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... Site installation and configuration depended on the use of numerous "scripts."4 Resolving problems caused by the incorrect or inconsistent application of the scripts required extensive interaction between the NCF and site personnel. It appeared to the committee that the scripts themselves and the required manual inputs had not been subject to appropriate configuration management and that the application of particular scripts was not well controlled.
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  • awips deployment
  • configuration management
  • satellite images

  • image displays
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  • awips satellite
  • survey responses

  • committee informally
  • informally discussed
  • specific geographical
  • appropriate configuration
  • responds slowly

  • overall plan
  • manual inputs
  • hydrology applications
  • recommendations pertaining
  • wfo applications

  • weather radar
  • available operational
  • inconsistent application
  • discussed reactions
  • scripts themselves

  • scripts required
  • previously available
  • generation weather
  • rfc hydrology
  • extensive interaction


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