§ 9703. Observations and modeling for total water prediction

• (a)
  • (1) The Administrator shall establish partnerships with 1 or more institutions of higher education (as defined in section 1001 of title 20 ) to evaluate observations that would improve total water prediction.
  • (2) In establishing partnerships under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall prioritize partnerships to evaluate observations from uncrewed aerial systems.
• (b) If the Administrator determines that incorporating additional observations improves total water prediction, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, continue incorporating those observations.
• (c) 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.