NOAA has always relied on professional and scientific services to augment in-house government programs, projects, missions, and capabilities. Since 1990, Riverside has been a NOAA partner, providing continuous scientific systems support and forecast systems and forecast methodology development in the following capacities:

NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS)
Riverside is the prime contractor for the 10-year, $80 million NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) contract. Under two separate, five-year contracts, Riverside continues supporting the NWS AHPS Program by developing and implementing state-of-the-art services and technology for hydrological forecast models. Riverside's services have included formulating, planning, and execution of specialized hydrometeorologic, hydrologic, and hydraulic modeling to generate advanced hydrologic forecasting products. Much of this work involves enhancing or implementing the NWS River Forecast System throughout the United States. 

NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
Riverside is also the prime contractor supporting critical NESDIS programs under the five-year, $115 million Technical Services, Systems Engineering and Engineering Services (TSSEES) contract, and supporting the NPOESS and GOES-R programs, NESDIS Office of the CIO, NESDIS Office of Systems Development, and NESDIS Headquarters. These programs represent the next-generation technology of environmental satellites critical for weather forecasting, climate research, and natural hazards detection and monitoring. Riverside works in partnership with NOAA and NASA, and until recently, Defense Department managers and engineers in planning and technical and programmatic monitoring and oversight of the NPOESS (JPSS) and GOES-R satellite contractors responsible for satellite instruments development, systems integration, and spacecraft acquisition and launch.

NOAA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Riverside was awarded Phase 1 and Phase 2 of a NOAA SBIR grant to develop a Web-based Climate Change Decision Support System. This activity is currently providing insight into the impacts of future climate scenarios on streamflow throughout the nation. This SBIR activity, collaborating with the NIDIS Program Office at NOAA Boulder, is closely aligned with the interests of NIDIS, the Western Water Assessment, and NOAA’s emerging climate services.