Environmental Modeling Center: Difference between revisions

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In July 1954, the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit (JNWPU) was created to test out [[numerical weather prediction]] techniques by [[computer]].  Operational numerical weather prediction in the United States began in 1955 under the JNWPU.<ref>{{cite web|author=American Institute of Physics|date=2008-03-25|url=http://www.aip.org/history/sloan/gcm/ |title=Atmospheric General Circulation Modeling|access-date=2008-01-13 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080325084036/http://www.aip.org/history/sloan/gcm/ |archive-date = 2008-03-25}}</ref>  This unit co-located with the Weather Bureau-Air Force-Navy (WBAN) analysis center to form the National Weather Analysis Center, which was located in [[Suitland, Maryland|Suitland]], Maryland.  When the two units merged, the name changed to the National Meteorological Center (NMC) in January 1958.  When the JNWPU dissolved in 1961, NMC became an independent organization from [[Global Weather Central]] and [[Fleet Numerical Weather Central]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUgNGCJB4agC&pg=PA58|page=58|title=Encyclopedia of computer science and technology, Volume 14|author=Belzer, Jack, Albert George Holzman, [[Allen Kent]]|publisher=Marcel Dekker, Inc.|year=1980|isbn=978-0-8247-2214-2}}</ref>  Research and computer processing abilities increased over the years, which allowed for the first global forecast model to run by June 1966.<ref name="HPChistory">Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (2011-08-22). [http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/historyNMC.shtml A Brief History of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.] Retrieved on 2012-11-12.</ref>  NMC moved to the World Weather Building in [[Camp Springs, Maryland|Camp Springs]], Maryland between 1974 and 1976.  NMC changed its name to NCEP, the National Centers for Environmental Prediction on October 1, 1995, with the Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) becoming one of its subunits.  EMC moved to the National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction building in September 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) |url=https://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/emc/pages/ourhistory.php |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov}}</ref>