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Hydropalooza Web site

Hydropalooza Education

For Young Scientists

NOAA Ocean Service

NOAA in Kachemak Bay

Kasitsna Bay Laboratory

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

NOAA Spotlight

NOAA in Alaska

Tides & Currents

Nautical Charts

Geodesy

Resource Management

Hydropalooza Partners

City of Homer

Chamber of Commerce

University of Alaska Fairbanks - Kasitsna Bay Lab

Alaska Sea Grant

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies

Pratt Museum

Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game

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Hydropalooza... an Integrated Ocean & Coastal Mapping Effort

Kachemak Bay, July and August 2008

NOAA ship rainier sails in Alaska.

This July and August, NOAA and local and regional partners are bringing you Hydropalooza—an ocean and coastal mapping effort in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

Two NOAA research vessels, the FAIRWEATHER and the RAINIER, and the NOAA Citation aircraft, will collect data that allow scientists, policymakers, and local agencies to better understand the unique features of Kachemak Bay’s coast and sea floor.

Hydropalooza benefits include:

• Making data accessible for a variety of purposes, including emergency planning, resource management, environmental protection, and homeland security.
• Updatingand providing nautical charts to the maritime community
• Providing accurate charts that ensure safe and efficient maritime commerce and navigation for Kachemak Bay - which is also a federally-designated Place of Refuge for ships in distress
• Delivering accurate, detailed scientific data of the coast and sea floor that may contribute to local economic opportunities, including port expansion.

Get Involved!

Hydropalooza will bring together students, teachers, and scientists as part of the research being done in Kachemak Bay.

Hydropalooza Open House —Saturday, August 23, 2008

Come aboard one of NOAA’s Research Vessels! The ship’s crew will be on-board to demonstrate its cutting edge hydrographic equipment and explain how the sea-floor data will provide Kachemak Bay with water depth maps and updated nautical charts.

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