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Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act ("The Weather Act")

NOAA Institutional Repository

In 2017, the 115th U.S. Congress passed the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act, also known as the “Weather Act” - a legislative mandate to improve NOAA’s weather forecasting through research advances in observational, computing, and modeling capabilities, to support substantial improvement in weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events. For more information please visit our Weather Act Subject Guide. This collection provides access to documents submitted to Congress in response to the Weather Act, describing efforts to improve hurricane, tornado, tsunami, and subseasonal to seasonal forecasting.

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  • Report to Congress Weather Radar FollowOn Plan Research And Risk Reduction To Inform Acquisition Decisions
    Report to Congress: Weather Radar Follow-On Plan: Research And Risk Reduction To Inform Acquisition Decisions
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2019 | PDF
    This report is in response to the Joint Explanatory Statement charge to submit “... a weather radar follow-on research-to-operations transition plan, in accordance with the requirements for agency transition plans set forth under NOAA Administrative Order 216-105B, section 3 .06” and describes NOAA’s strategy to continue radar improvements through ...
  • NOAA Commercial Space Policy
    NOAA Commercial Space Policy
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
    2016
    NOAA seeks to leverage commercial space capabilities to capitalize on available extramural expertise, to improve weather forecasting, diversify NOAA’s portfolio of data collection capabilities, to promote U.S. space commerce and the industrial base, and to pursue enhancements in mission areas, program schedules, and costs.
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  • Operations and Workforce Analysis Catalog
    Operations and Workforce Analysis Catalog
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2017
    This catalog details the findings and ideas generated during the OWA from May 2015 to December 2016. The OWA was designed to assess NWS current operations and its workforce to generate ideas and strategies for the NWS to consider in support of the ultimate strategic outcome of building a Weather Ready Nation. It was also designed to respond to reco ...
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  • StudyGaps in NEXRAD Radar Coverage
    Study:Gaps in NEXRAD Radar Coverage
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2019
    Tornado events from the National Weather Service (NWS) verification database are examined for the period 2006-2017 against radar coverage, the latter binned in terms of events inside and outside the range implied by the 6000 ft above ground level (AGL) bottom-of-the-beam at each of the NEXRAD radars. In addition, radar coverage is separately quanti ...
  • Report to Congress Subseasonal and seasonal forecasting innovation plans for the twentyfirst century
    Report to Congress. Subseasonal and seasonal forecasting innovation: plans for the twenty-first century
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2020
    This report outlines the current use of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) S2S products and services, and how NOAA plans to improve the usability and transference of data, information, and forecasts. It will serve as a guidepost for NOAA planning and execution, as well as to inform the public and NOAA’s stakeholders on its effor ...
  • Report to Congress Gaps in NEXRAD Radar Coverage
    Report to Congress: Gaps in NEXRAD Radar Coverage
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2020
    The study examined the impact of radar coverage on warnings for tornadoes and flash floods, although it should be noted that radar also provides necessary observations to support other weather warnings (e.g., hail/severe thunderstorms, winter weather, hurricanes, etc.,) that are not addressed by the study and this report. Tornadoes and flash floods ...
  • Report to Congress the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Department of Homeland Securitys Report on National Efforts that Support Rapid Response Following NearShore Tsunami Events
    Report to Congress: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Department of Homeland Security’s Report on National Efforts that Support Rapid Response Following Near-Shore Tsunami Events
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2018
    The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) prepared this report in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Geological Survey in response to the following direction provided by the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 ...
    Supporting Files
  • Report to Congress the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Report on Tsunami Warning Education Act
    Report to Congress: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Report on Tsunami Warning & Education Act
    National Weather Service (U.S.)  ...
    2018
    This report responds to this Congressional direction. NOAA continues to operate a comprehensive, end-to-end tsunami forecast, warning and mitigation capability and implement the actions required by law. NOAA has been effective in obtaining the necessary supercomputing resources to run the tsunami prediction models, as directed by the Tsunami Warnin ...
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  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Report on Requiring the TsunamiReady Program to be Accredited by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Report on Requiring the TsunamiReady Program to be Accredited by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2018
    The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) is an independent, non-profit organization that oversees a very specific program through which all-hazard emergency management programs are accredited. The National Weather Service (NWS) TsunamiReady® program is not a comprehensive emergency management program and is intended to be a voluntary c ...
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  • Report to Congress the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Report on Contract Positions at the National Weather Service
    Report to Congress: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Report on Contract Positions at the National Weather Service
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2020
    No Description
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  • Report to Congress Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Annual Report of Current and Planned Activities within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
    Report to Congress. Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation: Annual Report of Current and Planned Activities within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories (U.S.)
    2020
    This annual report is in response to the Title I, Section 102, (codified at 15 U.S.C. §8512) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017, 15 U.S.C. § 8501 (hereafter referred to as the Weather Act), which was passed into law by Congress on April 18, 2017.
  • A Strategy for the National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network
    A Strategy for the National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network
    United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  ...
    2021
    Soil moisture4 is a critical land surface parameter affecting a wide variety of economically and environmentally important processes. From agricultural monitoring, to weather prediction, to drought and flood forecasting, the value of soil moisture metrics is undeniable. At the same time, the means and methods of monitoring soil moisture are undergo ...
  • Report to Congress Radio Occultation Data Gap Mitigation Plan
    Report to Congress: Radio Occultation Data Gap Mitigation Plan
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    2020
    The COSMIC-1 mission was launched in 2006 as a proof-of-concept for a new, inexpensive radio occultation (RO) atmospheric sounding technique as a partnership between Taiwan and the United States, and led by the National Science Foundation with participation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Air Force, and the Nationa ...
  • Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process
    Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    2017
    NESDIS seeks efficient solutions to address NOAA’s need to measure key environmental phenomena from space. To meet these needs, NOAA integrates international, intergovernmental, and commercial capabilities, when practical, with NOAA’s own satellites into its global satellite observing system. Commercial space services is one emerging sector offerin ...
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  • Report to Congress Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program
    Report to Congress: Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    2018
    This document reports the results of the Commercial Weather Data Pilot (CWDP) Round No.1 project conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2016 and 2017. The report describes the project initiation and execution, summarizes the technical results and lessons learned by NOAA, then presents an assessment of the current ...
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  • Report To Congress ShortTerm Management of Environmental ObservationsMicrosatellite Constellations
    Report To Congress: Short-Term Management of Environmental Observations-Microsatellite Constellations
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    2018
    No Description
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  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Responses to the 2019 Annual Report of the Environmental Information Services Working Group
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Responses to the 2019 Annual Report of the Environmental Information Services Working Group
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
    2019
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminjstration Science Advisory Board's Environmental Information Services Working Group (EISWG) 2019 annual report contained two sets of recommendations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), based on reviews provided by EISWG of: 1) the use of Observing Systems Simulation Experiments ( ...
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  • Triennial Report on Computing Resources Prioritization
    Triennial Report on Computing Resources Prioritization
    United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of the Chief Information Officer & High Performance Computing and Communications
    2021
    Maintaining and growing High Performance Computing (HPC) capability is one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) highest priorities. Advancements in operational forecasts, predictions, and projections cannot occur without sustained investment in NOAA’s HPC resources. NOAA’s HPC resources are critical to operational forecas ...
  • Report to Congress Improving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Communication of Hazardous Weather and Water Events
    Report to Congress: Improving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Communication of Hazardous Weather and Water Events
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    2020
    Congress has directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to assess its system for issuing watches and warnings regarding hazardous weather and water events, as well as submit a report on the findings of that assessment. This report summarizes activities that NOAA has undertaken to assess the current hazard messaging system. ...
  • Report to Congress United States Weather Research Program Annual Project Report
    Report to Congress: United States Weather Research Program Annual Project Report
    National Weather Service (U.S.)  ...
    2020
    USWRP began in the 1990s, with a principal motivation to accelerate the rate of forecast improvements by taking advantage of science results and technology advancements, which satisfy an increased need for improved weather information in weather sensitive economic sectors. The program has continued to emphasize the transition of research in five cr ...
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