national oceanic and atmospheric administration(n = noun.group) noaa - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather;
is a kind of agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office
is a part of commerce, commerce department, department of commerce, doc
has parts: national climatic data center, ncdc, national weather service

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