National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA's Grand Challenge research in weather forecasting and climate prediction depends on advances in high-end computing and on the collection and dissemination of environmental information. Increased computing power will enable more accurate representation of the atmosphere-ocean system, resulting in improved weather forecasts and making possible better decision making by Government and industry on issues that affect both the environment and the economy. NOAA's environmental data and information on the NII will be enabled through NOAA's ability to disseminate its vast holdings of real-time and historical information to all users more completely, in a more usable form, and in a much more timely manner.


FY 97 President's Request by Program Component Area
Program Activity Budget Account Code Partner/User Agencies Budget (BA, $ M) HPCC PCAs by 1997 Pres. Request
FY95 Actual FY96 Pres. FY96 Est. FY97 Rqst. HECC LSN HCS HuCS ETHR
Advanced Computation ORF EI DARPA, NSF, DOE 2.80 7.40 3.30 6.30 6.30        
Networking Connectivity ORF EI NASA 2.70 7.50 2.70 2.70   2.70      
Information Dessemination Pilots ORF EI     0.50 0.50 0.50       0.50  
Totals: 5.50 15.40 6.50 9.50 6.30 2.70   0.50  


Comparison of FY 97 and FY96 Budgets by Program Component Area
Program Activity Budget (BA, $ M) HPCC PCAs by 1997 Pres. Request HPCC PCAs by 1996 Estimated
FY95 Actual FY96 Pres. FY96 Est. FY97 Rqst. HECC LSN HCS HuCS ETHR HECC LSN HCS HuCS ETHR
Advanced Computation 2.80 7.40 3.30 6.30 6.30         3.30        
Networking Connectivity 2.70 7.50 2.70 2.70   2.70         2.70      
Information Dessemination Pilots   0.50 0.50 0.50       0.50         0.50  
Totals: 5.50 15.40 6.50 9.50 6.30 2.70   0.50   3.30 2.70   0.50