NESDIS

From the Atlantic to the Pacific and across the globe, NESDIS is on constant watch for weather patterns and environmental conditions that pose a threat to our citizens. We offer critical environmental intelligence to communities so they can minimize loss of life and damage to property in the event of extreme weather. U.S. industrial sectors, such as manufacturing, farming, construction, and transportation, rely on NESDIS data to operate efficiently and safely and to improve their bottom line. With our information, airlines can get back to the skies more quickly after foggy conditions, farmers learn when and how to plant crops for the best economic return, and ships can navigate a course around dangerous seas or Arctic ice, to name a few examples... 95% of the data used in weather forecasting models comes from satellites. NESDIS operates the Nation's weather satellites around the clock, 365 days a year. We also maintain international data-sharing agreements that provide the U.S. with..

Primary location: Silver Spring United States