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Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act ("The Weather Act")
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: Radio Occultation Data Gap Mitigation Plan
    Filetype[PDF - 810.78 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    Published Date:
    2020
    Description:
    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 partic...
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    Filetype[PDF - 810.78 KB]
  • Report to Congress: Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program
    Filetype[PDF - 1.44 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    Published Date:
    2018
    Description:
    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, summ...
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    Filetype[PDF - 1.44 MB]
  • Commercial Space Activities Assessment Process
    Filetype[PDF - 569.40 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    Published Date:
    2017
    Description:
    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 satelli...
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    Filetype[PDF - 569.40 KB]
  • Report To Congress: Short-Term Management of Environmental Observations-Microsatellite Constellations
    Filetype[PDF - 285.31 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    Published Date:
    2018
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    Filetype[PDF - 285.31 KB]
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Responses to the 2019 Annual Report of the Environmental Information Services Working Group
    Filetype[PDF - 1.49 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
    Conference Authors:
    Environmental Information Services Working Group (EISWG)
    Published Date:
    2019
    Description:
    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 (NO...
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    Filetype[PDF - 1.49 MB]
  • NOAA Commercial Space Policy
    Filetype[PDF - 174.32 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2016
    Description:
    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...
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    Filetype[PDF - 174.32 KB]
  • Operations and Workforce Analysis Catalog
    Filetype[PDF - 8.33 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2017
    Description:
    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 ul...
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    Filetype[PDF - 8.33 MB]
  • Study:Gaps in NEXRAD Radar Coverage
    Filetype[PDF - 6.65 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2019
    Description:
    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 (AG...
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    Filetype[PDF - 6.65 MB]
  • Report to Congress: Gaps in NEXRAD Radar Coverage
    Filetype[PDF - 621.33 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2020
    Description:
    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...
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    Filetype[PDF - 621.33 KB]
  • Report to Congress: Improving Naitonal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Communication of Hazardous Weather and Water Events
    Filetype[PDF - 1.12 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2020
    Description:
    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 r...
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    Filetype[PDF - 1.12 MB]
  • 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
    Filetype[PDF - 439.66 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2018
    Description:
    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 res...
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    Filetype[PDF - 439.66 KB]
  • Report to Congress: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Report on Tsunami Warning & Education Act
    Filetype[PDF - 445.39 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.). United States. Tsunami Warning and Education Act.
    Published Date:
    2018
    Description:
    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 necess...
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    Filetype[PDF - 445.39 KB]
  • Report to Congress: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Report on Contract Positions at the National Weather Service
    Filetype[PDF - 596.83 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2020
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 596.83 KB]
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Report on Requiring the TsunamiReady Program to be Accredited by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program
    Filetype[PDF - 297.29 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2018
    Description:
    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) TsunamiRe...
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    Filetype[PDF - 297.29 KB]
  • Report to Congress. Subseasonal and seasonal forecasting innovation: plans for the twenty-first century
    Filetype[PDF - 713.18 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2020
    Description:
    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 f...
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    Filetype[PDF - 713.18 KB]
  • Report to Congress. Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation: Annual Report of Current and Planned Activities within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
    Filetype[PDF - 1010.16 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2020
    Description:
    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 C...
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    Filetype[PDF - 1010.16 KB]
  • Report to Congress: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and National Weather Service Exchange Program
    Filetype[PDF - 8.15 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories (U.S.). National Weather Service (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2017
    Description:
    The recommended exchange program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) between the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and the National Weather Service (NWS) has developed organically through scientific collaborat...
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    Filetype[PDF - 8.15 MB]
  • Report to Congress: United States Weather Research Program Annual Project Report
    Filetype[PDF - 323.99 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    National Weather Service (U.S.). Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2020
    Description:
    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 sens...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 323.99 KB]
  • Report to Congress: Tornado Warning Improvement and Extension Program Plan
    Filetype[PDF - 596.58 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories (U.S.). National Weather Service (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2019
    Description:
    This plan describes the short-term and long-term efforts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to achieve the Weather Act’s goal of tornado prediction beyond one hour. There are three interconnected science and technology co...
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    Filetype[PDF - 596.58 KB]
  • Report to Congress: Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program
    Filetype[PDF - 1.01 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories (U.S.). National Weather Service (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2019
    Description:
    The Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP) began in 2009 and has significantly improved forecast performance for the last 10 years, while meeting the five-year goal to reduce track and intensity errors by 20 percent. Much remains to be done al...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.01 MB]