NOAA is pleased to provide public access to our 5-Year Research Plan and 20-Year Research Vision for the agency.
The 5-Year Research Plan supports the four mission goal areas identified in the NOAA Strategic Plan - Ecosystems, Climate, Weather and Water, and Commerce and Transportation - while underscoring the importance of research that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries.
The 5-Year Research Plan includes milestones for NOAA's research that are aimed at improving our products and information services in the near term, while the 20-Year Research Vision adopts a longer-term perspective of the environmental and ecological challenges our nation faces and the technological and scientific advances we can expect to help meet those challenges. Please click on the links below to review the various plans.
The NOAA 5 Year Research Plan for 2008-2012
NOAA 5 Year Research Plan for 2008-2012 (PDF)
5 Year Plan Objectives and Milestones by Goal (PDF)
20 Year Research Vision
20-Year Research
Vision (26MB) (PDF)
20-Year
Research Vision - Text Version (351KB) (PDF)
One
page summary of 20-Year Research Vision (PDF)
The NOAA Research Council welcomes your comments on the 5-Year Research
Plan and 20-Year Research Vision. Comments and questions should be directed
to:
Derek Parks
Executive Secretariat
NOAA Research Council
(301) 734-1186
derek.parks@noaa.gov
Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project Plan