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NOAA Observing Systems Architecture(NOSA)

NOAA'S OBSERVING SYSTEMS


NOAA's Observing System Collage NOAA Observing System Image
Doppler Wind Lidar NESDIS Doppler Wind Lidar
Goes Satellite Image NESDIS Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)
Moby buoy being deployed NESDIS Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY)
NPOESS Icon NESDIS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)
POES satellite artist rendition NESDIS Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (POES)
CRN Station image NESDIS U.S.Climate Reference Network (USCRN)
Commercial fish trawl NMFS Fishery Dependent-Commercial Statistics
School of fish NMFS Habitat Assessment
NOAA ship at sea NMFS Fish Surveys
Scientist measuring a fish NMFS Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS)
Catch from fish trawl NMFS National Observer Program (NOP)
Sea Turtle NMFS Protected Resources Surveys
Map of CCAP coverage NOS Coastal Change Analysis Program (CCAP)
Map of cors stations NOS Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)
Coral Reef Early Warning System NOS EC-COR Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS)
Hydrographic surveying map NOS Hydrographic Surveying
Chart of the Gulf of Maine NOS National Current Observation Program (NCOP)
Swmp station location map NOS National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP)
Artist rendition of mussels NOS National Status and Trends Mussel Watch (NS&T Mussel)
Water Level observation station NOS National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON)
Ports Icon NOS Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS)
NOHRSC Airborne Gamma Radiation Snow Survey aircraft NWS Airborne Gamma Radiation Snow Survey Program (NOHRSC-GAMMA)
Asos station tower in mountains NWS Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
C-man station over water NWS Coastal-Marine Automated Network (CMAN)
Coop station in mountains and field NWS Cooperative Observer Program (COOP)
Dart buoy in fog with NOAA ship in background NWS Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART)
Fischer and porter gaging station NWS Fischer and Porter Gage (FNP)
Lightning bolt image NWS Lightning Detection
Historic photo of scientists mounting instrument on aircraft NWS Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System (MDCRS)
Moored buoy image NWS Moored Buoy (BOY)
Nexrad tower photo NWS Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD)
Nexrad tower photo NWS NOAA's Environmental Real Time Observation Network (NERON)
Profiling station grid NWS Profiling Radar-NOAA Profiler Network (NPN)
Three different types of surface weather stations NWS Regional Surface
Rawinsonde balloon on launch NWS Upper-air Rawinsonde
VOS Program Icon NWS Voluntary Observing Ship Program (VOS)
Precip Weather Station OAR AL - Precipitation Profiling Radars
915 MHz dopper radar OAR AL - Wind Profiling Radars UHF
50 MHZ doppler radar station OAR AL - Wind Profiling Radars VHF
Computer used to do analysis OAR ARL - Atmospheric Dispersion Measurement System
Image of the GEWEX Strategy OAR ARL - Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
ISIS station on a NOAA ship at sea OAR ARL - Integrated Surface Irradiance Study (ISIS)
Mesonet station image OAR ARL - FRD - INEEL Mesoscale Meteorological Network
Twin Otter OAR ARL - FRD - Portable Air Surface Exchange System
Surfrad station image OAR ARL - Surface Radiation Budget Network (SURFRAD)
Airmon monitoring station OAR ATDD - Atmospheric Integrated Research and Monitoring Network (AIRMoN)
Etos tower and monitoring station OAR ATDD - East Tennessee Ozone Study (ETOS)
Raman network map OAR ATDD - Regional Atmospheric Measurement and Analytical Network (RAMAN)
Aerosol instrument on airplane OAR CMDL - Aerosol System (AERO)
Map of CCGG locations OAR

CMDL - Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Group (CCGG)
Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometer OAR CMDL - Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometer
HATS Instrument OAR CMDL - Halocarbons & Atmospheric Trace Species (HATS)
Observatories image OAR CMDL - Atmospheric Baseline Observatories
Star Instrument OAR CMDL - Solar and Thermal Atmospheric Radiation (STAR)
C Band Radar on NOAA Ship Ron Brown OAR ETL - RADARS
Star Instrument OAR ETL - LIDARS
Star Instrument OAR ETL - SODARS
Star Instrument OAR ETL - RADIOMETERS
Star Instrument OAR ETL - INFRASOUND NETWORKS
Star Instrument OAR ETL - INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
CWOP Logo OAR FSL - Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP)
A Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) site belonging to the U. S. Department of Transportation OAR FSL - Global Positioning System Integrated Precipitable Water Sensor (GPS-IPW)
Profilers at Syracuse, New York, and Glennallen, Alaska. OAR FSL - Cooperative Agency Profilers (CAP)
Enso Drifting Buoy OAR IOOS - Argo
Enso Drifting Buoy OAR IOOS - Drifting Buoys
GSLN platform OAR IOOS - Global Sea Level Network (GSLN)
Stratus moored buoy OAR IOOS - Long-term Evolution of the Coupled Boundary Layers (STRATUS)
XBT Transect Plot OAR IOOS - Ships of Opportunity (SEAS)
TAO Buoy being deployed OAR IOOS - Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array (TAO)
Moored buoy in ice OAR PMEL - Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI)
S3 images: Releasing hydrophone over deck, artist drawing of instrument on seafloor, scientist at computer. OAR PMEL - Ocean Acoustic Monitoring System

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