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... , manage the collection and most of the processing and dissemination of coop data. Both are agencies of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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... One approach would be to establish a climate observations management office to oversee the activities of the of Cooperative Observer Program of the National Weather Service and National Climatic Data Center. This office would ensure that the Cooperative Observer Program is given a high priority by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Service, and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service.
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... About 1,000 climatological stations phone in observations of maximum and minimum temperature, liquid precipitation, snowfall and snow depth, and present weather once a day. The paper data forms and rain-gauge tapes from both climatological and hydrologic stations are submitted monthly, by mail, to NWS forecast offices, where the NWS personnel responsible for Coop Network observations review them for obvious errors (preliminary quality control)
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... In return, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should provide quality control, archiving, and dissemination of selected data from mesonet stations. FUTURE OF THE NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NETWORK As the Coop Network is modernized, flexibility to expand it and/or modify it should be built in.
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Key Terms

  • cooperative observer
  • observer network
  • national weather
  • forecast offices
  • weather service

  • nws forecast
  • mesonet stations
  • climatic data
  • observer program
  • information service

  • national climatic
  • surface observing
  • coop program
  • data center
  • hydrologic stations

  • national environmental
  • cooperative observers
  • environmental satellite
  • data forms
  • climate observations

  • network stations
  • state climatologists
  • cooperative sites
  • policy direction
  • manual input

  • climate centers
  • overall management
  • automating data
  • current coop
  • regional climate


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