# NCAR x Amazon (NEXRAD Weather Data Cloud): partnership

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UCAR and NCAR partnered with Amazon Web Services to make NEXRAD weather radar data openly available on the cloud. The collaboration doubled user access to critical weather observation data enabling researchers and meteorologists to retrieve radar data more easily.

- **Type:** technology
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Amazon](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/amazon.md) technology provider
- [National Center for Atmospheric Research](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/national-center-for-atmospheric-research.md) co developer

## Sources (1)

1. https://news.ucar.edu/132468/double-data-putting-weather-observations-cloud-increases-access


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