Expansion of the CAC Role - Climate as a National Natural Resource (A study of croquet as analogue to science management.) (1985-1995)

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Expansion of the CAC Role- Climate as a National
Natural Resource (A study of croquet as analogue
to science management.)(1985-1995)
29th Climate Diagnostics Workshop 19-22 October,
Madison, WI
Dave Rodenhuis Senior Meteorologist FAA, ATO,
System Operations Air Traffic Control System
Command Center Herndon, VA
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Professor Helmut E. Landsberg (1906-1985)Director
, Office of Climatology, USWB (1954-67)
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Office of Meteorology, NWSClimate Analysis
Center, NMCNational Climate Data Center, NESDIS
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Defining the NOAA Climate Program (1985-1995)
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NOAA Climate Program (1991)
the balloon diagram
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Short list of unpublished dreams.
Changnon, S.A., F.T.Quinlan, and E.M.Rasmusson,
1990 NOAA Climate Service Plan. Unpublished
ms., 41 pp. McPherson, R. and D.Rodenhuis, 1993
A National Plan for Climate Applications and
Service (CLAS). Unpublished ms., 51
pp. Rodenhuis, D, 1995 Climate Information and
Prediction Services (CLIPS). Annex 1, Report from
a Meeting of Experts, Melbourne, 10
pp. Rodenhuis, D. and L.Gandin, 1994 The
Delivery of Socio-Economic Benefits. Unpublished
ms., 39 pp. Rodenhuis, 1994 Climate Services of
the Future. Unpublished ms., 12 pp. Rodenhuis,
D., et.al., 1994 Seasonal Climate Prediction -
Status and Prospects. 12th Congress of the WMO,
Report 845, Geneva, pp. 27-43.
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before.
after.
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What I learned and applied.

• identify the most important user
• find a mentor in high places
• induce the birth of an Advisory Panel
• build a program of attraction
• demonstrate by rapid prototyping
• produce a tangible product
• develop applications
• do not omit training
• commit to verification and evaluation
• commit to monitoring and feedback
• attempt continual evolution

Reference T.Fahey and D.Rodenhuis, 2004
Continual Evolution of CCFP. P3.7, AMS-ARAM
Conf. Proceedings, 6pp.
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Aviation Climatology ?!
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Percent Frequency of Convective SIGMETs during
May for 1999 through 2004
From Jonathan Slemmer and Steve Silberberg,
2004 SIGMET Climatology. AMS-ARAM Conference,
Hyannis, October 2004
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