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What is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)?
What do windward and leeward mean?
How many high tides are there per day?
Are tides higher when the moon is directly overhead?
Where is Earth’s Largest Waterfall?
Where do I get real-time and forecast coastal conditions?
What is the difference between local sea level and global sea level?
How does NOAA monitor water levels around the nation?
Why does the ocean have waves?
What is an Operational Forecast System?
Why do we have spring tides in the fall?
What is the difference between storm surge and storm tide?
What is the difference between a nautical mile and a knot?
What is a perigean spring tide?
Where do I get NOAA tides and currents data?
Do the Great Lakes have tides?
Why is data on currents important?
Who first charted the Gulf Stream?
What is the global ocean conveyor belt?
Is change important to estuaries?
What does an oceanographer do?
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