ICAMS

Interagency Council for Advancing Meteorological Services

Purpose

The Committee for Operational Processing Centers (COPC) shall be the principal agent of the Interdepartmental Committee for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (ICMSSR) for coordinating data assimilation, analysis, and prediction efforts for services and products provided by the Department of Commerce (DOC), through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) meteorology, oceanography, and satellite operational processing centers. The objectives of the COPC are to:

1. Promote free and open exchange of information concerning numerical weather and ocean prediction modeling efforts, data resources or problems, and atmospheric, oceanographic, and satellite products.
2. Develop cooperative agreements for technical support and interface requirements, where appropriate.
3. Identify areas where expanded coordination efforts are needed and recommend plans of actions.

Terms of Reference for COPC

Publication

The COPC is responsible for the Federal Plan for Cooperative Support and Backup Among Operational Processing Centers. Please contact OFCM at ofcm.mail@noaa.gov if you need a copy.

Associated Groups

The COPC has three subgroups:

• Working Group for Cooperative Support and Backup
• Working Group for Observational Data (WG/OD)
• Working Group for Centralized Communications Management (WG/CCM)

Meetings

COPC meets twice a year to discuss issues of interest to the Committee.

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