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Radar Operations Center (ROC) Welcomes You To The Severe Weather Workshop Lt Col Randy George, USAF Chief, Radar Applica

Radar Operations Center (ROC) Welcomes You To The Severe Weather Workshop Lt Col Randy George, USAF Chief, Radar Applications. NEXRAD Program NEX T GENERATION WEATHER RAD AR WSR-88D. Joint effort of the United States Departments of Commerce (DOC), Defense (DOD), and Transportation (DOT)

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Radar Operations Center (ROC) Welcomes You To The Severe Weather Workshop Lt Col Randy George, USAF Chief, Radar Applica

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  1. Radar Operations Center (ROC) Welcomes You To The Severe Weather Workshop Lt Col Randy George, USAF Chief, Radar Applications

  2. NEXRAD ProgramNEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADARWSR-88D • Joint effort of the United States Departments of Commerce (DOC), Defense (DOD), and Transportation (DOT) • Purpose: A national network of weather radar observing systems • Based on National Severe Storms Laboratory Doppler radar research

  3. Radar Operations Center Provides WSR-88D life-cycle support Tri-Agency Staffed & Funded Located in Norman with Other NOAA Offices

  4. 160+ WSR-88Ds deployed throughout the United States and at selected overseas locations.

  5. ROC MISSION • Keep Operational Radars Running • Sustain Baseline Operational Radar System Capabilities • Improve Radar System Reliability and Integrate New Capabilities • Support NEXRAD Product Improvement Program • Address evolving operational requirements • Control life cycle costs • Address major functional subsystem obsolescence • Take advantage of new/improved radar and computer technology • Avoid/delay future wholesale radar replacement

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