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A Vision for the National Weather Service Road Map for the Future (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 71-73

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... Ensemble forecasting. A number of independent computer model integrations with initial conditions slightly perturbed to represent uncertainty in the analysis.
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From page 72...
... Soil moisture accounting. A hydrologic model used by the NWS that produces a river forecast based on calibrated six-hour historical rain gauge measurements combined with six-hour rainfall measurements and estimation of precipitation and run-off over a basin.
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... Conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems and endanger human life or health. Adverse conditions in the space environment can disrupt satellite operations, communications, navigation, and electric power distribution grids, leading to a variety of socioeconomic losses.
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Key Terms

  • meteorological data
  • celestial body
  • gps satellite
  • weather elements
  • cloud cover

  • especially variable
  • weather observing
  • composition especially
  • refractivity profile
  • satellite operations

  • speed equal
  • human life
  • river gauge
  • humidity aloft
  • analyze radar

  • include distribution
  • forecast based
  • radiating surface
  • path delay
  • historical rain

  • event occurs
  • radio receiver
  • socioeconomic losses
  • occurs divided
  • northern hemisphere

  • space environment
  • common type
  • determine storm
  • vapor distributions
  • variable trace


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