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INTRODUCTION
Pages 2-5

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... . These assessments and recommendations are based on the presentations to the panel during its two meetings and on recent reports of workshops and panels, especially the following: The Atmospheric Sciences: National Objectives for the 1980's, NRC Committee on Atmospheric Sciences (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1980)
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... These developments include higher-resolution satellite imagery, Doppler radar, acoustical probes, and other remote sensing devices; improved methods of communicating and analyzing these observations; and emerging techniques for the rapid dissemination of forecasts and warnings to special users and the general public. This new technology can and should be used simultaneously for intensive study of fundamental meteorological processes occurring on the local scale and for the development of kinematic, dynamic, and statistical methods for local forecasting that can lead to additional benefits to the public.
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... The frequency of occurrence and relative importance of various physical mechanisms that produce mesoscale precipitation phenomena vary over the United States and with the seasons. A central feature of a national mesoscale research project should be comprehensive field observational studies to take place periodically at selected sites.
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... However, no field of science progresses uniformly, and we believe that some current trends can be defined fairly unambiguously. The next chapter summarizes the types of mesoscale meteorological research that are necessary to mount a coordinated effort to solve the complicated scientific and technological problems that stand in the way of providing the public with information they can effectively use to save life and property when severe weather threatens or make economically profitable decisions in the more common situations of daily weather events.
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