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Observation Expertise and Perspectives Panel. AMS Summer Meeting August 11, 2009. Ken Reeves Director, Forecasting Operations AccuWeather, Inc. 814-235-8751 Reeves@accuweather.com. Government Role is Key. There is diversity Major source of resource Size and redundancy Gate Keeper.
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Observation Expertise and Perspectives Panel AMS Summer Meeting August 11, 2009 Ken Reeves Director, Forecasting Operations AccuWeather, Inc. 814-235-8751 Reeves@accuweather.com
Government Role is Key • There is diversity • Major source of resource • Size and redundancy • Gate Keeper
America’s Weather and Climate Industry • Huge consumer of data • A smaller provider as well but with several IP issues • Usually interested in only a piece of the pie • Needs vary with lines of business and business models • Prompted some to create their own
Maximum Benefit Produced • Full access to as much data as currently collected • Plans for future data to follow same path • Metadata (usage and quality) • A level of cleanliness • Real-time, reliable access