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Topics: Organizations thru Tides

Note: These links lead to resources not on the NOAA Library website.

Organizations

American Organizations

American Association of State Climatologists. Links to offices of all state climatologists and regional data centers.
http://www.stateclimate.org

American Geophysical Union*
http://www.agu.org/

American Microscopical Society*. This organization publishes Invertebrate Biology and is dedicated to furthering the use of the microscope in biology.
http://www.amicros.org

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)*
Site contains links to a number of sites pertinent to the Limnology and Oceanography community.
http://aslo.org

American Elasmobranch Society*. A society dedicated to studying, conserving, and reporting on sharks, rays, chimaera, etc.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Organizations/aes/aes.htm

American Meteorological Society (AMS)*
http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/

American Society for Environmental History*
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~environ/

American Wind Energy Association*
http://www.awea.org/

Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment*
http://www.asle.umn.edu/

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology*
http://www.repp.org/index.html

Ecological Society of America*
http://www.esa.org/

EnviroLink Network* links to environmental organizations.  This is a comprehensive listing.
http://envirolink.org/

The Hydrographic Society of America*
http://www.thsoa.org/

Institute of Navigation*
http://www.ion.org/

Marine Science Institute* at the University of East Texas
http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/institute/index.htm

Marine Technology Society*
http://www.mtsociety.org/

National Association of Marine Laboratories* - Organization of over 120 affiliated United States Marine laboratories.
http://www.mbl.edu/naml/

The Society of Environmental Journalists*.  Check the journalism gallery for gems of environmental writing, the linking page for hundreds of links, and the SEJournal archives.
http://www.sej.org/

International Organizations

International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)*. Few links but provides IHO phone number if required to contact foreign hydrographic sources.
http://www.iho.shom.fr/

International Maritime Organization (IMO)*. IMO is a specialized agency responsible for improving maritime safety and preventing pollution from ships.
http://www.imo.org/

International Oceanographic Commission*
http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/

SCOR - Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research*
http://www.scor-int.org/

United Nations Environment Programme* - Many global programs in the atmospheric, oceanic, and biological sciences.
http://www.unep.org/

World Meteorological Organization*
http://www.wmo.ch/

Policy - Environmental and Marine

Center for Environmental Philosophy* at the University of North Texas.
http://www.cep.unt.edu/

Center for International Environmental Law* - World trade and environmental issues, law databases, issue papers, etc.
http://www.ciel.org/

Coastal Ocean Program  - Setting a new course for U. S. Coastal Ocean Science.
http://www.cop.noaa.gov/

Coastal Resources Center* of the University of Rhode Island.  This is a particularly good site for coastal management issues.  Many excellent links.
http://www.crc.uri.edu/

El Nino and NOAA policy.  Full text of testimony of J. Michael Hall before U. S.  House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
http://www.house.gov/science/hall_9-11.html

Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at UCAR - the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research*.
http://www.esig.ucar.edu/

Environmental Ethics Subject Bibliographies *.  from the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at the Harvard Divinity School
http://www.ecoethics.net/bib/

Executive Order on Environmental Justice* - full text provided by the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/envjust.html

H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment *
http://www.heinzctr.org/

Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) * - Find status data for environmental treaties, treaty text and other related information.
From SEDAC, Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Columbia University
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/index.jsp

Law of the Sea Treaty* - full text and searchable. A United Nations site.
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm

The National Drought Mitigation Center*.  Much good information at this site concerning causes and effects of drought as well as relationship to El Nino.
http://drought.unl.edu/

NOAA Office of Legislative Affairs - up-to-date status of legislation affecting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  Be sure to review The Legislative Informer, the on-line periodical of this office.
http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/

NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Explains the specific capabilities and research expertise in important ocean and coastal issues for each of the five centers.
http://www.coastalscience.noaa.gov/

NOAA State-of-the-Coast Report  - a major report and policy statement from NOAA concerning our Nation's coastal areas.
http://state-of-coast.noaa.gov/

Ocean and Coastal Law Center* of the University of Oregon
http://oceanlaw.uoregon.edu/

The Trade and Environment Database from American University *. This site has 446 in-depth studies of the intersection of economics with environmental policy.  These studies are from all around the world and are an important resource for environmental scientists and policy-makers.
http://www.american.edu/TED/ted.htm

United Nations Environment Programme*
http://www.unep.org/

United States Commission on Ocean Policy http://www.oceancommission.gov/
The Oceans Act of 2000 mandated the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy to recommend a new national ocean policy to the President. The Commission delivered its Final Report, "An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century," to the President and Congress on September 20, 2004. The Council on Environmental Quality's Interagency Ocean Policy Group will help formulate the Administration's response to the report's recommendations.
Final Report, "An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century"
http://www.oceancommission.gov/documents/prepub_report/welcome.html#full
Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) Interagency Ocean Policy Group (IOPG) Web site
http://ocean.ceq.gov/

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Societal Aspects of Weather * Page is particularly valuable.  Check out the Phenomena pages and the Economic and Casualty Data pages.
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/socasp/

The White House  - Office of Science & Technology Policy Advised the President and others on the impacts of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
http://www.ostp.gov

The White House - Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education* in the United States (March 1997)
http://www.agiweb.org/hearings/pcastedu.html

Publications

American Geophysical Union - U.S. National Report to IUGG, 1991-1994*.  This is a very important document that contains at least two hundred full-text reports that provide a snapshot of the state of United States research in the earth and atmospheric sciences in the early 1990's.
http://earth.agu.org/revgeophys/

National Academy Press*  Full text reports and books of the National Academies on-line.
http://www.nap.edu/

Remote Sensing

Geography linking sites from the University of Utrecht*, Netherlands.  This site is very complete, organized alphabetically, and includes links from  around the world including academic sites, government sites, and professional organizations.
http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html

On-Line Guide to Remote Sensing* from the University of Illinois at Urbana.  Two instructional modules on radars and satellites.  Introductions to instrumentation and principles.  A good education site.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/home.rxml

Radar - Imaging Radar from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.  Much good information and many images on this site.
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/

Synthetic Aperture Radar 1994 workshop report -includes principles, applications, technology, recommendations and a large number of references.  Report prepared by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/scienceapps/dixon/index.html

Safety - Weather and Marine

Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Data Center
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/

Canadian Coast Guard*
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/

Canadian Hydrographic Service* -  source of Canadian nautical charts and other navigation information.
http://www.chs-shc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/

Coastie the Safety Boat *. Information on the Coast Guard Auxiliary sponsored Youth Education, Boating, and Water Safety Program.
http://nws.cgaux.org/visitors/pe_visitor/classes/boating_fun.html

EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacon)* home page of the United States Coast Guard.
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/epirb.htm

Institute of Navigation*
http://www.ion.org/

Lifeguards' Home Page* - a project of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association.  Every person contemplating  a trip to Hawaii or other tropical beach areas should review this site.  It includes pages on beach and  ocean hazards, dangerous ocean organisms, and links to "All Stings Considered."
http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/index.html

Lifeguards' Home Page - "All Stings Considered."*  A first aid manual for those encountering marine  biohazards such as jellyfish, stingrays, stonefish, cone shells, etc.
http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/alsting2.html

Local Notices to Mariners by the United States Coast Guard.
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/lnm/default.htm

Marine Accident Investigation Branch Summaries from the UK Coast Guard
http://www.maib.dft.gov.uk

Marine weather observations from the NWS Tallahassee WSFO. This site covers all areas of the United States.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/marine/

Maritime schools* - links to most United States schools concerned with marine transportation and safety as well as many others from around the world.
http://www.hal-pc.org/~nugent/school.html

National Transportation Safety Board - Home, Aviation, and Marine pages.  Make sure to check out the publications page.
http://www.ntsb.gov/  (home)
http://www.ntsb.gov/Aviation/Aviation.htm
http://www.ntsb.gov/Surface/Marine/Marine.htm

Navigation Center of the United States Coast Guard
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/

Navigation Center of the United States Coast Guard Frequently Asked Questions on several topics:

• Differential GPS (http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/faq/dgpsfaq.htm)
• Global Positioning System (GPS) (http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/faq/gpsfaq.htm)
• Maritime Telecommunications (http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/faq/mfaq.htm)
• Local Notice to Mariners (http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/faq/lnmfaq.htm)
• Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) (http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/faq/gmdssfaq.htm)

NOAA Ocean Prediction Center issues marine warnings, forecasts, and guidance to maritime users.
http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/

NOAA Promote Safe Navigation - A page integrating charting, weather, aids to navigation, etc.
http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/psn/psn.htm

Rip Currents: Break the Grip of the Rip from NOAA's National Weather Service. Contains rip current overview, safety tips, forecasts, photos, headlines/saving lives , survivor stories, links, statistics, and glossary. Also available are our full color brochure on rip current safety and free artwork for a safety sign.
http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov

Royal Institute of Navigation*
http://www.rin.org.uk/

SARSAT (Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking) home page of NOAA/NESDIS.
http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov

St. Lawrence Seaway System*.  Information on the maritime route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com

Transport Canada* - Canadian Transportation safety organization.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/

United States Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil/

United States Maritime Administration.  General information concerning the American Merchant Marine.
http://marad.dot.gov/index.html

United States Merchant Marine Academy*
http://www.usmma.edu

Waterborne commerce statistics compiled by the Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Data Center.
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm

Sea Level

Southern Ocean Sea Level Centre of the Flinders University of South Australia. This is affiliated with the National Tidal Facility of Flinders University.
http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/projects/ntc/ntc.shtml

South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project of Flinders University of South Australia. Describes instrumentation, locations, and goals of program aimed to help Pacific Island countries
http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/projects/spslcmp/spslcmp.shtml

Sea Surface Temperature

Near real-time sea surface temperature maps of both regional and global extent. Black and white contour and colorized contour maps available. Produced by NESDIS.
http://osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/sst_anal_fields.html

Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay regional images* including Gulf Stream from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Includes archive for look-back ability.
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/sst.html

Periodically updated sea surface* temperature global images from the University of Wisconsin.
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/sst/latest_sst.gif

Sunrise and Sunset Computations

World-wide sunrise and sunset computations *
http://www.worldtime.com

Tides

NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Oceanographic Products and Services Division of the National Ocean Service of NOAA.  This office is the source of tide predictions for the United States, tidal current information, real-time P.O.R.T.S information, and tidal bench mark information.
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov

CO-OPS Verified/Historical Water Level Data
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/station_retrieve.shtml?type=Historic+Tide+Data

CO-OPS Tide and Current Glossary developed by the National Ocean Service of NOAA.
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/publications/glossary2.pdf

CO-OPS Tide Predictions developed for the United States by the National Ocean Service of NOAA.
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/station_retrieve.shtml?type=Tide+Data

CO-OPS Our Restless Tides - an explanation of the causes of tides by the National Ocean Service.
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/restles1.html

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