Sec. 3. National coordinated soil moisture monitoring network
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The Under Secretary shall support the development, deployment, and maintenance of soil moisture monitoring networks by managing the National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network of the National Integrated Drought Information System under section 3 of the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 ( 15 U.S.C. 313d ) (in this section referred to as the network ). The Under Secretary shall ensure the network includes activities that carry out the following:
Establishing a visible, user-friendly website. Developing a set of criteria for high-quality data sources. Supporting research necessary to develop or improve soil moisture monitoring products at the National scale. Increasing the number of long-term, high-quality, in situ soil moisture monitoring stations across the United States. Sharing methodologies and validation protocols with the private sector. Engaging with the citizen science community. Developing, releasing, and promoting new, nationwide point-based and gridded soil moisture data products that meet the needs of diverse end-user groups.
In partnership with the National Integrated Drought Information System under section 3 of the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 ( 15 U.S.C. 313d ) and the National Mesonet Program, the network may establish memoranda of understanding to acquire and provide coordinated, high-quality, nationwide soil moisture information for the public good. In this section, the term Under Secretary has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 ( 15 U.S.C. 8501 ).
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