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The Roberts radio current meter.

Friday Find: Undercurrents of innovation

December 19, 2025

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tides and currents

The Roberts radio current meter.

Test units for the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/4) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) on the Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite, NOAA-N Prime.

Friday Find: These Engineering Development Units were used to design their cousins on orbit

January 30, 2026

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Test units for the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/4) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) on the Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite, NOAA-N Prime.

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July 11, 2025

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NOAA’s copper plate printing press, purchased by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1851 and in operation through 1976.

Friday Find: Hot off the Press

June 13, 2025

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nautical charts and maps

NOAA’s copper plate printing press, purchased by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1851 and in operation through 1976.

The National Geodetic Survey’s cosmic-ray meter, sits on a moving dolly.

Friday Find: Tracing a cosmic tool through time and space

July 11, 2025

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National Geodetic Survey

The National Geodetic Survey’s cosmic-ray meter, sits on a moving dolly.

The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center.

Friday Find: Research Flight Facility, a sign of the times

March 28, 2025

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Marine & Aviation

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hurricane hunters

aircraft operations

The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center.

A vinyl record labeled, “Winter Storms Announcements,” in a plain black sleeve.

Friday Find: 1970s winter storm PSAs, a 'record' from NOAA's past

February 21, 2025

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A vinyl record labeled, “Winter Storms Announcements,” in a plain black sleeve.

A Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART®) buoy displayed atop a metal case, which serves as an anchor. The case has a special rope coiled inside that unspools automatically when deployed. The case also has the actual pressure detector (or tsunameter) and the acoustic modem to send the data to the buoy.

Friday Find: When a tsunami strikes, this smart buoy helps save lives

December 13, 2024

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A Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART®) buoy displayed atop a metal case, which serves as an anchor. The case has a special rope coiled inside that unspools automatically when deployed. The case also has the actual pressure detector (or tsunameter) and the acoustic modem to send the data to the buoy.

Clarence E. Pete Petersen cartoon of a Coast Survey rodman concerned about a bear. A man holding a rod marked with measurements at far the left faces a bear sitting on a rock, while the surveyors in the distance at far right look on. The rodman says, "Yo-o-o-you'll h-h-have t-t-to h-h-hurry... Gulp!!" One surveyor says, "Huh! Looks like a bear, don't it!?!" and the other says "Yeh-Hey! Hold that rod steady!"

Friday Find: The time surveyors crashed a teddy bear’s picnic

November 22, 2024

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National Geodetic Survey

Clarence E. Pete Petersen cartoon of a Coast Survey rodman concerned about a bear. A man holding a rod marked with measurements at far the left faces a bear sitting on a rock, while the surveyors in the distance at far right look on. The rodman says, "Yo-o-o-you'll h-h-have t-t-to h-h-hurry... Gulp!!" One surveyor says, "Huh! Looks like a bear, don't it!?!" and the other says "Yeh-Hey! Hold that rod steady!"

Photo of a historic Standard Tide Gauge showing a ream of paper with a pencil in a holder that would record tides from the attached float..

Friday Find: Gauging the tides

October 25, 2024

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tides and currents

Photo of a historic Standard Tide Gauge showing a ream of paper with a pencil in a holder that would record tides from the attached float..

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