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Appendix E: Previous NRC Recommendations
Appendix E: Previous NRC Recommendations
Pages 131-136
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Emphasis must be placed on designing and selecting flexible and innovative systems that appropriately reflect focused responsibility for data character that provide open access to the scientific community and the public, and that rapidly evolve to exploit technological developments. In particular, the USGCRP must closely monitor the progress of the innovative "federation" concept for data systems.
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· NOAA and NASA should define and develop a basic set of user services and tools to meet specific functions for the science community, with NOAA assuming increasing responsibility for this activity as data migrates to the long-term archive. · NASA, in cooperation with the Integrated Program Office, should develop the NPOESS Preparatory Project as an integral component of a climate data system.
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· The system should have the ability to reprocess large data sets as understanding of sensor performance, algorithms, and Earth science improves. Examples of sources of new information that would warrant data reprocessing include the discovery of processing errors, the detection of sensor calibration drift, the availability of better ancillary data sets, and better geophysical models.
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· The scientific community should explore the possibility of exploiting the sophisticated protocols that are now routinely used to ensure the quality and consistency of the data ingested into the operational numerical weather prediction models to improve the reliability of the data sets used to monitor global climate change. Improving · NESDIS should create a web site that includes information on Atmospheric spacecraft and instrument condition and changes that are of interest Temperature for the construction of CDRs.
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· All NASA Earth science satellite missions should be formally evaluated in the early stages of the mission planning process for potential applications to operations in the short, medium, or long term, and resources should be planned for and secured to support appropriate mission transition activities. · NOAA and NASA should improve and formalize the process of developing and communicating operational requirements and priorities.
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U.S. Climate · More comprehensive regional measurements of greenhouse gases Change would provide critical information about their local and regional Science source strengths.
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