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Article: NOAA news notes. (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)
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- February 22, 1986
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NOAA news notes
* Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say they solved the largest set of mathematical equations ever attempted when they recently finished a 12-year project to recompute the national geodetic network, which consists of 250,000 precisely measured points on the earth's surface. This network has been gradually compiled since 1807; the last time the network data were readjusted was in 1927.
* NOAA reports that one of the strongest geomagnetic storms since 1976 disrupted communications across the northern United States during the first weeks of February. The magnetic storm, which is caused by a surge of ...