To Fly or Not to Fly?
Aviation Weather Forecasting Makes
America's Skies Safer
To fly or not to fly? That is the
question pilots and air traffic controllers answer thousands of times
each month. In 2000, a record number of commercial flights crisscrossed
the American skies, and the travel industry expects the numbers to
increase. The latest weather forecast is crucial in making the right
decisions about whether to fly, or land. NOAA's
National Weather Service uses a combination of high-technology
and skilled meteorologists to develop aviation weather forecasts for
each flight in the United States, and for two-thirds of air traffic
around the globe.
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Team
Member of Month
Honored For Service to NOAA
and the Nation
For
many outstanding reasons, James Ramer, of Colorado State University,
is NOAA's new Team Member of the Month. James is a research associate
at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere on the Ft.Collins,
Colorado campus. James was cited by NOAA
Research for excellence on five levels -- his deep understanding
of the science of meteorology; clear comprehension of the needs of operational
forecasters; exemplary knowledge of real-time computer software and
systems; exceptional work ethic; and great team spirit.
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Scientific
Leader
& “Bridge-Builder”
Named New Employee of Month
Elaine
Prins, a meteorologist with contagious enthusiasm, is NOAA’s new
Employee of the Month. Recognized globally as a scientific leader
in the field of fire detection, Elaine was nominated by her team members
for exemplary service over the past two years. She is on NOAA's
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
team at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Elaine
also raises orchids and, with her husband, Ken Bywaters, teaches youth
classes at her church, where encouraging voluntarism is high on her
list. She speaks frequently to budding meteorologists.
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- NOAA Celebrates Earth Day
With 27 Environmental Heroes - Coast to Coast, NOAA
presented 2001 Environmental Hero Awards to 27 people and organizations.
- Earth Day Sizzle -
a Van De Graff generator stirs things up.
- Green Sea Turtles Released
- two sea turtles released from the Turtle Hospital in
Marathon, Florida.
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Scooping
It Up at NOAA's Bring A Child to Work Day in Silver Spring, Maryland
are (left to right) Greg Withee, Stewart Remer, Scott Gudes, Captain
Richard Behn, John Oliver, and Robert Taylor.
About 600 kids spent the day building tornadoes, mapping the skies
and sea, exploring ocean science, creating satellite imagery, surveying
career paths, printing fish on favorite shirts, and relishing the
ice cream that NOAA leadership scooped up.
Visit the "Bring
A Child to Work Day" web site and see more
great photos!
Streaming Video
also available from NOAA's Broadcast page!
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Reprinted by Permission
AP photographer
Derek Pruitt had just minutes to capture this shot in Montana. There
were nearly 80,000 wildfires in the U.S last year. For more, see NOAA
In Your Neighborhood.
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NOAA Headliners
A NOAA Fisheries video, Salmon: Restoring the Legacy, has
been nominated for a regional Emmy. NOAA Fisheries' Elizabeth Babcock
appears in it. The video was developed by the northwest region's Janet
Sears, who worked closely with the Seattle-based Salmon
Information Center, a NOAA
Fisheries, business and local government partnership committed
to salmon recovery.
Malia
Schwartz, Rhode Island Sea Grant, and Kate Wynne,
Alaska Sea Grant, are new holders of the "top nature guidebook" tribute
just presented by the National
Outdoor Book Awards. Their Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles
brings readers closer to whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises, manatees,
and turtles along the eastern and Gulf of Mexico coastline.
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Coming Up in Your Area??
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Access NOAA via the Suggestion
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10 Coastal/Ocean
Health Awards
Nominations for the 2001 Walter
B. Jones Memorial and NOAA Awards for Excellence in Coastal and
Ocean Resource Management are open through July 31 - 10 categories
in all.
The awards honor people and groups who have dedicated countless hours
and energy to help keep America's ocean and coastal areas treasured
places to live, work and play.
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