Sentences with phrase «noaa administrator»

Dr. Baker was NOAA Administrator from 1993 - 2001; Adm. Lautenbacher was NOAA Administrator from 2001 - 2008.

NOAA Administrator's Award (2008): For outstanding dedication to developing U.S. Climate Change Science Program synthesis and assessment products integrating climate research for decision support.

«NOAA's prediction for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season is for 12 to15 tropical storms, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, of which three to five could become major hurricanes,» said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator at a news conference today in Bay St. Louis, Miss. «Forecaster confidence that this will be an active hurricane season is very high.»

This is just one more piece of the puzzle to understanding the variability of the earth's climate system,» said NOAA administrator D. James Baker.

The Texas Republican took the unprecedented step of issuing a subpoena for the NOAA administrator, marking the first time his House committee — mainly an oversight body — had taken such a legal step.

Later in the video, a voice on speakerphone with a heavy Southern accent reveals that government scientists were concerned from the very beginning about underwater plumes of oil — a reality that NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco and BP executives are still seeking to downplay.

Remarks by Jane Lubchenco, NOAA administrator http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103439157463-107/02-09-11+Lubchenco+UCS+Remarks.pdf

But a number of GOP lawmakers, who have staunchly opposed the administrationâ $ ™ s climate and energy policies in the past, challenged NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco at a hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

Text of Presidential Science Adviser - designee John Holdren's remarks and Q&A at a 1997 press conference to release a Scientists» Statement on Global Climatic Disruption: Holdren and NOAA Administrator - designee Jane Lubchenco were among six initial signers.

«Many of the events that made 2012 such an interesting year are part of the long - term trends we see in a changing and varying climate — carbon levels are climbing, sea levels are rising, Arctic sea ice is melting, and our planet as a whole is becoming a warmer place,» said Acting NOAA Administrator Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D. «This annual report is well - researched, well - respected, and well - used; it is a superb example of the timely, actionable climate information that people need from NOAA to help prepare for extremes in our ever - changing environment.»

Members are appointed by Kathryn Sullivan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA administrator, in consultation with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director, John Holdren.

From rising sea level, to U.S. and European weather, to bird migrations, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco describes how Arctic climate change can influence the rest of the planet.

Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

In each case, I recommend that the Committee not limit itself to hearing testimony from Administration political appointees, such as the NASA Administrator, the NOAA Administrator, or the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

During Tuesday's briefing, NOAA administrator Conrad Lautenbacher Jr. highlighted the $ 300 million the US is spending to support hurricane research and operational forecasting.

«The White House decision to create the Joint Polar Satellite System by restructuring NPOESS will improve the development of critical Earth - observing instruments required for improving weather forecasts, climate monitoring and warning leads for severe storms,» NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said yesterday.

The current head of NOAA is Dr. Jane Lubchenco, nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 2009 and is the first woman to serve as NOAA administrator.

He is the co-recipient of NOAA Administrator and Department of Commerce awards for linking science and decision making, and is the recipient of the 2014 Gold Medal in Applied Sciences and Technology from the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

«NOAA is concerned about the status of bluefin tuna, including the potential effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill on the western stock of Atlantic bluefin, which spawns in the Gulf of Mexico,» said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator.

Because of sea level rise, the storm surge was more intense than it would have been in a non-climate changed world, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco says.

I was rather taken aback by the following statement from a NOAA administrator, reported in the NYT article:

That led Sen. Cantwell — who sits on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee — to confront NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco at a March 7, 2012 hearing, saying: «Cutting back on science that is important for jobs and the economy can't be substituted.»

«If this outlook holds true, this season could be one of the more active on record,» said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator.

But this year was not an aberration, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said during a speech here yesterday.

«Monitoring the health and vitality of our nation's oceans, waterways, and watersheds is critical as we work to preserve and protect coastal ecosystems,» said Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., acting under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and acting NOAA administrator.

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco (left), Senator Barbara Mikulski (center) and Commerce Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank (right) prepare to cut the ribbon at the new Center for Weather

To save costs and time, NOAA administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher said the program might eliminate some sensors from the orbiters.

The plan «makes a lot of sense,» says James Baker, who served as NOAA administrator from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.

The forecast, though, «does not predict when, where, and how these storms might hit,» Ben Friedman, the acting NOAA administrator said during a press conference, as he and other officials urged coastal residents to begin their preparations.

«I think it's a great move,» says James Baker, who served as NOAA administrator from 1993 to 2001, and Sullivan was the agency's chief scientist during part of that time.

«The proposed draconian cuts to NOAA's budget would be devastating to the economy, jobs, and to the safety and livelihoods of Americans in every state,» says Jane Lubchenco, former NOAA Administrator under President Obama.

«Corals provide habitat to support fisheries that feed millions of people; generate jobs and income to local economies through recreation, tourism and fisheries; and protect coastlines from storms and erosion,» said NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco in a statement from the agency.

M.M.: I have to say, it wasn't long until we were hit with things like the oil spill and the Haiti earthquake, and the fact that I already knew people like [Energy Secretary] Steve Chu and [NOAA Administrator] Jane Lubchenco — to know these people and have their cell phone numbers and be able to call at a moment's notice, to have these people already know me, and not have to question motives — was such a leg up in getting off square zero and getting things done.

A later event at 2 p.m. EDT will be webcast live and will feature NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan, as well as Podesta and Holdren.

Within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), again, all the jobs can be found posted at the website USAJobs.gov, but Paul Sandifer, senior science adviser to the NOAA administrator, suggests that job seekers should contact the human resource offices at NOAA facilities in the area and talk to current employees, «particularly those working in doctoral positions in the agency.

«Sustainable fisheries generate billions of dollars for our economy, help keep saltwater recreational fishing as one of our nation's favorite past times, and help coastal communities remain economically resilient,» said Eileen Sobeck, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries.

I think you and others could do more to change attitudes in the U.S. on global warming by joining forces in putting pressure on NOAA administrators and NWS supervisors to educate the 5,500 meteorologists in 120 National Weather Service offices so the NWS scientists can help other government people and other meteorologists who enter people's private living rooms better understand climate change.

Partisanship by NOAA administrators on the climate change - hurricane debate followed the partisanship by NOAA National Weather Service on climate change - skeptic debate by 12 years which started just after the Gore book on global warming book came out.

Mooney describes the debate over the role of natural vs. anthropogenic factors in observed tropical warming trends that have been related to increased hurricane activity, and there is a fair amount of discussion of the partisanship that high - level NOAA administrators have apparently taken in this debate.

Not exact matches

It is called radio occultation, or «RO,» as Conrad Lautenbacher, a former administrator of NOAA, likes to call it.

Sullivan has served as undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere as well as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2014.

«U.S. fisheries are big business,» said Samuel Rauch, acting assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries.

Species that live in these regions, such as krill and salmon, play a critical role in supporting global marine ecosystems, said Kathryn Sullivan, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA's Administrator.

«It helps us to understand the factors driving this population, because we can incorporate them into management decisions,» said Chris Yates, Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources in NOAA Fisheries» West Coast Region.

Speaking at a Senate committee hearing this afternoon, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Jane Lubchenco said that the $ 4.5 billion level for NOAA's budget this year set by congress would delay the launch of the first satellite in the $ 12 billion Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) from 2016 to 2018.

But, as scientists including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Jane Lubchenco said today at a press conference at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting, record - setting melting happened anyway: record snow melt, record sea ice minimum, melting even at the top of the Greenland ice sheet (in what was once called the «dry snow zone»), and widespread warming of permafrost.

Sullivan has been NOAA's acting administrator since Jane Lubchenco left the post in February.

«Washington is clearly in the lead with respect to ocean acidification,» says Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Since returning to NOAA as its deputy administrator in 2011, Sullivan has overseen efforts to keep the agency's ailing satellite programs on time and on budget.

Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R - Texas) today sent a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Kathryn Sullivan responding to the agency's unjustified refusal to provide the Committee with documents related to the agency's decision to alter historical climate data.