Citation
(1999), "National Center for Atmospheric Research", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 8 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.1999.07308aag.036
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Center for Atmospheric Research
http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/index.html
The mission of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is to maintain a continuous watch on short-term climate fluctuations and to diagnose and predict them. These efforts are designed to assist agencies both inside and outside the federal government in coping with such climate-related problems as food supply, energy allocation, and water resources.
The center's Web site, at the URL above, includes much information and many products in support of this mission, including an "Experimental US Threats Assessment" page at the second URL. That information "is intended to provide emergency managers, planners, forecasters and the public advance notice of potential threats related to climate weather and hydrologic events. It integrates existing NWS (National Weather Service) official medium- (three to five) day, extended- (six to ten day) and long- (monthly and seasonal) range forecasts, and hydrologic analyses and forecasts, which use state-of-the-art science and technology in their formulation". Please note, however, that this product is experimental and not yet fully operational.