketchikan area. Fairweather executive officer
LCDR E.J. Van Den Ameele led the
briefing and was assisted by ENS Jonathan French
and ENS Wendy Lewis. Senior survey
technician Grant Froelich, and survey
technicians Verena Kellner and Mike
Castle provided detailed displayed of 3-D bathymetry
in Tongass Narrows and displayed the latest technology used
to acquire and process high resolution multibeam bathymetry.
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| Alaska
governor Frank Murkowski and state transportation commissioner
Mike Barton visited the NOAA ship Fairweather in Ketchikan
earlier this month. |
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| Employee and Team Member of the Month |
| Employee of the Month
Jay
Manthey
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
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Team Member of the Month
Mark
Hyde
NOAA Satellites and Information Service
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This
month’s Employee and Team Member of the Month
are Jay Manthey from the Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, and Mark Hyde from the NOAA Satellites and
Information Service. You can read about their accomplishments
in the upcoming issue of NOAA Report. |
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| NOAA’s
Northwest Fisheries Science Center has initiated a pilot mentoring
program to enhance opportunities for the sharing of knowledge
and skills among employees. The program is intended to foster
helpful professional relationships that provide information,
encouragement and enhance career direction. The science center
is looking forward to continuing this program in successive
years and hopes to encourage other NOAA line offices to get
involved in similar mentoring efforts.
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| NOAA’s
Northwest Fisheries Science Center Director, Dr. Usha
Varanasi (center), with guest speaker, Vikki Rennick
(left), and program coordinator, Mindi Sheer (right),
at the opening event for the science center’s
mentoring program. |
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