What’s a DriX? An overview of NOAA’s newest uncrewed surface vehicle
At NOAA, we are always looking for the safest and most efficient way to collect the data we need. These days, innovative technology plays a big part in that.
2023 NOAA Corps recruiting events announced
NOAA Corps recruiters will be attending the events listed below in 2023. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for details as the event approaches.
February
Feb. 8 - Boise State Career Fair, Boise, ID, 1000-1400
Feb. 14 - Alabama A&M University Virtual Fair, Virtual, 1100-1500
Officer Profile: Ensign Sarah Cozart, NOAA Pilot
In this NOAA Corps officer profile, we catch up with NOAA Twin Otter pilot Ensign Sarah Cozart, who is currently assigned to the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida.
How did you become interested in science and aviation?
NOAA deploys research jet to study atmospheric rivers
The NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations deployed its Gulfstream IV-SP research jet to Hawaii in December to gather data on atmospheric rivers to help forecasters and water managers on the West Coast.
NOAA Hurricane Hunters provide critical data during busy 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
During the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew more than 582 mission hours to collect atmospheric data that is critical to hurricane forecasting and research, passing through the eye of a hurricane 65 times and deploying over 1,700 scientific instruments.
NOAA aircraft surveys snowpack to determine flood risk
After a significant Lake Erie lake effect snow event, a NOAA King Air 350CER flew several surveys on Nov. 22 and 23 near Buffalo in western New York.
Keel-laying ceremony held for new oceanographic research ship Discoverer
NOAA, the U.S. Navy and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors (TMC), LLC., held a keel-laying ceremony today in Houma, Louisiana, for Discoverer, a new oceanographic research vessel being built for NOAA. The keel-laying ceremony marks the beginning of a ship’s construction. Second Gentleman Douglas C. Emhoff was named the ship’s sponsor.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson completes productive field season in the Great Lakes
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, a seafloor mapping and charting ship, completed a series of surveys in the Great Lakes in 2022. In all, the ship surveyed 450 square nautical miles of lake bottom in Lake Erie and 274 square nautical miles in Lake Ontario.
