Key Governance Documents & Other Relevant Links

Laws Authorizing the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC)

The Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act (WRFIA) of 2017

The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Reauthorization Act of 2018

EPIC Guidance Documents

Unified Forecast System Student Engagement Plan

EPIC Strategic Plan: FY 2020-2025

A Vision Paper for the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC)

EPIC Communications Strategy

EPIC/UFS Workshop Reports

Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW) 2023 Report

Working with Stakeholders: Engaging Sectors to Influence the Future of EPIC And UFS (Final Report for EPIC Summer 2022 Workshop)

EPIC Community Workshop Report 2019

NOAA Guidance Documents

NOAA Strategic Plan

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 216-105B: Policy on Research and Development Transitions

NOAA Science and Technology Focus Areas:

NOAA Cloud Strategy 

NOAA Data Strategy

NOAA AI Strategy

Other Relevant Documents

Understanding the Unified Forecast System (UFS)

Unified Forecast System Website 

UFS Organization and Governance

UFS Strategic Plan

UFS Research to Operations (R2O) Project

Understanding the NOAA Modeling Ecosystem

High-level NOAA Unified Modeling Overview

A Strategic Vision for NOAA’s Physical Environmental Modeling Enterprise

Organizing the Research to Operations Transition

Partner Links

Weather Program Office

Environmental Modeling Center

National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI)

Joint Center for Satellite Data Assessment

Developmental Testbed Center

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