National Weather Center

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The National Weather Center (NWC) is a confederation of federal, state, and University of Oklahoma organizations that work together in partnership to improve understanding of events occurring in Earth's atmosphere over a wide range of time and space scales. The NWC partners give equal attention to applying that understanding to the development of improved observation, analysis, assimilation, display, and prediction systems. The National Weather Center also has expertise in local and regional climate, numerical modeling, hydrology, and radar meteorology. Members of the NWC work with a wide range of federal, state, and local government agencies to help reduce loss of life and property to hazardous weather, ensure wise use of water resources, enhance agricultural production, and develop renewable energy sources. They also work with private sector partners to develop new applications of weather and regional climate information that provide competitive advantage in the marketplace.

[edit] NW-CF Partners

• Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• Center for Spatial Analysis
• College of Geosciences
• Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
• Department of Geography
• Environmental Verification and Analysis Center
• International Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Research
• Integrated Radar Data Services
• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• NOAA Weather Partners
• National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
• Norman Economic Development Coalition
• Oklahoma Climatological Survey
• OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research
• Radar Operations Center
• Sasaki Applied Meteorology Research Institute
• OU School Internship of Meteorology
• Storm Prediction Center
• University of Oklahoma
• Warning Decision Training Branch
• Weathernews Americas

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• National Weather Center
• National Severe Storms Lab

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