National Data Buoy Center

Yesterday we were a site stop for NASA's Stennis Space Center's National Intern Day tour! Our team welcomed interns from various organizations and shared more about the work we do here at NDBC. 🔍 Interested in a STEM internship or know a student who would be? Check out this page to see all the ways you can intern with us under NOAA’s National Weather Service: https://lnkd.in/gwR4ksDU. We also post roles on USAJobs and our contractor career websites.

To celebrate #NationalInternDay, meet the 2024 interns of NDBC! We had six spring semester Amentum technician apprentices: Tyce, Samantha, Eli, Destiny & Noah (residents of Picayune, MS) joined us from Pearl River Community College, and Kobe (resident of Slidell, LA) joined us from Nenez Community College. Tyce, Samantha, and Eli are back as Amentum interns in Records Management this summer! We also have our NOAA Lapenta Intern, Leilanie, supporting engineering this summer. Leilanie is studying Ocean Engineering at University of Southern Mississippi - Gulfport Campus, and resides in Gautier, MS, originally from Puerto Rico. We’re grateful for these strong STEM students and their work in helping us further our mission! 🌎🌊🔧

Last month, we participated in Take Our Children to Work Day at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, and the photos are in! We taught all these future NDBC-ers how a moored buoy stays in its watch circle with a rubber duck experiment. Thanks to our team for showing off our facilities and overseeing a fun learning activity!

🌏 Where in the world is NDBC? It’s Guam today! Our team of technicians are off to service tsunami stations and a line of our climate array aka TAO stations. Check out the photos they snapped before they left! #NDBCAtSea

Want to know what it takes to fix a buoy? NDBC Operations Branch Chief Craig Kohler was recently interviewed by The Ship Report podcast, and shared more about our operations in a 5-part series. 🎙️ Listen here: Part 1: https://lnkd.in/gUsUmkSM Part 2: https://lnkd.in/gicyENMp Part 3: https://lnkd.in/gnnjy8yR Part 4: https://lnkd.in/exJSCrpX Part 5: https://lnkd.in/e9C3Ys3H

From our NDBC family to yours, Happy 4th of July! #NDBC #4thofJuly

From NOAA's National Hurricane Center discussion on #HurricaneBeryl yesterday morning: “NOAA buoy 42059 to the north of the eye recently reported sustained winds of 72 mph (115 km/h) and a wind gust of 94 mph (151 km/h).” NDBC station 42059 was 34nm NE of Hurricane Beryl, and it also captured a pressure drop to 992 mbar and waves at 38 ft (11.5 m) before it stopped reporting data. #HurricaneObservationsRecap #Beryl https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Job Announcement: NDBC is hiring! We’re seeking a Management and Program Analyst, GS-0343-11/12 (Financial Management). This announcement opens 7/1/24 and will close 7/16/24. Job Announcement (MAP)(Merit/Status/Existing Federal Employees): https://lnkd.in/g-He2DzW Job Announcement (DE) (Open to Public): https://lnkd.in/g6ErzanF

This week students from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff STEM Academy visited NDBC! During their Stennis site visit, they learned about #STEMcareer opportunities across industries, including the #BlueEconomy.

Yesterday we hosted Kathleen Ritzman, Associate Director, Marine Sciences of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at NDBC! We appreciated the opportunity to share more about both our organizations as Scripps is a great partner to NDBC.