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New ships will support a wide variety of missions, ranging from general oceanographic research and exploration to marine life, climate and ocean ecosystem studies.
Here NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown and WP-3D Orion N43RF Miss Piggy are seen collecting data together for NOAA's ATOMIC (Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign) study. The project is focused primarily on studying how ocean moisture and temperature relates to cloud formation.
Six-week scientific campaign in the Caribbean will include ships, aircraft, autonomous vehicles, buoys and other tools to study the interactions between the ocean and atmosphere.
The Rhode Island-based Henry B. Bigelow conducted a wide variety of activities to support fisheries management and study the ocean.
NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow conducts autumn bottom trawl surveys off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
NOAA ships Rude (left) and Heck at sea.
Meet Commander Sarah Duncan and discover how a seed that was planted in her as a child has blossomed into her becoming the Commanding Officer of NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson!
Commander Sarah Duncan stands on the deck of NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson.
The Honolulu-based ship is deploying researchers to set up camps in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for four months.
