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2 Organization of Weather Support Services
Pages 20-26

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... , the National Weather Service/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NWS/NOAA) , and the United States Army;Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (White Sands, New Mexico)
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... Although the WSO is shown within the manned space flight chain of command in Figure 3, it ~ important that all other segments of the Office of Space Flight coordinate their requirements for meteorological su~ port through the WSO. To facilitate the organizational procedure, everyone involved in meteorological support for space flight must recognize that the Weather Support Office has responsibility for directing, coordinating, and Peering the operational and applied research activities in support of both manned and unmanned Space flight.
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... There are numerous additional landing sites overseas for manned vehicles. Manned (Space Shuttle)
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... Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory. AWS also has the responsibility for weather observations at most of the other worldwide landing sites for manned vehicles.
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... WEATHER ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING At KSC, weather analysis and forecasting for daily ground operations, launches, and air-sea rescue efforts are the responsibilities of the Air Weather Service, 4th Weather Wing, 2nd Weather Squadron, Detachment 11, Patrick Air Force Base, and Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility. An exception is that Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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... There are other major meteorological research programs within NASA that are outside the jurisdiction of the OSF, such as Goddard Space Flight Center, Langley Research Center, Ames Research Center, I,ewis Research Center, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Within the Air Force, research is conducted and contracted by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
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... On several occasions the pane} encountered different views ret garbing the perceived versus actual roles of research agencies. Strong central coordination is required to ensure that applied research efforts are complementary rather than redundant, are directed toward solving operational needs, and are pursued to the stage where the results can be effectively applied toward solving operational proble~rm.
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Key Terms

  • weather support
  • support office
  • landing sites
  • weather observations
  • space program

  • cape canaveral
  • white sands
  • launch site
  • canaveral forecast
  • unmanned space

  • forecast facility
  • operational weather
  • forecast offices
  • national space
  • air weather

  • flight center
  • space vehicles
  • meteorological support
  • spaceflight meteorology
  • meteorological research

  • space transportation
  • weather service
  • solving operational
  • manned vehicles
  • weather forecasting

  • providing weather
  • meteorological interactive
  • jet propulsion
  • support responsibilities
  • weather analysis


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