Cost and operational effectiveness analysis for the NOAA Profiler Network -- May 2014

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• Personal Author:
  Schlatter, Thomas W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Earth System Research Laboratory (U.S.), Global Systems Division,
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GSL (Global Systems Laboratory)
• Description:
  "This Cost and Operational Effective Analysis (COEA) is provided in response to a request by the Senate Appropriations Committee to compare the "... cost to upgrade the NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) over the next decade versus the short, medium, and long-term costs of ending the NPN program" (see Annex H for full text). The analysis answers two questions: 1) Are the NPN winds beneficial to NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) operational products and services; and 2) Is the NPN, including the cost to upgrade the network, the most cost-effective strategy for NWS operations?"--Overview.
• Content Notes:
  Thomas W. Schlatter.
  
  "November 2017."
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Analysis Cost Effectiveness Forecasting Natural Disasters Numerical Weather Forecasting Research Weather Forecasting Cost Effectiveness Natural Disasters Numerical Weather Forecasting Weather Forecasting

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• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum OAR GSD   56
• DOI:
  http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-OAR-GSD-56
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Name as Subject:
  United States. National Weather Service ; United States. National Weather Service
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d4204674e92aa6562b3d5960f3fd59561d717a3a86954f5441be986e6fb93dce
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/16382/noaa_16382_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.32 MB ]