national oceanic and atmospheric administration

Noun
  1. An agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources;
    Predicts changes to the earth's environment;
    Provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather (synset 108146865)
    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

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