Radar Operations Center
American National Weather Service unit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Radar Operations Center (ROC) is a National Weather Service (NWS) unit that coordinates the development, maintenance, and training for the NEXRAD weather radar network.[1] It is located near the University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport in Norman, Oklahoma[1] and run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Department of Commerce with partners at the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation.
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Formed | 1988 |
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Jurisdiction | United States federal government |
Headquarters | Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. 35.237522°N 97.460983°W |
Parent department | Department of Commerce |
Parent agency | National Weather Service |
Website | roc |
ROC consists of four branches: Applications, Engineering, Operations, and Program. ROC also works with the Federal Aviation Administration's Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) network.
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