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Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
 
 
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services

The Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services (OCWWS) is a division of the National Weather Service (NWS) Headquarters. OCWWS oversees delivery of hydrometeorological and climate services and the design and delivery of new products and services. The OS vision is to have satisfied customers through quality service leadership. The OS mission it to:

  • Lead the NWS effort to sustain and enhance climate, water, and weather services
  • Establish NWS operational requirements
  • Evaluate customer satisfaction
  • Train the workforce
More specifically, OCWWS does the following:
  • Conducts customer and partner outreach
  • Validates and document service requirements
  • Develops, coordinates, and issues national service and operations policy
  • Develop long-term service improvement strategies and proposals
  • Develops, implements and oversees service delivery performance measures
  • Evaluates operational service efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction
  • Develops NWS policy delineating NWS' mission and its public sector responsibility to produce and disseminate information and the resulting public-private sector roles

These activities require collaboration with the climate and hydrometeorological communities as well as federal, state, and local government agencies; the media; the private weather information sector; universities; non-governmental organizations; constituent organizations; and the public.

Divisions
Branches
Operations and Requirements Division Integrated Operations Branch
Requirements/Change Management Branch
Meteorological Services Division Aviation Weather Services Branch
Fire and Public Weather Services Branch
Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch
Hydrologic Services Division Services Branch
Support Branch
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
Climate Services Division
Performance and Awareness Division

Awareness Branch
Performance Branch

Training Division

Forecast Decision Training Branch
NWS Training Center
Warning Decision Training Branch

Observing Services Division
 


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Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Last Updated: October 7, 2011