CONFIDENTIAL

Network of Network Perspectives

Bill CallahanDirector, Program Management

Presentation To:

2009 AMS Summer Community Meeting

National Weather CenterNorman, OklahomaAugust 10-13, 2009

CONFIDENTIAL

National Mesonet Perspectives

• NRC Report “From The Ground Up” Key Finding: “Increased coordination among existing surface networks would provide a significant

step forward and serve to achieve improved quality checking, more complete metadata, increased access to observations, and broader usage of data serving multiple locally driven needs”

• Substantial Capital Investment in Existing Networks(surface and remote sensing / private and state gov’t)

- Extensive Network Infrastructure- Field Technician Teams- Network Operations Centers- Quality Assurance- Cost Effective Solutions

CONFIDENTIAL

National Mesonet Perspectives

• Metadata Collection- Key To Participating

• IP/Data Rights

• Broad Applications- Nowcasting- Mesoscale Modeling- Severe Weather Forecasting- Plume Dispersion Modeling- Urban Climatology