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Tropical Prediction
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The mission of the National Hurricane/Tropical Prediction Center Library is to aquire, manage and ensure the delivery of scientific and technical information in the field of atmospheric studies to its users. The library users include all NOAA divisions, government agencies, academia, industry and the general public.

NOAA Miami Regional
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The National Hurricane / Tropical Prediction Center Library is a branch of NOAA Miami Regional Library which is located in the Atlantic Oceanographic  and Meteorological Laboratory on Key Biscayne. The Regional Library is an offical branch of the NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring,Maryland  belonging to the National Oceanographic Data Center, Library and Information Services.
 There are 30 NOAA libraries across the country that make up the NOAA library network.  The combined cataloges of this collection contains over  one million  volumes of technical information,much of it produced bythe NOAA agencies.
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The 960 SF library features moveable shelving which accommodates approximately 8,650 cataloged items, roughly 8000 scientific journal issues and vertical files containing hundreds of hurricane related items including newspaper clippings, reports, maps and photographs.  The in-house collection also ncludes CD ROMS and microfilm formats. A major feature of the library is the online catalog which provides access to the combined collections of NOAA's 30 libraries. The e-collection of resources also provides about 275 e-journals and several hundred databases most offering full-text materials to current and archival data. Two popular resources, held electronically and in print, are the Monthly Weather Review -Atlantic
Annual Hurricane Summaries and the;Daily Synoptic Weather Map Series which dates from 1871 to 2002.
National Hurricane CenterNHC    Facility
   
Located on the Florida International University Park campus, the NHC/TPCfacility houses the National Hurricane Center Tropical Analysis and   Forecast Branch (TAFB) and the Miami Weather Forecast Office (WF0).  All are components of NOAA's National Weather Service.  The building is designed to withstand severe weathe conditions to protect operations occurring before, during and after a storm.
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Library Hours & Contact Information
NOAA Miami Regional Librarians are available to respond to reference questions Monday through Friday at one
 of our two locations. A librarian is present at the NHC branch library Tuesday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to
5:00 PM or by appointment.

Staff
Linda Pikula, Regional Librarian,  AOML location         305-361-4428 - email: Linda.Pikula@noaa.gov
Gloria Aversano, Librarian, NHC & AOML loctations     305-229-4406 - email: nhclibrary@noaa.gov
Christie Wiley,  Librarian - AOML location                     305-361-4428 - email:Christie.Wiley@noaa.gov
NOAA Miami Regional Library        
National Hurricane/Tropical Prediction Center Branch
11691 S.W. 17th St.
Miami, Florida 33165-2149
Phone: (305) 229-4406 
FAX: (305) 553-9879 
E-mail: Nhclibrary@noaa.gov
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