page_title: United States Naval Research Laboratory
section_title: Meteorology
hierarchical_section_title: United States Naval Research Laboratory / Notable accomplishments / Meteorology
caption_attribution_description: 170825-N-N0101-502 GULF OF MEXICO (Aug. 25, 2017) A GOES-13 satellite image from the Naval Research Laboratory taken at 3:07 p.m. EST shows Hurricane Harvey approaching the Texas coast moving north-northwest at 10 mph. The National Hurricane Center has upgraded the storm to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds reaching than 120 mph. Forecasters expect up to 36 inches of rain in some areas as the storm makes landfall along the southern coast of Texas Friday evening. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
context_page_description: The United States Naval Research Laboratory is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. It conducts basic scientific research, applied research, technological development and prototyping. The laboratory's specialties include plasma physics, space physics, materials science, and tactical electronic warfare. NRL is one of the first US government scientific R&D laboratories, having opened in 1923 at the instigation of Thomas Edison, and is currently under the Office of Naval Research. NRL is a Navy Working Capital Fund activity. All costs, including overhead, are recovered through sponsor-funded research projects. NRL’s research expenditures are approximately $1 billion per year.
context_section_description: The Marine Meteorology Division (Naval Research Lab–Monterey, NRL–MRY), located in Monterey, California, contributes to weather forecasting in the United States and around the world by publishing imagery from 18 weather satellites. Satellite images of severe weather (e.g. hurricanes and cyclones) that are used for advanced warning often originate from NRL–MRY, as seen in 2017 during hurricane Harvey. NRL is also involved in weather forecasting models such as the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting model released in 2007.
caption: NRL satellite image of hurricane Harvey just prior to landfall on the Texas coast, 2017.
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