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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970654203321

Titolo

Enhancing access to NEXRAD data, a critical national resource : a brief report / / from the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel, Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999

ISBN

9786610185764

9780309184601

0309184606

9781280185762

1280185767

9780309593670

0309593670

9780585198002

0585198004

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Disciplina

551.63/53

Soggetti

Weather radar networks - United States

Radar meteorology

Meteorological stations, Radar - United States

Meteorological services - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-13).

Nota di contenuto

Enhancing Access to NEXRAD Data-A Critical National Resource -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Enhancing Access to NEXRAD Data-A Critical National Resource -- BACKGROUND -- PANEL'S CHARGE -- PANEL'S OBSERVATIONS -- ISSUES -- STRATEGIES -- IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE DATA. -- ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DATA -- ENHANCING ACCESS TO THE DATA -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A  Tasking Letter from the USGCRP -- Appendix B -- Acronyms.



Sommario/riassunto

The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel was asked to assess the value of the NEXRAD data for answering key atmospheric and hydrological science questions (see the tasking letter in the appendix). In response, the panel reviewed the status of WSR-88D data collection, processing, and archival, as well as the accessibility of archived data (with an emphasis on Level II). For this purpose, the panel examined reports by R. Carbone (panel member) and G. Mandt, Director, NWS/Office of Meteorology (OM). It should be noted that, because an emphasis of the present review was in identifying areas for improving the utility of the NEXRAD data, the conclusions and recommendations presented in this report could be taken out of context to suggest that the data in their present form have little utility. On the contrary, the panel concluded that the NEXRAD data are valuable for both their real-time applications in weather forecasting, and their utility for studying atmospheric dynamics in greater detail than was previously possible. At the same time, the panel identified strategies that could significantly improve the utility and value of the data.