"national oceanic and atmospheric administration"

Noun

is a type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office - an administrative unit of government
has:
- national climatic data center, ncdc - the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
- national weather service - the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps
is a part of: commerce, commerce department, department of commerce, doc - the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913

same as: noaa