Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: National Ocean Service

  • National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Land Cover Data?

    National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Land Cover Data? Learn about land cover data in this interview with Nate Herold from the NOAA Coastal Services Center. The discussion highlights the difference between land cover and land use, how land cover data is collected, and some of the many applications of land cover data. Diving Deeper…

  • Study: Economic Value of NOAA’s Geodetic Services at $2.4 Billion

    Proposed Modernization Program to Net Additional $522 Million The NOAA-managed National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), the official U.S. government source for precise latitude, longitude and elevation measurements, provides more than $2.4 billion in potential annual benefits to the U.S. economy, according to a new independent study. Refining and modernizing the system for measuring elevation has…

  • National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Hydrography

    National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Hydrography Learn about hydrography in this interview with Jerry Mills from the Office of Coast Survey. The discussion highlights why hydrography is important, the tools used to collect hydrographic data, and how it is used. Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS scientists on a…

  • National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What are Tides?

    National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What are Tides? Learn about tides in this interview with Steve Gill from the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services. The discussion highlights what causes tides, the factors that affect them, and why we study tides. Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS scientists on a…

  • National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Geodesy?

    National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Geodesy? Learn about geodesy in this interview with Dru Smith from the National Geodetic Survey. The discussion highlights why geodesy is important and how we rely on it every day. Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS scientists on a wide variety of ocean topics.…

  • NOAA Names First Woman to Direct National Geodetic Survey

    NOAA Names First Woman to Direct National Geodetic Survey Juliana P. Blackwell has been named the new director of NOAA’s Office of National Geodetic Survey where she will oversee NOAA’s responsibilities for the nation’s spatial reference system. She is the first woman to head the nation’s oldest federal science agency which was established by President…