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h1. NOAA Agency

h2. History

For the humans, it has always been important to predict the meteorological condition especially for the agriculture. With the development of the worldwide commerce, an increase of maritime exchange has been observed. To provide a security for the ships, in 1807, the American President Thomas Jefferson founded the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (as the Survey of the Coast). The goal of this agency is to provide nautical charts to the maritime community for safe passage into American ports and along our extensive coastline. After that, in 1870, The Weather Bureau was founded and, one year later, the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries was founded. Individually, these organizations were America's first physical science agency, America's first agency dedicated specifically to the atmospheric sciences, and America's first conservation agency.

The 3rd of October 1970, Richard Nixon proposed creating a new agency to serve a national need "… for better protection of life and property from natural hazards … for a better understanding of the total environment … [and] for exploration and development leading to the intelligent use of our marine resources ...". This new agency is National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, commonly named NOAA. This new agency regroups the three previous agencies presented previously:   U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Weather Bureau U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. NOAA depends on the Department of Commerce of United States of America. 

h2. Missions

h2. POES satellite