Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Administration means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. The term decadal means a time range from multiple years to multiple decades. The term Earth system model means a mathematical model containing all components of the Earth, namely the atmosphere, oceans, land, cryosphere, and biosphere.
The Earth system model represents the critical physical, chemical, and biological processes and the interactions among those processes in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles that affect weather and climate. The term fire environment means— the environmental conditions, such as soil moisture, vegetation, topography, snowpack, atmospheric temperature, moisture, and wind, that influence— fuel and fire behavior; and smoke dispersion and transport; and the associated environmental impacts occurring during and after fire events.
The term fire weather means any type of weather conditions that influence the start, spread, character, or behavior of wildfire or fires at the wildland-urban interface and all associated meteorological and chemical phenomena, including air quality, smoke, and meteorological parameters such as relative humidity, air temperature, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric composition and chemistry, including emissions and mixing heights. The term impact-based decision support services means forecast advice and interpretative services the Administration provides to help core partners, such as emergency personnel and public safety officials, make decisions when weather, water, and climate impact the lives and livelihoods of the people of the United States.
The term seasonal means a time range between 3 months and 2 years. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce. The term smoke means emissions, including the gases and particles released into the air as a result of combustion. The term State means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United State Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.
The term subseasonal means a time range between 2 weeks and 3 months. The term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ).
The term Under Secretary means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. The term weather enterprise means— individuals, organizations, offices, programs, or any other form of entity from public, private, and academic sectors that contribute to the research, development, and production of weather forecast products; and primary consumers of those weather forecast products. The term wildfire means any nonstructure fire that occurs in vegetation or natural fuels, originating from an unplanned ignition.
The term wildland-urban interface means the area, zone, or region of transition between unoccupied or undeveloped land and human development where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels.
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