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Appendix A: Statement of Task
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... Many Earth observing research missions deliver near-real-time data that can also be used to support operational predictions or decision making. Focused efforts to exploit the data from research missions for operational purposes often only begin well into the baseline mission, after the measurements have been validated and characterized by the research community.
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... Baseline mission durations are typically 3-5 years, providing few budget cycles to develop and assess applications and operational prediction products, and then to negotiate multiagency extended mission agreements and get budgetary approval for each agency. While the most obvious near-term interagency collaborations involve NASA and NOAA (for research missions producing data that contribute to operational weather and environmental prediction)
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