Coastwatch 



COASTAL 



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Managing Editor 

 Katie Mosher 



Senior Editors 

 Ann Green 

 Pam Smith 



Contributing Editors 

 Kathleen Angione, Lilly Loughner, 

 Ryan Reynolds 



Designer 

 L. Noble 



Circulation Manager 

 Sandra Harris 



The North Carolina Sea Grant College Program 



is a federal/state program that promotes 

 stewardship of our coastal and marine resources 



through research, extension and education. 

 It joined the National Sea Grant College Network 

 in 1970 as an institutional program. Six years later, 



it was designated a Sea Grant College. 

 Today, North Carolina Sea Grant supports research 

 projects, a 15-member extension program and a 

 communications staff. Ron Hodson is director. 

 The program is funded by the U.S. Department 

 of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration and the state through the 

 University of North Carolina. 

 Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) 

 is published six times a year by the 

 North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605, 

 Raleigh. North Carolina 27695-8605. 

 Telephone: 919/515-2454. Fax: 919/515-7095. 

 Subscriptions are $ 15. 

 E-mail: katie_mosher@ncsu.edu 

 World Wide Web address: 

 htt]7://www.ncseagrcmt.org 

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/ant access to more real-time coastal 

 observations and weather for the North Carolina 

 coast and other regions? 



Visit a new National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) "now 

 COAST' online mapping portal, which provides 

 coastal communities with meteorological, 

 oceanographic, hydrological and water quality 

 information. It also includes the NOAA National 

 Weather Service forecasts from major U.S. 

 estuaries, seaports, coastal regions and the Great 

 Lakes. 



The new Web site is a valuable tool for safety 

 and commerce, providing easily accessible and 

 up-to-date information for everyone, according 

 to Richard W. Spinrad, assistant administrator, 



NOAA National Ocean Service. "Mariners, 

 students and those living in coastal communities 

 will appreciate the convenience of finding all of 

 this information at this Web site." 



Developed by NOAA National Ocean 

 Service's Coast Survey Development Laboratory, 

 the new site can be reached at http://nowcoast. 

 noaa.gov. 



Through the Integrated Ocean Observing 

 System, there will be a sustained and 

 comprehensive ocean observing system. 



In an upcoming issue of Coastwatch, find 

 out about the new Southeast Atlantic Coastal 

 Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS), including 

 a new weather buoy and other projects in North 

 Carolina and the region. — A.G. 



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