Us Code § 9703 - Observations and modeling for total water prediction
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§ 9703. Observations and modeling for total water prediction
(a) Partnerships
(1) In general
The Administrator shall establish partnerships with 1 or more institutions of higher education (as defined in section 1001 of title 20) to evaluate observations that would improve total water prediction.
(2) Priority observations
In establishing partnerships under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall prioritize partnerships to evaluate observations from uncrewed aerial systems.
(b) Maintained observations
If the Administrator determines that incorporating additional observations improves total water prediction, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, continue incorporating those observations.
(c) Modeling improvements
The Administrator shall advance geographic coverage, resolution, skill, and efficiency of coastal oceanographic modeling, including efforts that improve the coupling of and interoperability between hydrological models and coastal ocean models.
(Pub. L. 117–316, §4, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4408.)
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