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1 Introduction
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Surface meteorological observations would be provided by NWS, and its observations are a critical automated and improved, allowing for the redeploypart of the long-term climate record.1 ment of staff positions to result in a workforce focus In the 1980s, it became clear that to take advantage ing on severe weather forecasts and warnings, and user of new technologies in the most cost effective manner, community outreach. A Doppler radar network would and to provide better weather services to the nation, the be designed to give as complete national coverage as NWS needed to change.
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. other research facilities to assess the effects of the MAR This report contains Phase I of the committee's on weather research and the transition of research-towork, a retrospective assessment of the entire NWS operations, as well as the partnership between NWS modernization program with a focus on lessons learned and academia.
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The dissummarizes the state of weather observation and fore- cussion is structured around the same six components casting technologies, as well as NWS operations and as Chapter 3, as well as a discussion of some additional organizational structure in the 1980s. Finally, the chap- impacts.
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