Palms / Houston / Chelton et / Norwell / Washington / Pierce / Hoboken / New York / Ithaca / La Jolla / Kent / London / San Diego / /
Company
Cambridge University Press / Coastal / Georges Bank / The Boeing Company / Science Applications International Corporation / Amazon / Academic Press / ExxonMobil Exploration Company / Orbital Sciences Corporation / Garrett / John Wiley & Sons / /
Country
Japan / Germany / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
the JPL Director's Research Achievement Award / /
Event
Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute / Ocean Hall / SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Revelle / Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History / European Centre / Pomona College / College of Oceanic / Institute of Medicine / University of Maryland Center / The Institute / Oregon State University / UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN / N.M.J. Hall / American University / University of California / University of New Hampshire / University of California Press / Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution / The museum / University of Puerto Rico / Cornell University / Haverford College / NASA Headquarters / OCEAN SCIENCE INITIATIVE The National Museum of Natural History / University of Alaska Fairbanks / /
IndustryTerm
visible and infrared satellite imagery / analytical solutions / energy sources / Web Portal / energy supply / open ocean eddies using satellite altimetry / satellite in1978 / energy / reflected energy / satellite sensors / tidal energy dissipation / satellite observations / Satellite microwave measurements / terawatt tidal energy input / microwave energy / tidal energy / satellite launch / satellite images / Satellite measurements / satellite altimeter data / satellite altimetry / Satellite data / early satellite altimetry measurements / ocean color technology / satellite-borne instruments / satellite radiometers / /
MusicGroup
the Moon / the Sun / /
NaturalFeature
Atlantic Ocean / Gulf Stream / Sargasso Sea / Amazon River / English Channel / Slope Sea / Ocean Web Portal / Columbia River / Gulf of Mexico / /
OperatingSystem
Poseidon / /
Organization
Cambridge University / National Research Council / Bay Aquarium Research Institute / office of Naval Research / Oregon State University / National Center for Atmospheric Research / Center for Population Studies / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Cornell University / Navy / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / American University / Haverford College / National Science Resources Center / Royal Meteorological Society / University of Alaska Fairbanks / Smithsonian Institution / Smithsonian / University of California Press / College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences / Science Mission Directorate / University of New Hampshire / Durham / National Science Foundation / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Harvard / Institute of Medicine / University of California / Berkeley / Pomona College / Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution / National Academy of Sciences / American Meteorological Society / Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate / Congress / federal government / National Academy of Engineering / Ocean Studies Board / University of Puerto Rico / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts / Department of the Interior / Royal Society / QuikSCAT / Scripps Institution / College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University / /
Person
JORGE E. CORREDOR / Harvey V. Fineberg / Paul Risser / Ralph J. Cicerone / ROBERT G. BEA / Charles Darwin / SUSAN PARK / DEBRA HERNANDEZ / Isaac Newton / Woods Hole / SUSAN ROBERTS / ANDREW A. ROSENBERG / GEORGE I. MATSUMOTO / Ken Caldeira / SHIRLEY A. POMPONI / KEITH R. CRIDDLE / PETER L.TYACK / DANIEL L. RUDNICK / Roger Pielke / Jr. / Michael H. Freilich / Walter Munk / Roger Revelle / Charles M.Vest / Shirley Pomponi / James D.Watkins / Michael K. Orbach / CLAUDIA MENGELT / Marcia K. McNutt / JODI BOSTROM / PAMELA LEWIS / SHUBHA BANSKOTA / /
Position
chair and vice chair / Director of Scripps / president / geologist / acting director / Program Officer / Director of the Earth Science Division / first Director / team leader / Administrative Coordinator / Walker / young naval officer / Science Advisor / leader / Director / Professor and Associate Dean / CHAIR / JPL Director / adviser / first head / member / team leader / Ocean Vector Winds Science Team / /
ProvinceOrState
New York / Washington / District of Columbia / South Carolina / Mississippi / California / Colorado / New Jersey / Maryland / Oregon / Florida / Massachusetts / New Hampshire / /
PublishedMedium
Geophysical Research Letters / Journal of Physical Oceanography / Natural History / Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology / Journal of Climate / Journal of Geophysical Research / Monthly Weather Review / Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society / Atmospheric Research / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / northern Gulf of Mexico / North Atlantic / west coast / /
Technology
radiation / ocean color technology / geophysics / Remote Sensing / microwave / Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology / /
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