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IMPLEMENTATION OF APPLIED RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND TRAINING, AND EXPERIMENTAL FORECASTING
IMPLEMENTATION OF APPLIED RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND TRAINING, AND EXPERIMENTAL FORECASTING
Pages 43-54
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These future weather research and technique development programs offer the opportunity to enhance substantially our ability to observe, understand, and thereby predict the weather processes that are important for KSC operations. Several factors are currently contributing to an increased emphasis on mesoscale weather systems that, if properly coordinated, could be of great benefit to KSC forecasting.
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APPLIED RESEARCH AND FORECAST FACILITY (ARFF) As new advances in observing and understanding weather systems are achieved, projects must be initiated to translate the advances into new and better forecast techniques that are then transferred quickly and effectively to operational use.
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should be established at KSC to promote the development and application of new techniques to improve forecasting for space operations. Interaction Between ARFF, Operational Units, and Applied Research Groups The Applied Research and Forecasting Facility should be a mission-oriented interagency facility that is managed by NASA through the newly created Weather Support Office (WSO)
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The Applied Research and Forecasting Facility should promote interaction between applied researchers and operational forecasters. To effectively reach forecasters, ARFF should be established adjacent to the operational forecast office at the Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility servicing KSC, and forecasters from KSC and other units should be assigned tours of
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Regardless of where the research is to be performed, two items are essential: a prioritized schedule of applied research to be performed and a budget with which to sponsor it. The WSO, with the advice of the Weather Support Advisory Committee, should provide the schedule; WSO should provide the budget.
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This activity is required since accurate and meaningful stratification of verification statistics is an important part of technique assessment that can help eliminate forecaster biases and promote forecaster improvement. The Applied Research and Forecasting Facility should be
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COOPERATIVE APPLIED METEOROLOGY PROGRAM (CAMP) Advancements in weather research that support space operations can benefit greatly from the organization of field programs and stimulation of relevant research in the university community.
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CAMP would coordinate field programs and other research beneficial to operational weather problems, administer a research grants program, and promote strong scientific interactions with the permanent ARFF staff. Establishing this strong university involvement could also serve to attract funding from other agencies and other offices in NASA that support atmospheric research.
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, and is in an excellent position to monitor closely related programs going on in NCAR. A strong visiting scientist program should be established within CAMP to attract research and operational talents from throughout the nation that contribute to the goals of the ARFF, within the guidelines of WSO, WEATHER SUPPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE To ensure that the director of the WSO and the director of the ARFF receive unbiased views and the best technical advice available as to opportunities and directions, a Weather Support Advisory Committee should be established by WSO.
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The Weather Support Office should form a Weather Support Advisory Committee to periodically assess for the WSO the organisational and technical issues that affect weather support for NASA's space operations.
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