NEW SATE-OF-THE-ART WEATHER & CLIMATE CENTER
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 1:29 pm
NOAA TO BUILD NEW SATE-OF-THE-ART WEATHER & CLIMATE CENTER
Jan. 30, 2004 — With the passage of the 2004 budget, NOAA announces that it will build a new weather center, the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. The new facility will replace the NOAA World Weather Building located Camp Springs, Md. (NOAA image of NOAA World Weather Building located Camp Springs, Md., which will be replaced by the new NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction.)
NOAA is closely working with the U.S. General Services Administration to select a site near the University of Maryland for the new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art facility, which will be specifically designed for climate and weather operational forecasts and related research. “Experience shows us that having forecast offices and universities in close proximity accelerates the transfer of research to operational forecast and improves weather forecasts and warnings released to the general public,” said John Jones, the deputy director of the NOAA National Weather Service.
The new facility will house the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA National Weather Service), Office of Research and Applications (NOAA Satellites and Information Service) and the Air Resources Laboratory (NOAA Research). The new building is expected to open in late 2007 and house approximately 800 employees.
“The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction is excited about the potential in front of us and are expecting great things to happen with the participation of the academic community, specifically the University of Maryland, to improve all weather and climate forecasts,” said Louis W. Uccellini, director of the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
The NOAA Satellites and Information Service is also pleased about the move as the new spaces will house the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, as well as the satellite applications, research and real-time operational services. “Our current and future satellite systems will produce five orders of magnitude more data than in the previous decade. Having access to academic talent and the weather service as a major customer in a modern facility is central to full utilization of satellite data,” said Marie Colton, director of the NOAA Office of Research and Applications.
Collocation of the Air Resources Laboratory with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction has been a long-time goal. The matter is of increasing importance now that NOAA is anticipating a new air quality forecasting function, which will extend to the provision of dispersion forecasts following the release into the air of pollutants from accidents or other events. NOAA’s programs addressing national and homeland security will profit immensely from the new collocation.
Jan. 30, 2004 — With the passage of the 2004 budget, NOAA announces that it will build a new weather center, the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. The new facility will replace the NOAA World Weather Building located Camp Springs, Md. (NOAA image of NOAA World Weather Building located Camp Springs, Md., which will be replaced by the new NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction.)
NOAA is closely working with the U.S. General Services Administration to select a site near the University of Maryland for the new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art facility, which will be specifically designed for climate and weather operational forecasts and related research. “Experience shows us that having forecast offices and universities in close proximity accelerates the transfer of research to operational forecast and improves weather forecasts and warnings released to the general public,” said John Jones, the deputy director of the NOAA National Weather Service.
The new facility will house the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA National Weather Service), Office of Research and Applications (NOAA Satellites and Information Service) and the Air Resources Laboratory (NOAA Research). The new building is expected to open in late 2007 and house approximately 800 employees.
“The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction is excited about the potential in front of us and are expecting great things to happen with the participation of the academic community, specifically the University of Maryland, to improve all weather and climate forecasts,” said Louis W. Uccellini, director of the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
The NOAA Satellites and Information Service is also pleased about the move as the new spaces will house the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, as well as the satellite applications, research and real-time operational services. “Our current and future satellite systems will produce five orders of magnitude more data than in the previous decade. Having access to academic talent and the weather service as a major customer in a modern facility is central to full utilization of satellite data,” said Marie Colton, director of the NOAA Office of Research and Applications.
Collocation of the Air Resources Laboratory with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction has been a long-time goal. The matter is of increasing importance now that NOAA is anticipating a new air quality forecasting function, which will extend to the provision of dispersion forecasts following the release into the air of pollutants from accidents or other events. NOAA’s programs addressing national and homeland security will profit immensely from the new collocation.