According to Wikipedia, "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, pronounced like "noah") is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts seas and skies, guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources, and conducts research to improve understanding and stewardship of the environment." Source: (
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"The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), formerly the Space Environment Center (SEC), is a laboratory and service center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) located in Boulder, Colorado. SWPC continually monitors and forecasts Earth's space environment, providing solar-terrestrial information. SWPC is the official source of space weather alerts and warnings for the United States.
The Space Weather Prediction Center is one of the nine National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances. The SWPC Forecast Center is jointly operated by NOAA and the U.S. Air Force and is the national and world warning center for disturbances that can affect people and equipment working in the space environment. SWPC works with many national and international partners who contribute data and observations.
A few of the agencies and industry that rely on SWPC services:
* U.S. power grid infrastructure
* Commercial airline industry
* Department of Transportation (use of GPS)
* NASA human space flight activities (NASA relies on SWPC data to protect the $1 billion arm on the International Space Station)
* Satellite launch and operations
* U.S. Air Force operational support
* Commercial and public users (more than half a million hits per day on SWPC web sites)
* Some Economic Impacts of Space Weather"
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The NOAA SWPC is located at:
NOAA/National Weather Service
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Space Weather Prediction Center, W/NP9
325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305
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