The National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC) provides initial and continuing education to
NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...
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NWS employees in the areas of equipment (operations, maintenance and repair), management,
meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not ...
,
hydrology
Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is calle ...
, systems support, and related activities. NWSTC's staff develop and deliver courses in a number of formats including residence classes and workshops,
web-based
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History
In earlier computing models like client-serve ...
and computer-based
self-study
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tutorials, teletraining (interactive web delivery), and work aides. It is located in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
.
In addition, NWSTC staff provides consulting services,
research and development
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(R&D), technical and operational documentation assistance, and
system deployment
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Deployment implies moving a product from a temporary or development state ...
support. The NWSTC Leadership Academy also offers leadership training to all federal agencies.
NWSTC's goal is to teach job-specific and practical skills; integrate systems so the whole, instead of individual parts of the problem, can be recognized; emulate the NWS working field environment; and provide students the ability to work and experiment with concepts or equipment as part of learning.
NWSTC's mission is to align the training of NOAA/NWS employees with the advancement of science and technology for NOAA to earn the public's trust and perform with service-based excellence.
See also
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Forecast Decision Training Branch (FDTB)
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Warning Decision Training Branch
The Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD), known as the Warning Decision Training Branch until April 1, 2015, is one of three training organizations in the NWS Training Division which also includes the Forecast Decision Training Branch and the ...
(WDTB)
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Radar Operations Center
The Radar Operations Center (ROC) is a National Weather Service (NWS) unit that coordinates the development, maintenance, and training for the NEXRAD weather radar network. It is located at the National Weather Center (NWC) in Norman, Oklahoma and ...
(ROC)
References
External links
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