NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory / Washington / D.C. Building / Homeland Security Operations Center / World Trade Center / Colorado facility / NOAA’s Forecast Systems Laboratory / Air Resources Laboratory / /
IndustryTerm
hazardous chemicals / operational communications / planned observing systems / surface meteorological network / industrial chemicals / real and near-real time satellite imagery / agricultural applications / airborne chemical detection support / incident management / incident and situational management / satellite / satellite relays / backbone network / satellite frequencies / area using applications / chemical-specific information / chemical incidents / released chemical and atmospheric conditions / resource coordination supporting management / law enforcement / buoy systems / energy distribution / real-time weather models / chemical spills / research platforms testing equipment / satellite links / laptop applications / hazardous gas cloud / chemical facilities / radio network / satellite imagery / satellite communications / strongest potential solutions / subjectmatter experts supporting chemical / chemical database / chemical release / satellite Internet connection / information dissemination systems / communications systems / upgraded local seismic networks / information management systems / dispersion forecasting systems / industrial chemical releases / earth observing satellite / secure network / data and information services / /
Movie
World Trade Center / /
NaturalFeature
Mt. St. Helens / Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean / Mexico / Caribbean / Virginia Capes / West Coast / Mt. Spurr / Gulf Coast / /
OperatingSystem
VMS / /
Organization
Homeland Security Program Office / U.S. Air Force / DOE / NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory / U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / Homeland Security Operations Center / Citizen Corps / NOAA’s Forecast Systems Laboratory / NOAA’s office of Marine and Aviation Operations / U.S. Coast Guard / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / U.S. Department of Education / Navy / COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE / Federal Communications Commission / Defense Counter Terrorism Technology Support Office / National Environmental Satellite / Data and Information Service / United States Navy / National Weather Service / Pentagon / NOAA’s office of Marine / Atmospheric Assessment Center / Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center / Aviation Operations / fed / NOAA Fisheries’ Office for Law Enforcement / U.S. Department of Homeland Security / NOAA Corps / Federal Emergency Management Agency / United States Senate / Congress / Weather Forecast Office / NOAA Weather Forecast Office / national homeland security mission / Department of Defense / Environmental Protection Agency / /
Person
Paul McHale / James Loy / CONRAD LAUTENBACHER / JR. / Michael Brown / Conrad Lautenbacher / /
Position
emergency manager / Coast Guard / General / Secretary / Chemical Threat Analysis Planner / U.S. Coast Guard / Administrator / Admiral / VICE ADMIRAL / Undersecretary / Deputy Secretary / Chairman / Assistant Secretary of Defense / SECRETARY OF COMMERCE / / /
Product
material spill response capabilities / releases / community / /
ProvinceOrState
Virginia / Alaska / California / Idaho / Colorado / Tennessee / North Carolina / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / West Coast / Caribbean / Gulf Coast / /
WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF VICE ADMIRAL CONRAD LAUTENBACHER, JR. (RET.) UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ON NOAA’S CONTRIBUTION