The MAPP Program has a number of partnerships of key importance. These include the following:
- A partnership with the NIDIS Program. MAPP program includes support for drought research to advance drought understanding, monitoring and prediction in support of NIDIS.
- A partnership with the NCEP Climate Test Bed (CTB). The MAPP and NCEP CTB partnership is intended to foster research addressing objectives common to both the MAPP Program and NCEP CTB. Emphasis is placed on testing and evaluating advances in climate modeling and prediction for operations. A MAPP-CTB Execution Agreement specifies the terms of the partnership.
- Partnerships with other U.S. agencies participating in the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). MAPP program representatives participate in USGCRP inter-agencies groups (e.g. the Interagency Group for Integrative Modeling) and identify the potential for partnerships with other agencies programs on objectives of common interest. Examples of projects that are jointly funded by NOAA/MAPP and other agencies include the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies; and the National Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) Experiment.
- Partnerships with other U.S. agencies participating in the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Program, including the CLIVAR and GEWEX Programs. MAPP program representatives participate in US-CLIVAR inter-agency group.