The truth is NOAA can only accomplish its missions by responsibly leveraging internal and external partners across the globe. They magnify the efforts of individual NOAA personnel and the organization’s line and staff offices many times over – providing a multiplier effect for NOAA programs and initiatives, and providing public visibility of NOAA’s efforts out of proportion to its comparatively small size.
“Throughout NOAA’s history, partnerships have underpinned our achievements and will ensure our future success. Whether working collaboratively with researchers to improve forecasts, engaging coastal communities to support thriving recreation and commerce, or collaborating with regional fishery councils to maximize sustainable fishing, our work with our partners is critical to the stewardship of our planet and its resources.” – DR. NEIL JACOBS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION AND PREDICTION
2001 124
NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration created.
Left: Dr. Neil Jacobs (fourth from left) with NOAA personnel and partners at the designation of the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary. Top: National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham discusses Hurricane Isaias on The Weather Channel. Center: A Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services staff member conducts tide station leveling, supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Above: National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini explains hurricane impacts on CNN with Wolf Blitzer.
NOAA PHOTO BY MATT MCINTOSH
NOAA PHOTO
NOAA PHOTO
A
little more than 12,000 people make up NOAA worldwide. That may sound like an impressive number, but it can’t begin to account for the scale or impact of the agency’s contributions to scientific research, environmental conservation, commerce, navigation, education, and the public’s awareness of the ever-changing weather around them.
NOAA PHOTO
Partnerships