((a)) ** Partnerships**

((1)) ** In general** The Administrator shall establish partnerships with 1 or more institutions of higher education (as defined in ) to evaluate observations that would improve total water prediction.section 1001 of title 20

((2)) ** Priority observations** In establishing partnerships under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall prioritize partnerships to evaluate observations from uncrewed aerial systems.

((b)) ** Maintained observations** If the Administrator determines that incorporating additional observations improves total water prediction, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, continue incorporating those observations.

((c)) ** Modeling improvements** The Administrator shall advance geographic coverage, resolution, skill, and efficiency of coastal oceanographic modeling, including efforts that improve the coupling of and interoperability between hydrological models and coastal ocean models.