Assessment of Hydrologic and Hydrometeorological Operations and Services (1996) / Chapter Skim
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User communities include the general public, the news media, emergency managers at all levels of government, public works and safety agencies, and water resource and floodplain managers throughout the United States. MODERNIZATION OF TH E NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE The NWS is currently undergoing a comprehensive modernization and associated restructuring program that is intended to improve substantially weather and hydrologic warning and forecast products and services)
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will provide critical information processing, interactive forecast environments at each field office, and a vital, high-speed communications link among all the offices. The associated restructuring of the NWS is driven by these new technologies.
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SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT With the implementation of a new network of advanced weather radars nationwide as part of the modernization program, and with the concomitant availability of advanced communication and computation technologies, the NWS will have an unprecedented opportunity to deliver highly improved hydrology forecast and warning products and services to the public. This report addresses technical and management issues that affect the realization of that opportunity.
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