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1 Introduction
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... 1 Introduction Does weather matter? Weather s an ntegral part of daly lfe (Fgure 1.1)
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... public, based on results from a survey of 1,465 respondents. The survey question asked "On average, year round, how often do you use weather forecasts for the activities listed be low?
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... Although the dashed red curve accounts for inflation-adjusted damages, it does not account for the effects of increasing social vulnerability, increasing coastal populations, and expensive coastal development (e.g., Pielke et al., 2008)
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... 20 20 WHen WeAtHeR MAtteRs FIGURE 1.3 10- and 30-year average number of fatalities directly attributable to weather in the United States, not including weather-caused traffic deaths. There are not 30 years of data available for heat-, cold-, winter storm-, or wind-related deaths; therefore only 10-year averages are shown for these events.
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... reports that have addressed weather research.) MOTIVATION FOR THE CURRENT STUDy every few years, BAsc works wth ts core agency sponsors (the natonal Aeronautcs and space Admnstraton [nAsA]
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... Weather Research Program to NOAA and the NSF 1996 USWRP PDT-2 Dabberdt and Schlatter, 1996 Research Opportunities from Emerging Atmospheric Observing and Modeling Capabilities 1996 USWRP PDT-3 Rotunno and Pietrafesa, 1996 Coastal Meteorology and Oceanography 1997 USWRP PDT-4 Smith et al., 1997 Local and Remote Effects of Mountains on Weather: Research Needs and Opportunities 1997 USWRP PDT-6 Pielke et al., 1997 Societal Aspects of Weather 1997 USWRP PDT-7 Emanuel et al., 1997 Observations in Aid of Weather Prediction for North America 1997 USWRP Workshop USWRP, 1997a Workshop on the Social and Economic Impacts of Weather 1997 USWRP Workshop USWRP, 1997b Hurricane Landfall Workshop 1997 USWRP Workshop USWRP, 1997c Workshop on Data Assimilation 1998 NRC Report NRC, 1998a The Atmospheric Sciences: Entering the 21st Century 1998 NRC Report NRC, 1998b The Meteorological Buoy and Coastal Marine Automated Network for the United States 1998 USWRP PDT-5 Marks and Shay, 1998 Landfalling Tropical Cyclones: Forecast Problems and Associated Research Opportunities 1998 USWRP PDT-8 Fritsch et al., 1998 Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting 2000 NRC Report NRC, 2000a Assessment of the Current Status of the U.S. Weather Research Program 2000 NRC Report NRC, 2000b From Research to Operations: Weather Satellites and Numerical Weather Prediction: Crossing the Valley of Death 2000 USWRP PDT-9 Droegemeier et al., 2000 Hydrological Aspects of Weather Prediction and Flood Warnings 2000 USWRP PDT-10 Dabberdt et al., 2000 Forecast Issues in the Urban Zone 2000 USWRP Workshop USWRP, 2000 Workshop on the Weather Research Needs of the Private Sector 2002 NRC Report NRC, 2002 Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD 2002 USWRP Workshop USWRP, 2002 Warm Season QPF Workshop 2003 NRC Report NRC, 2003a Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research
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... IntRoDUctIon 23 Year Type Reference Title 2003 NRC Report NRC, 2003b Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services 2003 NRC Report NRC, 2003c Tracking and Predicting Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases: Implications for Homeland Security 2003 NRC Report NRC, 2003d Weather Forecasting Accuracy for FAA Traffic Flow Management: A Workshop Report 2003 USWRP Workshop USWRP, 2003a Workshop on Design and Development of Multifunctional Mesoscale Observing Networks in Support of Integrated Forecasting Systems 2003 USWRP Workshop USWRP, 2003b Air Quality Forecasting Workshop 2004 NRC Report NRC, 2004 Where the Weather Meets the Road: A Research Agenda for Improving Road Weather Services 2004 USWRP PDT-11 Dabberdt et al., 2004 Meteorological Research Needs for Improved Air Quality Forecasting 2005 NRC Report NRC, 2005a Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California 2005 NRC Report NRC, 2005b Improving the Scientific Foundation for Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Simulations 2006 NRC Report NRC, 2006a Completing the Forecast: Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty for Better Decisions Using Weather and Climate Forecasts 2006 NRC Report NRC, 2006b Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service 2007 NRC Report NRC, 2007a Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond 2007 NRC Report NRC, 2007b Environmental Data Management at NOAA: Archiving, Stewardship, and Access 2007 NRC Report NRC, 2007c Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation's Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: An Interim Report 2008 NRC Report NRC, 2008a Evaluation of the Multifunction Phased Array R adar Planning Process 2008 NRC Report NRC, 2008b Satellite Observations to Benefit Science and Society: Recommended Missions for the Next Decade 2009 NRC Report NRC, 2009b Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up: A Nationwide Network of Networks
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... ths need was further artculated n the decadal survey, Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (nRc, 2007a) that brought crtcal attenton to the deteroraton of U.s.
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... IntRoDUctIon 25 the major research recommendatons of the 21st Century report were both dverse n ther scope and nsghtful n ther relevance. the report called for 1.
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... 26 26 WHen WeAtHeR MAtteRs correspondng conUs (contguous Unted states) capablty that went operatonal n 2007 • establshng n 1994, the naton's first comprehensve statewde sur face mesonet n oklahoma, whch has snce bult out to nclude 120 sta tons.
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... . Despite a nearly perfect 48-hour track forecast, Katrina caused more than 1,000 direct weather fatalities and more than $81 billion in property and crop damages.
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... 28 28 WHen WeAtHeR MAtteRs evant? What current ssues were not prevously antcpated?
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... IntRoDUctIon 29 needs and ssues nclude global nonhydrostatc coupled modelng, quanttatve precptaton estmaton and forecastng, hydrologc predcton, and mesoscale observatons. chapter 4 addresses several research and R2o needs that have come to be recognzed n the Unted states over the past 5 to 10 years as ncreasngly mportant, but that are only n the early stages of understandng or mplementaton.
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... 30 30 WHen WeAtHeR MAtteRs emergng ssues and the research needed to develop the capacty to deal wth them, and transfer mportant research results nto operatons. We need to start by recognzng that as the world and the Unted states' challenges have changed, the scentfic research prortes and operatonal prortes need to change as well.


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