Navigation response teams are mobile emergency response units equipped and trained to survey waterways immediately following a hurricane
These three-person teams respond to a variety of events that have the potential for impacting the marine commerce transportation system.
NOAA's navigation response teams, part of the Office of Coast Survey, conduct hydrographic surveys of the ocean floor, monitoring for changes in depth or hazards below the surface of the water that could pose great danger to vessel traffic above.
Six navigation teams are strategically located around the country, ready to collect data needed to inform officials of navigational hazards and to help the U.S. Coast Guard find alternative routes for commercial and military ships. NOAA also uses the survey data to update NOAA's national suite of nautical charts—"roadmaps" for mariners.For more information:
Office of Coast Survey
Navigation Response Teams (Diving Deeper podcast, 5.19.10)
Hydrographic Surveying
NOAA's Navigation Response Teams
Rapid Response for Disasters
- NOS Program Offices
- Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- NOAA Coastal Services Center
- National Geodetic Survey
- Office of Coast Survey
- Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
- Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
- Office of Response and Restoration
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