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Weather Forecasting: Improvements Needed in Laboratory Software Development Processes

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 14, 1994
Report No. AIMD-95-24
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Summary:

This report reviews the software development capabilities of the organizations responsible for producing a critical upgrade of the National Weather Service's (NWS) Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System. By automating functions now performed by forecasters, this system enhancement would streamline the forecast process and improve forecaster productivity. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is developing the system enhancement jointly with NWS. The plan is to define software specifications through a series of prototype systems and then develop production-quality software for use in the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System. This report discusses whether the software development processes of NOAA and NWS are adequate to support (1) software prototyping and (2) production-quality software development.

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