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000720942 1102_ $$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$$bCommittee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service's Modernization Program,$$eissuing body.
000720942 24510 $$aWeather services for the nation$$h[electronic resource] :$$bbecoming second to none /$$cCommittee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service's Modernization Program, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
000720942 264_1 $$aWashington, District of Columbia :$$bNational Academies Press,$$c[2012]
000720942 264_4 $$c©2012
000720942 300__ $$a1 online resource (86 pages) :$$billustrations (some color)
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000720942 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 59-61).
000720942 5050_ $$aThe rationale for further evolution of the National Weather Service -- Prioritize core capabilities -- Evaluate function and structure -- Leverage the entire enterprise.
000720942 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000720942 520__ $$a"During the 1980s and 1990s, the National Weather Service (NWS) undertook a major program called the Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR). The MAR was officially completed in 2000. No comprehensive assessment of the execution of the MAR plan, or comparison of the promised benefits of the MAR to its actual impact, had ever been conducted. Therefore, Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an end-to-end assessment. That report, The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment, concluded that the MAR was a success. Now, twelve years after the official completion of the MAR, the challenges faced by the NWS are no less important than those of the pre-MAR era. The three key challenges are: 1) Keeping Pace with accelerating scientific and technological advancement, 2) Meeting Expanding and Evolving User Needs in an increasingly information centric society, and 3) Partnering with an Increasingly Capable Enterprise that has grown considerably since the time of the MAR. Weather Services for the Nation presents three main recommendations for responding to these challenges. These recommendations will help the NWS address these challenges, making it more agile and effective. This will put it on a path to becoming second to none at integrating advances in science and technology into its operations and at meeting user needs, leading in some areas and keeping pace in others. It will have the highest quality core capabilities among national weather services. It will have a more agile organizational structure and workforce that allow it to directly or indirectly reach more end-users, save more lives, and help more businesses. And it will have leveraged these capabilities through the broader enterprise. This approach will make possible societal benefits beyond what the NWS budget alone allows."--Publisher's description.
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000720942 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bNational Weather Service$$xPlanning.
000720942 650_0 $$aMeteorological services$$zUnited States.
000720942 650_0 $$aWeather forecasting$$zUnited States.
000720942 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$$tWeather services for the nation : becoming second to none.$$dWashington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2012]$$z9780309262408$$w(OCoLC)809027637
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