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NOAA, n.

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
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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

semantic pointers

part holonym

Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC

hypernym

office, agency, bureau, authority, federal agency, government agency

part meronym

National Climatic Data Center, NCDC National Weather Service