The Radar Operations Center (ROC) is a National Weather Service (NWS) unit that coordinates the development, maintenance, and training for the NEXRAD weather radar network. It is located near the University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport in Norman, Oklahoma and run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Department of Commerce with partners at the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation.
ROC consists of four branches: Applications, Engineering, Operations, and Program. ROC also works with the Federal Aviation Administration's Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) network.
See also
- NOAA under the second presidency of Donald Trump
- Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD)
- National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC)
- National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
External links
- Radar Operations Center (ROC)
- ROC Facebook, Twitter, Youtube
- Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM)
- NWS Change Management Section: NEXRAD
- NWS Engineering Management Reporting System (EMRS)
References
"About the ROC". NWS Radar Operations Center. Mar 11, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-18. https://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/About.aspx ↩
"About the ROC". NWS Radar Operations Center. Mar 11, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-18. https://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/About.aspx ↩