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Appendix C Previous NRC Statements, Findings, and Recommendations
Appendix C Previous NRC Statements, Findings, and Recommendations
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This requires a plan based on assessment of Numerical Weather Responsibility life expectations for major equipment, a capital budget that reflects Prediction: Crossing realistic costs for the required upgrade of equipment, and an the Valley of Death assessment of the organizational structure (staff requirements, (2000) opportunities for alliances, etc.)
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a diagnosis of existing institutional capabilities for providing climate services; 3. an analysis of institutional and governmental constraints for sustaining a climate observing system, modeling the climate system, communicating with the research community, and delivering useful climate information; 4.
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· improving communication among the sectors, · creating or discontinuing products, · enhancing scientific and technical capabilities that support the NWS mission, · improving data quality and timeliness, and · disseminating data and information." (p.
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Examples of sources of new information that Implementation would warrant data reprocessing include the discovery of (2000) processing errors, the detection of sensor calibration drift, the availability of better ancillary data sets, and better geophysical models." (p.
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"NASAs Distributed Active Archives Centers, as well as ' components of NASAs Earth Science Information Partners, are gaining ' experience with responding to data requests and setting up user services. Although the focus is on the order entry process (catalog, data location, browse, etc.)
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Information held in digital databases should Partnerships in be based on widely recognized standards, formats, and metadata Weather and Climate descriptions to ensure that data from different observing platforms, Services databases, and models can be integrated and used by all interested (2003) parties in the weather and climate enterprise." (p.
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5) "Data centers and their sponsoring agencies should create independent demonstration data centers aimed at testing applicable technologies and satisfying the data needs of a range of users, including interdisciplinary and nontechnical users.
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"The full, life-cycle cost of developing and using remote sensing data Transforming Remote products goes beyond obtaining the data and includes, among others, Sensing Data into staff for data processing, interpretation, and integration; education and Information and training; hardware and software upgrades; and sustained interactions Applications between technical personnel and end users.
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Such programs could help to improve communication and understanding among the scientists and engineers who develop applications for remote sensing data and the agencies that use them. "NASAs Space Grant program could be extended to include these ' training activities, much as the Land Grant program has fostered the development of agricultural extension agents." (p.
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and the process of transforming data into information is a critical step Information and in the development of successful remote sensing applications." (p.
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