The Surface and Upper Air Division (SUAD) manages the development, operations, and maintenance of national surface and upper air systems. It consists of program management, services management, evaluation management, and logistics management.

• The management of programs consists of end-to- end lifecycle management of current and future surface and upper air observational systems or platforms.
• The services management focuses on the engineering, maintenance, and configuration management needs for surface and upper air observation systems.
• The evaluation management manages quality control of surface and upper air observations equipment.
• The logistics management ensures proper sustainment and operations of field observational systems.

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