NOAA Hurricane Hunters fly from PDX to study atmospheric rivers over the Pacific<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cSeismic stations are an important dataset for NOAA\u2019s Tsunami Warning Centers to provide real-time warnings that save lives amid tsunamis and related hazards,\u201d said Neil Jacobs, NOAA administrator. \u201cNOAA\u2019s National Weather Service is committed to providing the fastest hazard warnings possible to Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials say the agreement will continue the real-time data stream for residents in Alaska, especially in the Aleutian Islands and along the Pacific Northwest coast. NOAA will provide funding and support.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Alaska Earthquake Center is an unparalleled resource, helping to keep Alaskans safe from natural disasters \u2014 on land or at sea,\u201d said Sen. Lisa Murkowski. \u201cIn partnership with the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, funding for seismic sensors in the Aleutians strengthens real-time warnings across the region. I appreciate NOAA\u2019s work to find a solution to continue the important monitoring capabilities that save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Alaska Earthquake Center is essential to keeping Alaska\u2019s people, communities, and infrastructure safe,\u201d said Sen. Dan Sullivan. \u201cAlaska sits in one of the most seismically active regions in the world, facing constant risk from earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides. Our communities rely on the National Weather Service and its partners \u2014 including the Alaska Earthquake Center \u2014 for timely and accurate data, research, and monitoring that enable swift public communication and effective preparedness for all hazards.\u201d<\/p>\n
The agreement, through the National Weather Service\u2019s National Mesonet Program, went into effect on March 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NWP purchases observational data from a wide variety of observing networks that are owned and operated by private-sector entities and state-academic consortia,\u201d NOAA Public Affairs said in a statement. \u201cThese data sources supplement NOAA\u2019s observing systems, providing a robust set of weather and water conditions to support forecast models in the U.S. and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it has reached a new agreement with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-529728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}