NOAA sends balloons aloft to collect data for renewable wind energy project

NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) plans to launch weather balloons carrying small instruments that collect and transmit wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and relative humidity data Sept. 12-20 from the Duke Energy Ocotillo Wind Farm located near Forsan, Texas....

Atmospheric and Environmental Research teams with NOAA on hail and severe storms risk management initiative

A collaboration announced today uses NOAA research and data to help the insurance industry anticipate and react to storm damage, saving time and money....

Public gives NOAA's National Weather Service high marks in customer satisfaction

NOAA's National Weather Service ranks in the top 15 percent of federal agencies for customer satisfaction, according to a recent public survey....

NOAA: U.S. domestic seafood landings and values increase in 2010

U.S. commercial fishermen landed 8.2 billion pounds of seafood in 2010, valued at $4.5 billion, an increase of 200 million pounds and more than $600 million in value over 2009, according to a new report released by NOAA on Wednesday....

Strange vent-fellows: explorers discover two species of marine life at hydrothermal vent

Ocean explorers on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer observed two species of marine life scientists believe have never before been seen together at a hydrothermal vent - chemosynthetic shrimp and tubeworms....