11.467: Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development

11.467

Active

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [DOC]

Sept. 14, 2022

Sept. 14, 2022

To maintain a cooperative university and Federal partnerships to conduct meteorological training, education, professional development, and research and development on issues common to the hydrometeorological community, and to reduce the impact of tsunamis through hazard assessment, warning guidance, and mitigation.

B - Project Grants

Eligible applicants are accredited Federally recognized institutions of higher learning, consortia of these institutions, agencies of State or local governments including school systems, quasi-public institutions, consultants, and companies involved in using and developing meteorological or hydrologic forecasts or forecast methodology. In addition, the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) funding provides resources to reduce the impact of tsunamis through hazard assessment, warning guidance, and mitigation.

The benefits of the overall program are for reduction in loss of life and damage which the general public can realize from improvement in weather forecasts, watches, and warnings of hazardous weather and resultant flooding. For the improvements from the modernization of the Nation's weather and hydrologic services to be realized, there must be significant involvement of the entire hydrometeorological community. Thus, benefits will accrue to: (1) General public through higher quality weather products and information; (2) State and local agencies responsible for the planning and implementation of emergency services, fire prevention, allocation and control of water resources, and those agencies who project economic conditions based on weather and water resource availability; (3) educational institutions (0-13+) which need to incorporate the information which will result from modernization of the weather services into their curricula; (4) scientists and developers who will be using the new information to enhance the State of the knowledge of the atmosphere and improve present system safety and reliability; and academic institutions which are funded for programs dealing with studies of the atmospheric and hydrologic science. In addition, the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) funding provides resources to reduce the impact of tsunamis through hazard assessment, warning guidance, and mitigation.

11.462 - Hydrologic Research

11.468 - Applied Meteorological Research

11.432 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes

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