Designated an NYSTAR Center of Excellence (COE) in 2015, UAlbany's Center of Excellence in Weather & Climate Analytics is the State’s entrepreneurial hub for a network of over 120 weather and climate faculty, researchers and research staff based at UAlbany. Together, these experts are deeply engaged in advancing innovative weather and climate research applications with a variety of New York based industries representing utilities, agriculture, renewable energy, emergency management, transportation, and Unmanned Aerial Systems, to name a few.