§8515 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

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Within 1 year after April 18, 2017, and at least once each year after that, the Under Secretary must issue a research-and-development to operations plan. The Under Secretary will work through NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and coordinate with the National Weather Service Director and the Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services. The plan must set out goals and progress for NOAA’s forecasting program under section 8512, list and rank needed R&D and performance measures focused on NWS operational weather and flood missions to reach a weather-ready Nation, explain how the program will work with the weather industry and universities, and—after consulting the National Science Foundation, industry, and academics—identify research to bring social science into forecasts and warnings so threat information is communicated better for people and communities.

Title 15, §8515

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Not later than 1 year after April 18, 2017, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Under Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and in coordination with the Director of the National Weather Service and the Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, shall issue a research and development and research to operations plan to restore and maintain United States leadership in numerical weather prediction and forecasting that—

(1)describes the forecasting skill and technology goals, objectives, and progress of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in carrying out the program conducted under section 8512 of this title;

(2)identifies and prioritizes specific research and development activities, and performance metrics, weighted to meet the operational weather and flood-event mission of the National Weather Service to achieve a weather-ready Nation;

(3)describes how the program will collaborate with stakeholders, including the United States weather industry and academic partners; and

(4)identifies, through consultation with the National Science Foundation, the United States weather industry, and academic partners, research necessary to enhance the integration of social science knowledge into weather forecast and warning processes, including to improve the communication of threat information necessary to enable improved severe weather planning and decisionmaking on the part of individuals and communities.

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2022—Par. (2). Pub. L. 117–316 inserted “and flood-event” after “operational weather”.

§8515 Weather Research and Development Planning

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Title 15, §8515

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