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5 Collaborations Essential to the Atmospheric Sciences
5 Collaborations Essential to the Atmospheric Sciences
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(1958) anticipated the necessity for atmospheric research to involve other disciplines, recognizing that specialists in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and engineering should join meteorologists in the new National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
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As highlighted by several of the case studies in Chapter 2 and the personal testimonials in this report, some of the highest impact and most transformative atmospheric research has taken place at disciplinary boundaries, including the discovery of and research on chaos theory, stratospheric ozone depletion, and climate change. Major efforts in climate modeling have depended upon cross-disciplinary connections.
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, and the National Space Weather Program (NSWP)
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The overarching goal of the National Space Weather Program (NSWP) is to achieve an active, synergistic, interagency system to provide timely, accurate, and reliable space environment observations, specifications, and forecasts.
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Interagency coordination is a long-standing challenge for federally funded research in the atmospheric sciences, as recognized in many previous reports (e.g., NRC, 1998b, 2003a) , and requires the commitment of other agencies along with NSF.
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An International Meteorological Organization was founded in 1873 and was succeeded in 1950 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) organized under the umbrella of the United Nations.
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, establishing a Tropical Cyclone Project in 1971, carrying out GATE in 1974, and coordinating the GARP Global Weather and Monsoon Experiments in 1978–1979. GATE provides a good illustration of the potential complexity of international atmospheric research: it involved 40 research ships, 12 research aircraft, many moorings, and 72 countries.
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. Of particular relevance to atmospheric science, IGBP activities include the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry project, the Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study, and the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study.
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The National Space Weather Program Implementation Plan (July 2000) specifically calls for collaboration with entities such as the International Space Environment Service and the European Space Agency.
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The U.S. atmospheric research community works within this international, intergovernmental fabric.
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Indeed, the role for ATM will vary depending on the international program, ranging from taking on a leadership role or supporting international program offices to contributing to programs led by other countries. FACILITATING COLLABORATIONS With the increasing importance of cross-disciplinary, interagency, and international research to the advancement of the atmospheric sciences, scientists will need help to navigate interagency, intra-agency, and international boundaries and overcome the many challenges to successfully finding the support for such work.
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. The challenges of developing and operating the increasingly complex technologies required for successful atmospheric research and the need to repay society's investment in that research with a broader, more accurate, and more timely range of forecast services is opening up opportunities to engage a larger number of private-sector organizations within the atmospheric sciences.
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GUIDANCE FOR NSF'S SUPPORT OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES BOX 5-3 Development of the Dropwindsonde and Radar Wind Profiler -- a Public–Private Partnership George Frederick, Strategic Development Manager Vaisala Measurement Systems M.S., Meteorology, University of Wisconsin at Madison For the past 13 years I have been associated with several applications of sci entific research that one way or another have benefited from NSF support. While a Senior Scientist for Radian Corporation in the 1990s we licensed an Omega dropwindsonde developed by the NSF-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
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The effective performance of high-level research in the atmospheric sciences and the development and delivery of the range of products that society needs enabled by that research will often require inter-sector teams of scientists and engineers. The challenge of building successful teams involving academic, government, and private-sector contributors will require significant management skills, including recognition and accommodation of cultural and motivational differences.
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