Future of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Network

National Weather Service Modernization Committee, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Overview; 4 2 Operation and Management; 5 3 Cooperative Network of the Future; 6 4 Review of the National Weather Service Proposal; 7 References; 8 Acronyms; 9 Appendices; 10 A Survey of State Climatologies on the NWS Cooperative Network; 11 B Applications/Uses of Weather and Climate Data; 12 C Cooperative Observer Systems in Other Countries; 13 D Summary of the Canadian Network Rationalization Plan; 14 E Recommendations from the NWS Modernization Committee's 1992 Report; 15 F Guidelines and Principles for Climate Monitoring; 16 G NWS Plan for Modernizing the Cooperative Observer Network and Technical Specifications