Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is pursuing the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) - IT Support Scientist Services contract. Work dedicated to this program provides programming support for meteorological and oceanographic forecast system, research technology and transition into operations, and scientific maintenance.

NCEP is a recognized global leader, providing a suite of operational environmental analysis, diagnostics and forecasts for a realm that ranges from the sun to the sea, including weather, ocean, climate, water and space weather prediction services. NCEP serves as the first alert to the nation for its climate, weather, ocean and space weather needs.

NCEP strives to serve as a catalyst to coordinate, cooperate and collaborate through applied research, training, technology transfer and implementation of a common modeling infrastructure for global to regional applications. Partnerships with the entire community, and related operational and developmental test beds, will build off collaborations with the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, other federal agencies, academia and the public sector to accelerate improvements in all NCEP products and services.

The IT Support Scientist Services contract predominately supports The Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) which develops and improves numerical weather, climate, hydrological and ocean prediction through a broad program of applied research in data analysis, modeling and product development in partnership with the broader research community.