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In her own words, Sophia Tigges shares her journey from a young, budding science enthusiast to becoming a survey technician for The Nation’s leading federal scientific agency.
NOAA Corps officers command the agency's research and survey vessels, including NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown.
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.
Survey Technician Sophia Tigges aboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown removing gooseneck barnacles that have made their home on the bottom of a buoy.
Survey Technician Sophia Tigges is seen here removing barnacles from oceanographic sensors that were attached to a moored buoy.
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.
Ronald H. Brown, NOAA's largest ship, returns to Charleston after more than eight months at sea.
A team of NOAA divers from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown serviced a series of buoys at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Pictured: (top row, left to right) Reciprocity Diver Adam Brynes, NOAA Diver Lt. Brian Elliot, (bottom, left to right) Reciprocity Diver Patrick Vandenabeele, Peter Talivaa (Deputy Superintendent, NMSAS), NOAA Diver Ensign Marisa Gedney.
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown sailing into Charleston, S.C. on March 25, 2017 after its longest-ever deployment.
