National Centers for Environmental Prediction

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U.S. federal agency component meteorological organization

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction is a major U.S. government organization that provides national and global weather, climate, and environmental forecasts and analyses.

Aliases (8)

Hydrometeorological Prediction Center ×2
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction ×2
Aviation Weather Center ×1
Environmental Modeling Center ×1
NCEP ×1
NCEP Central Operations ×1
NOAA weather forecast operations ×1
National Meteorological Center ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal agency component → meteorological organization →
country	United States of America →
dataSource	radar observations → satellite observations → surface weather stations → weather balloons →
fieldOfWork	climatology → hydrology → meteorology → numerical weather prediction → oceanography → space weather →
formerName	National Meteorological Center →
hasPart	Aviation Weather Center → Climate Prediction Center → Environmental Modeling Center → Hydrometeorological Prediction Center → NCEP Central Operations → Ocean Prediction Center → Space Weather Prediction Center → Storm Prediction Center → Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch → Weather Prediction Center →
headquartersLocation	College Park, Maryland →
inception	1958 →
industry	climate forecasting → environmental prediction → weather forecasting →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Maryland →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
operatedBy	National Weather Service →
operatesOnArea	United States of America → global →
ownedBy	United States federal government →
parentOrganization	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → National Weather Service → United States Department of Commerce →
partOf	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → National Weather Service →
purpose	to provide climate outlooks → to provide environmental analyses → to provide national and global weather forecasts →
shortName	NCEP →
usesMethod	data assimilation → ensemble forecasting → numerical weather prediction models →
website	https://www.ncep.noaa.gov/ →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aviation Weather Center → Climate Prediction Center → National Hurricane Center → Ocean Prediction Center → Storm Prediction Center → Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch → Weather Prediction Center →	partOf
Ocean Prediction Center → Storm Prediction Center → Storm Prediction Center → Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch →	parentOrganization
National Centers for Environmental Prediction ("National Meteorological Center") → Weather Prediction Center ("Hydrometeorological Prediction Center") →	formerName
National Centers for Environmental Prediction ("Environmental Modeling Center") → National Centers for Environmental Prediction ("NCEP Central Operations") →	hasPart
National Weather Service → National Weather Service ("Aviation Weather Center") →	operates
Climate Prediction Center →	collaboratesWith
Earth System Research Laboratories ("NOAA weather forecast operations") →	contributesTo
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration →	hasDivision
Weather Prediction Center ("NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction") →	headquartersLocation
College Park, Maryland ("NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction") →	isHomeOf
Weather Prediction Center ("Hydrometeorological Prediction Center") →	renamedFrom
National Centers for Environmental Prediction ("NCEP") →	shortName