1. CONFIDENTIAL Network of Network Perspectives Bill Callahan Director, Program Management Presentation To: 2009 AMS Summer Community Meeting National Weather Center Norman, Oklahoma August 10-13, 2009

2. CONFIDENTIAL National Mesonet Perspectives NRC Report “From The Ground Up” Key Finding: “Increased coordination among existing surface networks would provide a significant step forward and serve to achieve improved quality checking, more complete metadata, increased access to observations, and broader usage of data serving multiple locally driven needs” Substantial Capital Investment in Existing Networks (surface and remote sensing / private and state gov’t) -Extensive Network Infrastructure -Field Technician Teams -Network Operations Centers -Quality Assurance -Cost Effective Solutions

3. CONFIDENTIAL National Mesonet Perspectives Metadata Collection -Key To Participating IP/Data Rights Broad Applications -Nowcasting -Mesoscale Modeling -Severe Weather Forecasting -Plume Dispersion Modeling -Urban Climatology