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      Future of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Network

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Weather Service Modernization Committee

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      A Vision for the National Weather Service: Road Map for the Future

      Panel on the Road Map for the Future,National Weather Service,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Weather Service Modernization Committee

      In this study, the committee explores ways the National Weather Service (NWS) can take advantage of continuing advances in science and technology to meet the challenges of the future. The…

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      An Assessment of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System: Operational Test and Evaluation of the First System Build

      National Weather Service Modernization Committee,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

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      Assessment of Hydrologic and Hydrometeorological Operations and Services

      National Weather Service Modernization Committee,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Floods are by far the most devastating of all weather-related hazards in the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) is charged by Congress to provide river and flood forecasts…

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      Continuity of NOAA Satellites

      National Weather Service Modernization Committee,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Review of the Draft Plan for the Modernization and Associated Restructuring Demonstration

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Weather Service Modernization Committee,National Academy of Sciences

      The public law that authorized the National Weather Service (NWS) to modernize its technical systems and restructure its field office organization set the requirements for what has become known as…

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      The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment

      Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service's Modernization Program,National Research Council,National Academies

      The Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS) was a large and complex re-engineering of a federal agency. The process lasted a decade and cost an…

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      Weather Services for the Nation: Becoming Second to None

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service's Modernization Program

      During the 1980s and 1990s, the National Weather Service (NWS) undertook a major program called the Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR). The MAR was officially completed in 2000. No comprehensive…

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      Aviation Weather Services: A Call for Federal Leadership and Action

      National Aviation Weather Services Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the provision of national aviation weather services and related research and technology development efforts. This book discusses responsibilities and resources. It develops an approach whereby the federal government could…

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      Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)

      Committee to Assess the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Initiative,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for providing flood forecasts and warnings in the United States. The agency established the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) program in 1997 to…

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      Where the Weather Meets the Road: A Research Agenda for Improving Road Weather Services

      Weather has broad and significant effects on the roadway environment. Snow, rain, fog, ice, freezing rain, and other weather conditions can impair the ability of drivers to operate their vehicles…

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      A Review of the FBI’s Trilogy Information Technology Modernization Program

      Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on the FBI's Trilogy Information Technology Modernization Program,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

      Presents the review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is in the process of developing an information technology (IT) system - the Trilogy program - that is designed…

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      Improving the Continued Airworthiness of Civil Aircraft: A Strategy for the Faa’s Aircraft Certification Service

      Committee on Aircraft Certification Safety Management,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

      As part of the national effort to improve aviation safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chartered the National Research Council to examine and recommend improvements in the aircraft certification process…

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      Securing the Future of U.S. Air Transportation: A System in Peril

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Studies and Information Services,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

      As recently as the summer of 2001, many travelers were dreading air transportation because of extensive delays associated with undercapacity of the system. That all changed on 9/11, and demand…

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      Severe Space Weather Events - Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report

      Committee on the Societal and Economic Impacts of Severe Space Weather Events: A Workshop,National Research Council

      The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology–power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, spacecraft anomalies–are well known and well documented, and the physical processes underlying space weather are…

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      Severe Space Weather Events - Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report - Extended Summary

      Committee on the Societal and Economic Impacts of Severe Space Weather Events: A Workshop,National Research Council

      The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology–power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, spacecraft anomalies–are well known and well documented, and the physical processes underlying space weather are…

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      Isc Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects: A Review and Commentary

      Committee to Review the Security Design Criteria of the Interagency Security Committee,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment

      In November 1999, GSA and the U.S. Department of State convened a symposium to discuss the apparently conflicting objectives of security from terrorist attack and the design of public buildings…

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      Social Security Administration Electronic Service Provision: A Strategic Assessment

      Committee on the Social Security Administration's E-Government Strategy and Planning for the Future,National Research Council

      Social Security Administration Electronic Service Provision examines the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) proposed e-government strategy and provides advice on how the SSA can best deliver services to its constituencies in…

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