NOAA to Expand Hydrographic Services Advisory Panel
In a Federal Register Notice, NOAA is soliciting nominations for membership on the Hydrographic Services Review Panel, a U.S. federal advisory committee that advises the NOAA administrator on the agency's hydrographic programs, products, and technology. Applications must be received by 10 October 2014.
The panel advises NOAA on operations and research issues related to hydrographic surveying, nautical charts, tides and currents, geodetic and geospatial measurements, and coastal resilience. Applicants should have expertise in marine navigation; port administration; marine shipping or other intermodal transportation industries; cartography and geographic information systems; geodesy; physical oceanography; coastal resource management, including coastal resilience and emergency response; or other science-related fields.