FAQ
- List of all Weather Sphere Participants
- Participation
- NOAA Disclaimer
- Talking Points
- Weather Sphere: Oklahoma Alliance
- Weather Sphere: Private Industry Partners
List of All Weather Sphere Participants
Participation
Weather. It’s in the Air in Oklahoma!
The Weather Sphere helps bring together collaborative partners in weather-related fields including university, federal, private industry, state and friends. We are excited to talk to you about the opportunities that exist here for cooperation in research and development, education and training, and operations and services. Please contact us with any questions you have. We look forward to hearing from you!
For information about participating in the Weather Sphere, please contact John T. Snow at (405) 325-3095 or .
NOAA Disclaimer
NOAA is supportive of collaboration throughout the environmental information enterprise, as described in the NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information, and in this context, NOAA is supportive of the collaborative framework established in the National Weather Center facility and across the University Research Campus in Norman, Oklahoma. However, NOAA supports collaborative relationships with all members of the nation’s environmental information enterprise – NOAA’s collocation with the University of Oklahoma Weather and Climate programs and other participants in “The Weather Sphere” should not be taken as implying a special relationship with these participants.
Talking Points
Weather Sphere: Oklahoma Alliance
Weather Sphere: Oklahoma Alliance Contact Information 
Weather Sphere: Private Industry Partners
The Weather Sphere is a university, federal, state and private industry partnership growing to become the international leader in weather and related research and development, education and training, and operations and services.
All Weather Sphere: Private Industry partners meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Have a signed Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) with the University of Oklahoma.
- Have a Sponsored Research Agreement (SRA) or other contractual relationship with OU in the area of weather- and/or climate-related research and development.
- Have a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) or other contractual relationship with an Oklahoma-based federal or state agency in the area of weather- and/or climate-related research and development.
- Provide regular formal internships or similar opportunities to students enrolled in weather- and/or climate-related programs of the College of Engineering and/or the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences.
Subsets of the Weather Sphere: Private Industry partners exist based upon location. At this time, two classifications are in place.
Weather Sphere: Oklahoma Alliance
- Weather-related companies with a physical presence in Oklahoma.
The Weather Sphere: Oklahoma Alliance is an economic cluster of weather-related companies in the state. This inner core of the Weather Sphere private industry sector achieves a sustainable competitive advantage through linkages with each other and the University of Oklahoma weather and climate programs.
Weather Sphere: Norman Campus Neighbors
- Weather-related companies having a physical presence on the University of Oklahoma Research Campus.
The Weather Sphere: Norman Campus Neighbors achieve beneficial relationships with private industry, federal, state and university Weather Sphere partners having a physical presence on the University of Oklahoma Research Campus. The WS: Neighbors have the same linkages as the WS: Alliance. This Weather Sphere subset takes it one step further by offering OU Research Campus amenities; internship opportunities with students from one of the top meteorology programs in the country; prospective relationships with top researchers, faculty and scientists in the meteorology field; among other location-based benefits.