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Polar satellites : agencies need to address potential gaps in weather and climate data coverage : testimony before the Subcommittees on Investigations and Oversight and Energy and Environment, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Powner, David A.
- Series:
- Testimony ; GAO-11-945 T.
- Testimony ; GAO-11-945T
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meteorological satellites--United States--Appropriations and expenditures.
- Meteorological satellites.
- Statistical weather forecasting--United States.
- Statistical weather forecasting.
- Weather forecasting.
- Long-range weather forecasting.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Agencies need to address potential gaps in weather and climate data coverage
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2011]
- Summary:
- "Environmental satellites provide critical data used in weather forecasting and measuring variations in climate over time. In February 2010, the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy disbanded the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) - a tri-agency satellite acquisition that had encountered continuing cost, schedule, and management problems - and instructed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to undertake separate acquisitions. Both agencies have begun planning their respective programs - the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) - including creating program offices and transitioning contracts. GAO was asked to summarize the status of ongoing work assessing (1) NOAA's and DOD's plans for their separate acquisitions and (2) the key risks in transitioning from NPOESS to these new programs. In preparing this statement, GAO relied on the work supporting previous reports, attended monthly program management meetings, reviewed documentation on both programs, and interviewed agency officials."--Highlights.
- Contents:
- Background
- NOAA and DOD have made progress, but decisions are needed to address potential gaps in weather and climate data
- NOAA and DOD continue to face key transition risks.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 21, 2011).
- "For release on ... September 23, 2011."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes "Highlights of GAO-11-945T."
- OCLC:
- 759512289
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