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Assessment of the Current Status of the U.S. Weather Research Program Acronyms BASC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate CLIVAR CLImate VARiability program of the World Climate Research Program DoE Department of Energy DoT Department of Transportation FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency GEWEX Global Energy and Water EXperiment of the World Climate Research Program NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation NRC National Research Council NWP Numerical weather prediction NWS National Weather Service NWSMC National Weather Service Modernization Committee SSC Scientific Steering Committee USGS United States Geological Survey USWRP United States Weather Research Program THORPEX The Hemispheric Observing system Research and Predictability Experiment