Science, Technology, and Infusion Program
NOAA's Science, Technology and Infusion (ST&I) Program is an enabling program for improvement of NOAA's Weather and Water services by meeting short-term needs of NOAA and its customers, while conducting long-term research that leads to breakthrough advances in services. ST&I performs state-of-the-art research and works with NOAA's service programs to infuse new science and technology via prototyping, evaluation, acquisition, and training. ST&I's capabilities are:
- Science
- Expertise in physics of weather and water phenomena
- Ability to evaluate and improve forecast models and tools
- Equipment and staff for field studies
- Societal and economic impact analysis
- Technology
- Development of new sensors and observing strategies
- Evauation of integrated observing systems
- Engineering information technologies
- Infusion
- Testbeds for science and technology infusion
- Acquisition of new technologies
- Forecaster training
- Education and outreach to excite future scientists
For more information on this program, contact .