A Strategic Vision for the NOAA’s Physical Environmental Modeling Enterprise

The purpose of this document is to provide a high-level vision for the NOAA’s Physical Environmental Modeling Enterprise, which supports the forecast, analysis, and assessment missions of NOAA and its governmental, academic, private and commercial partners, both with respect to operations and research. The main goal is to provide a vision to streamline and unify the Physical Environmental Modeling Enterprise so that available resources can be focused on becoming the best Physical Environmental Modeling Enterprise in the world within 10 years.