Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 18.12.1995

National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring

On October 27, 1995, the Secretary of Commerce released a report to Congress entitled, Secretary's Report to Congress on Adequacy of NEXRAD Coverage and Degradation of Weather Services under the National Weather Service Modernization for 32 Areas of Concern. This report was prepared by a Departmental team with expertise in radar meteorology, operational weather services, employee relations, and strategic planning. The Secretary's report applied the criteria developed in the National Research Council's (NRC) study, Toward a New National Weather Service--Assessment of NEXRAD Coverage and Associated Weather Services, which was delivered to the Secretary in June, 1995. The Modernization Transition Committee (MTC), a Federal advisory committee established by the Weather Service Modernization Act (WSMA), 15 U.S.C. 313 note, P.L. 102-567, was consulted on the Secretary's Report on October 30, 1995. The Secretary's report assessed the adequacy of Doppler weather surveillance radar (WSR-88D), also known as NEXRAD, coverage and degradation of weather services under the National Weather Service (NWS) modernization plan for 32 geographical areas of concern and identified mitigation actions for