national oceanic and atmospheric administration

Noun national oceanic and atmospheric administration has 1 sense

• national oceanic and atmospheric administration(n = noun.group) noaa - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather;
is a part of commerce, commerce department, department of commerce, doc
has parts: national climatic data center, ncdc, national weather service
is a kind of agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office