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The National Weather Association (NWA), founded in 1975, is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities. == Background == NWA is, along with the American Meteorological Society (AMS), one of the two principal meteorological organizations in the USA.〔Wyatt Everhart, "National Weather Association Meets", ABC2 website, 10/20/2011, http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/weather/weather_blogs/blog%3A-national-weather-association-meets〕〔"Glossary", Weather.com, http://www.weather.com/glossary/n.html〕 The NWA focuses on operational meteorology, i.e. weather forecasting and the application of forecasts to human affairs. To accomplish this, the Association's objectives are:〔(About the National Weather Association )〕 # to provide a medium for all persons interested in weather, including climate, forecasting, observations, observational systems and related research and development for the publishing of letters, pamphlets, periodicals, papers, and Web pages concerning activities in said fields; # to provide information, publications, materials, and seminars that will promote forecasting, analysis, observations, training, and education in the meteorological disciplines. There are dozens of local and student chapters of the National Weather Association.〔(NWA Local Chapters )〕 The national as well as some local chapters conduct conferences on various aspects of operational meteorology (i.e. weather forecasting and presentation). NWA's primary assembly is the ''NWA Annual Meeting''.〔(NWA Events )〕 The NWA awards scholarships〔(NWA Scholarships )〕 and grants〔(NWA Grants )〕 to mostly undergraduate students but do award some scholarships and grants to graduate students majoring in meteorology or a related field of study. The NWA also annually bestows awards to outstanding practicing meteorologists.〔(NWA Annual Awards Program )〕 NWA engages in advocacy activities, such as releasing policy statements on topics including use of storm shelters, climate change, FCC broadcasting issues, and positions on weather observation systems. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Weather Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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