Future of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Network.

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Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1998.

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505 0 |a ""Future of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Network""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Overview""; ""DEFINITION""; ""A Vital Part of the National Infrastructure""; ""Network Configuration""; ""Observing Equipment""; ""OPERATIONAL CONTEXT""; ""Other Distributors of Coop Network Data""; ""Other Surface Weather Observing Networks""; ""Coop Network and the Nws Modernization""; ""2 Operation and Management""; ""NETWORK MANAGEMENT""; ""Organizational Roles""; ""Management Structure""; ""TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES"" 
505 8 |a ""Data Collection and Transmission""""Instrumentation""; ""Procedural Errors By Observers""; ""Declining Number of Sites""; ""Data Transmission and Local Quality Control""; ""Metadata""; ""Manual vs. Automated Observations""; ""Data Assimilation And Quality Control""; ""Data Dissemination""; ""MANAGEMENT ISSUES""; ""National Weather Service's Management Commitment""; ""Effects of NWS Restructuring and Budget Reductions""; ""Field Management""; ""Site Visits""; ""Hiring""; ""Staffing""; ""Training""; ""Incentives""; ""Program Funding""; ""SYSTEM ISSUES""; ""Mesonets And Regional Networks"" 
505 8 |a ""Noaa's National Weather System""""3 Cooperative Network of the Future""; ""IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENCY FOR COOP NETWORK DATA""; ""SPECIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS""; ""Network Density""; ""Technical Features""; ""Standardized Observation Times""; ""Continuous Sensing""; ""Electronic Communication""; ""Technical Standards""; ""Role Of Human Observers""; ""Training""; ""Relationship To Mesonets""; ""Quality Control""; ""Dissemination Of Data""; ""BLUEPRINT FOR UPGRADING THE COOP NETWORK""; ""Three-Step Approach To Automation""; ""Automated Data Transmission""; ""Automated Data Ingest"" 
505 8 |a ""Additional Sensors""""Rationale For A Gradual Transition""; ""Transition To New Instruments""; ""MODERNIZING THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE""; ""Network Ownership""; ""Interagency Management Council""; ""Noaa Management Responsibilities""; ""Role Of Nws Cooperative Observer Network Manager""; ""Local Management And Staffing""; ""FUNDING SUPPORT""; ""NEW VISION AND MISSION""; ""4 Review Of The National Weather Service Proposal""; ""References""; ""Acronyms""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix A Survey Of State Climatologists On The National Weather Service Cooperative Network"" 
505 8 |a ""Appendix B Applications/Uses Of Weather And Climate Data""""Agriculture/Life Sciences""; ""Appendix C Cooperative Observer Systems In Other Countries""; ""Reference""; ""Appendix D Summary Of The Canadian Network Rationalization Plan""; ""Reference""; ""Appendix E Recommendations From The National Weather Service Modernization Committee's 1992 Report""; ""Principles Of Observing And Managing Data For Climate And Climate Change Research""; ""Recommendation 1""; ""Recommendation 2""; ""Recommendation 3""; ""Recommendation 4""; ""Recommendation 5""; ""Recommendation 6""; ""Recommendation 7"" 
500 |a ""Recommendation 8"" 
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