Atmospheric research plays a critical role in improving transportation safety and efficiency by identifying, diagnosing, and mitigating weather-related hazards across aviation, surface transportation, maritime, and space weather domains.

Society is facing growing threats from weather extremes. The Environmental Resilience Applications Program (ERAP) aims to mitigate threats from wildfires, poor air quality, droughts and floods, oppressive heat, energy availability, and severe storms that affect the livelihood and wellbeing of communities and many sectors of the economy.