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NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) produces outreach materials to increase public awareness of NOS programs, projects, and activities. These materials include brochures, fact sheets, and project summaries. They also may be informal educational materials designed to instruct the public on basic science concepts. Many outreach materials listed here are available online. Hard copies of those that are not available online can be obtained by request.
In general, reports, journal articles, maps and charts, surveys, assessments, abstracts or conference proceedings, and formal educational products are not treated as outreach materials (see instead the Publications section of this Web site.)
General NOS outreach materials include the following:
Online Materials
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Getting
Your Feet Wet, An Introduction
to NOAA's National Ocean Service (pdf,
158kb). This two-page
document lists responsibilities
carried out by the National
Ocean Service (NOS) in our
oceans, along our coasts, and
for charting and navigation
needs. It also identifies the
NOS program offices, their
major responsibilities, and
their Web site addresses. |
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National
Ocean Service 2005 Accomplishments
Report (pdf,
4.6mb). This document reviews
the major accomplishments of
NOAA’s National Ocean
Service in the areas of hurricane
response, navigation and commerce,
ecosystems, coastal hazards,
coastal communities, and organization and outreach.
The report covers the period
from October 1, 2004 through
September 30, 2005. |
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National Ocean Service 2004 Accomplishments Report (pdf, 6.8mb). This report summarizes public service advancements by NOAA’s National Ocean Service in navigation and commerce; ecosystem research, assessment, and restoration; coastal hazard response and forecasting; and work with coastal communities. The report covers the period from October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004. |
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National Ocean Service 2003 Accomplishments Report (pdf, 3.4mb). This document highlights the major accomplishments of NOAA’s National Ocean Service in the areas of navigation and commerce, habitat, coastal communities, and coastal hazards. The report covers the period from October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003. |
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National Ocean Service 2002 Accomplishments Report (pdf, 880kb). This document highlights the major accomplishments of NOAA’s National Ocean Service for the period of October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, for each of its program offices. |
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