
The Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) was a
meteorological
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research and development
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laboratory in the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). OAR is also referred to as NOAA Research.
NOAA Research is the research and development arm of NOAA and is the driving force beh ...
(OAR). In October 2005, it was merged with five other NOAA labs to form the
Earth System Research Laboratory.
FSL conducted applied meteorological research and development to improve and create short-term warning and
weather forecast systems, models, and observing technology.
Supercomputing
A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instructions ...
and other leading-edge technology are used in these applications. FSL then transferred these new scientific and technological advances to its clients which include NOAA's
National Weather Service, the commercial and
general aviation communities, the
United States Air Force, many foreign weather forecasting services, and various private interests.
References
External links
Forecast Systems Laboratory
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
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