National Ocean Service

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government agency scientific organization

The National Ocean Service is a division of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) responsible for providing science, tools, and services to understand and manage the nation’s coastal and marine environments.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency → scientific organization →
abbreviation	NOS →
country	United States →
employer	cartographers → federal scientists → geodesists → hydrographers → marine resource managers →
fieldOfWork	cartography → coastal management → coastal resilience → environmental monitoring → geodesy → hydrography → marine conservation → marine navigation → marine spatial planning → nautical charting → oceanography → oil spill response →
hasPart	Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services → National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science → National Geodetic Survey → Office for Coastal Management → Office of Coast Survey → Office of National Marine Sanctuaries → Office of Response and Restoration → U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Program →
headquartersLocation	Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED →
inception	1970 →
jurisdiction	United States coastal and marine environments →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Maryland →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
missionStatement	to provide science-based services to understand and manage the nation’s coastal and marine resources →
operatesIn	Great Lakes → U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone → U.S. coastal waters → U.S. territorial seas →
parentOrganization	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration →
partOf	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → U.S. Department of Commerce →
replaces	U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey → parts of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and other predecessor organizations →
responsibleFor	coastal inundation and sea level rise information → coastal zone management support → environmental response and restoration after marine pollution incidents → maintaining the National Spatial Reference System → managing national marine sanctuaries → national shoreline mapping → nautical charts for U.S. coastal waters → ocean and coastal observing systems coordination → tidal and water level observations →
website	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services → NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries → National Geodetic Survey →	partOf
National Ocean Service ("Office for Coastal Management") → National Ocean Service ("National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science") →	hasPart
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere →	overseesAgency
National Geodetic Survey →	parentAgency
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services →	parentOrganization
NOAA fleet ("NOAA National Ocean Service") →	usedBy