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3 Needs for the Next Generation System
3 Needs for the Next Generation System
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The remaining federal agencies, whether directly using radar information or only relying on derived products from NOAA/NWS or commercial providers, can only be counted as users or downstream beneficiaries. The general public also falls within this category; hence, there are few true owners but numerous beneficiaries.
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14 EVALUATION OF THE MPAR PLANNING PROCESS TABLE 3.1. Needs Summary Table – Weather Surveillance.
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DOD/AF also owns airfield terminal radars and additional surveillance assets for US perimeter protection. Recently, FAA's mission has been redirected such that FAA is now only responsible for cooperative aircraft; FAA is therefore pursuing the fielding of an independent non-radar system such as the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)
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LIMITATIONS OF THE CURRENT RADAR NETWORK One of the primary drivers of any future weather and aircraft surveillance system should be the limitations in the ability of the current system to meet existing surveillance requirements. Some of the limitations of the current system, such as the lack of dual polarization, high radar maintenance costs and inadequate radar system networking, have been acknowledged and are being addressed.
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Better radar observation of the planetary boundary layer could provide fine-scale winds for air quality and tracking toxics or smoke, support to fire suppression efforts, and better detection of clear-air wind events. To observe the fine-scale winds and non-precipitating cloud bases mentioned in the JAG/PARP report and to meet requirements for sensing low-level precipitation, this serious coverage deficiency would need to be addressed.
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3. The development of nominal system architecture to meet expected US and US territory weather and aircraft surveillance requirements, which will allow meaningful cost-benefit tradeoffs and drive a focused radar, networking and communications R&D effort.
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