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NOAA Releases Five-year Coral Reef Research Plan; New Plan to Further Benefit Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2007 at 12:00:30
| NOAA released the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Plan, identifying priority research needs and guidance for coral reef research through 2011. The plan looks at key research objectives and long-term needs to enhance NOAA's understanding of coral reef ecosystems and provide guidance to coastal and ocean managers on regional research priorities to help preserve, sustain and restore coral reef ecosystems. "NOAA has developed this research plan to guide the full suite of NOAA's coral reef ecosystem research capabilities, as well guiding management-driven research across U.S. coral reef regions," said Timothy Keeney, deputy assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and co-chair of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force. |
NOAA Provides Critical Lead Time for Southeast Tornadoes (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-02-2007 at 03:00:21
| Tornadoes that tore across the Southeast on Thursday struck after significant advance warning from the NOAA National Weather Service. Preliminary Tornado Warning lead times - the amount of time between the issuance of a Tornado Warning and the touchdown of a tornado - ranged from 12 minutes to 55 minutes, providing critical time for the emergency message to sound NOAA Weather Radio, commercial radio and television and tornado sirens. For Enterprise, Ala., the preliminary tornado lead time was 18 minutes. New storm-based warnings, introduced by the NOAA National Weather Service in January (to be fully operational nationwide in October), helped to better pinpoint the path of yesterday's tornadoes resulting in a reduction in the area warned, as compared to the previous county-based warning method. The Tornado Warning that included Enterprise, Ala., included a 71 percent reduction in areas that did not need the warning. |
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