National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and... Wikipedia
- Formed: October 3, 1970
- Preceding agencies: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Environmental Science Services Administration
- Jurisdiction: Federal government of the United States
- Headquarters: Silver Spring, Maryland
- Employees: 321 NOAA Commissioned Corps (2018), 12,000 civilian employees (2021)
- Annual budget: $6.9 billion
- executive: Rick Spinrad, NOAA Administrator and Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
- Parent agency: US Department of Commerce
- Child agencies: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Space Commerce
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