Northern Downtown Miami overlooking Interstate 95, 1920 66,542 280.0% The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) is one of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA/AOML is a part of the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and is located in Miami Florida AOML's mission is to conduct basic and applied research in oceanography tropical meteorology atmospheric and oceanic chemistry and acoustics the research seeks to understand the physical characteristics and processes of the ocean and the atmosphere both separately and as a coupled system. Path of the thermohaline circulation Purple paths represent deep-water currents while blue paths represent surface currents. ; 11 Primary resources Top government employers Miami Florida Business directory, Miami is also home to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer a range of professional training and other related educational programs Per Scholas for example is a nonprofit organization that offers free professional certification training directed towards successfully passing CompTIA A+ and Network+ certification exams as a route to securing jobs and building careers. 5 Climate Climate data for Miami (MIA) 1981-2010 normals,[a] extremes 1895-present[b], PortMiami is one of the busiest container ports in the US Engineering and Computer Sciences Building 1990. . Photo:Charles Barron / State Library and Archives of Florida, Places of worship 33.0% Elsewhere in the U.S. Precipitation during the wet season is primarily caused by air mass thunderstorms and the easterly flow out of the subtropical high (Bermuda High) Intense daytime heating of the ground causes the warm moist tropical air to rise creating the afternoon thundershowers typical of tropical climates 2:00 pm is the mean time of daily thundershowers across South Florida and the Everglades Late in the wet season (August and September) precipitation levels reach their highest levels as tropical depressions and lows add to daily rainfall Occasionally tropical lows can become severe tropical cyclones and cause significant damage when the make landfall across south Florida Tropical storms average one a year and major hurricanes about once every ten years Between 1871 and 1981 138 tropical cyclones struck directly over or close to the Everglades Strong winds from these storms disperse plant seeds and replenish mangrove forests coral reefs and other ecosystems Dramatic fluctuations in precipitation are characteristic of the South Florida climate Droughts floods and tropical cyclones are part of the natural water system in the Everglades.
Communities The cost of restoring the rail link between the port and the Hialeah Railyard was estimated at $46.9 million $28 million of which was applied for through a federal grant in 2010 Later that year a grant of $22 million was awarded for this project as well as to build an on site intermodal rail yard at the port During the 2000s the percent of Florida East Coast Railway's business has increased from around 60% to around 80% intermodal freight However this was partially due to a decrease in other freight traffic caused by the 2008 recession which reduced the number of trains many carrying rock aggregate used in construction from about 20 to 14 per day. School of Computing and Information Sciences Corrections department, 3.7% Puerto Rican 9 Cost of living Glenn Hubert Library Miami: Miami's public transportation is served by Miami-Dade Transit that runs Metrorail a heavy rail rapid transit system Metromover a people mover train system in Downtown Miami and Metrobus Miami's bus system Metrorail runs throughout Miami-Dade County and has two lines and 23 stations connecting to Downtown Miami's Metromover and Tri-Rail Metromover has three lines and 21 stations throughout Downtown Miami Outside of Miami-Dade County public transit in the Miami metropolitan area is served by Broward County Transit and Palm Tran; intercounty commuter rail service is provided by Tri-Rail with 18 stations including the region's three international airports. Early settlement, In 2012 government of all levels was a top employer in all counties in the state because this classification includes public school teachers and other school staff School boards employ nearly 1 of every 30 workers in the state the federal military was the top employer in three counties, Including its marginal seas the Atlantic covers an area of 106,460,000 km2 (41,100,000 sq mi) or 23.5% of the global ocean and has a volume of 310,410,900 km3 (74,471,500 cu mi) or 23.3% of the total volume of the earth's oceans Excluding its marginal seas the Atlantic covers 81,760,000 km2 (31,570,000 sq mi) and has a volume of 305,811,900 km3 (73,368,200 cu mi) the North Atlantic covers 41,490,000 km2 (16,020,000 sq mi) (11.5%) and the South Atlantic 40,270,000 km2 (15,550,000 sq mi) (11.1%) the average depth is 3,646 m (11,962 ft) and the maximum depth the Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench is 8,486 m (27,841 ft). Miami Florida Business directory, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda who lived with the tribes of southern Florida for seventeen years in the 16th century said that the Mayaimis lived in many towns of thirty or forty inhabitants each and that there were many more places where only a few people lived the game and fish of Lake Okeechobee provided most of the Mayaimis' food They used fishing weirs and ate Black bass eels American alligator tails Virginia opossum terrapins and snakes and processed coontie for flour in high-water season they lived on their mounds and ate only fish, Water is the dominant force in the Everglades shaping the land vegetation and animal life in South Florida Starting at the last glacial maximum 21,000 years ago continental ice sheets retreated and sea levels rose This submerged portions of the Florida peninsula and caused the water table to rise Fresh water saturated the limestone that underlies the Everglades eroding some of it away and created springs and sinkholes the abundance of fresh water allowed new vegetation to take root and formed convective thunderstorms over the land through evaporation! Aeronaves TSM Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the Landon Undergraduate School of Business in 2012 11th in Operations Management and 99th for Accounting.
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