{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s9703","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f9703.","heading":"Observations and modeling for total water prediction","text":"\u00a7\u202f9703.\nObservations and modeling for total water prediction\n(a)\nPartnerships\n(1)\nIn general\nThe Administrator shall establish partnerships with 1 or more institutions of higher education (as defined in\nsection 1001 of title 20\n(2)\nPriority observations\nIn establishing partnerships under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall prioritize partnerships to evaluate observations from uncrewed aerial systems.\n(b)\nMaintained observations\nIf the Administrator determines that incorporating additional observations improves total water prediction, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, continue incorporating those observations.\n(c)\nModeling improvements\nThe Administrator shall advance geographic coverage, resolution, skill, and efficiency of coastal oceanographic modeling, including efforts that improve the coupling of and interoperability between hydrological models and coastal ocean models.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s9703.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9703","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f9703."},{"t":"heading","text":"Observations and modeling for total water prediction"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9703/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Partnerships"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9703/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Administrator shall establish partnerships with 1 or more institutions of higher education (as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1001 of title 20","href":"/us/usc/t20/s1001","tail":") to evaluate observations that would improve total water prediction."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9703/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Priority observations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In establishing partnerships under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall prioritize partnerships to evaluate observations from uncrewed aerial systems.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9703/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Maintained observations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"If the Administrator determines that incorporating additional observations improves total water prediction, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, continue incorporating those observations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s9703/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Modeling improvements"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Administrator shall advance geographic coverage, resolution, skill, and efficiency of coastal oceanographic modeling, including efforts that improve the coupling of and interoperability between hydrological models and coastal ocean models.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}