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| The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), alone or in collaboration with other agencies, conducts a great deal of oceanographic and coastal research. For example, see the following: | ||
| Marine geology and geophysics | ||
( http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ ) | ||
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| Great Lakes Environmental Research Labs | ||
| Great Lakes Environmental Research Labs | ||
( http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/data.html ) | ||
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| NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center support to coastal programs | ||
| NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center | ||
( http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast.html ) | ||
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| Excellent data on hurricanes and other major storms are available through Frequently Asked Questions at | ||
| Frequently Asked Questions | ||
( http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/ ) | ||
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| The National Marine and Coastal Geology Program maintains a large number of links to sites dealing with coastal processes and issues: | ||
| The National Marine and Coastal Geology Program | ||
( http://marine.usgs.gov ) | ||
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| The USGS Center for Coastal Geology offers online explanation and illustration of the use of airborne topography determination by LIDAR: | ||
| USGS Center for Coastal Geology | ||
( http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/lidar/AGU_fall98/ ) | ||
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| The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Ecosystems Program deals more with coastal biological environments than coastal erosion; see | ||
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Ecosystems Program | ||
( http://www.fws.gov/ ) | ||
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| Federal Emergency Management Agency Fact Sheet on
Hurricanes: | ||
| Federal Emergency Management Agency Fact Sheet on | ||
( http://www.fema.gov/library ) | ||
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| For online images of hurricanes and other major storms: | ||
| Online images of hurricanes and other major storms | ||
( http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/satellite/olimages.html ) | ||
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| USGS programs relating to the Great Lakes are described at | ||
| USGS programs relating to the Great Lakes | ||
( http://water.usgs.gov/wid/html/gl.html ) | ||
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| See also an online publication of changes to the San Francisco Bay estuary at | ||
| Online publication of changes to the San Francisco Bay estuary | ||
( http://sfbay.wr.usgs.gov/ ) | ||
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