§9703 Observations and modeling for total water prediction

Summary

The Administrator must create partnerships with one or more institutions of higher education (as defined in section 1001 of title 20) to test observations that could make total water prediction better. The Administrator must give priority to partnerships that test observations from uncrewed aerial systems. If those extra observations improve total water prediction, the Administrator must, as much as possible, keep using them. The Administrator must also improve coastal oceanographic models by expanding where they work, making them more detailed and accurate, and making them more efficient, including better linking and compatibility between hydrological models and coastal ocean models.