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New Information Systems
Pages 32-34

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... ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM Extended developmental work by the Program for Regional Observing and Forecasting Services of the NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories in collaboration with the NWS has created the foundation for the AWIPS system. The Program for Regional Observing and Forecasting Services developed the Denver AWIPS Risk Reduction and Requirements Evaluation (DAR E)
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From page 33...
... Costs may be incurred in providing these data to the university community, but the returns will eclipse these costs as new information is produced. Recommendation: The National Weather Service, in consort with the university community and private sector users of National Weather Service data and information, should develop viable plans for broad access to the raw data and information that will become available via the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System, keeping in mind the benefits such collaboration can provide to the government, the public, and the private sector.
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... The first new Class VII super computer has been installed at the NMC, and an improved small-scale atmospheric computer model with a horizontal resolution of 30 km and improved physics is being developed. Funds are being requested beginning in fiscal year 1992 for a second super computer to facilitate production of more accurate numerical forecasts of smaller-scale weather elements and to provide increased reliability through backup of the most important processing.
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