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AMS CASE STUDY
Collaborate, Cooperate, Co-locate
June 4, 2008

By Dr. James Kimpel

This case study will give you an opportunity to surf the Web to get information on the remarkable partnership that has emerged over the past 27 years among weather entities in Norman, Oklahoma and beyond.  The Norman weather community anticipated the significance of the National Weather Service Modernization in the 1980s and 90s, the impact of better forecasts and warnings on the public and private sectors, and the value of partnerships among academic, government and private organizations.  A lot of material is presented below.  You are not required to read every word, but you should attempt to gain an understanding of each item at the ‘executive summary” level.

1. End state:  Links to Weathersphere and National Weather Center Building, Stormeyes

2. The Early Years:  Teaching Hospital and Applied Systems Institute (ASI), The Early Years

3. Successful joint ventures:

   1. NEXRAD (WSR-88D),
   2. Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)       
   3. The Oklahoma Mesonet
   4. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM Site)
   5. The National Weather Center Building (NWC)
      1. External Review of need for new building
      2. NOAA Benefits of Collaboration document
   6. Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)
   7. Phased Array Radar (PAR), Dr. Pamela L. Heinselman bio
   8. Hazardous Weather Testbed

4. Assignment:

   1. You will be assigned to one of three groups.  You will not know in advance to which group you will be assigned.  The three groups are:
      1. Academic
      2. Private sector
      3. Government
   2. From each group’s perspective and using examples from 4.a through 4.h above:
      1. What are the benefits of collaboration within groups?  Across groups?
      2. What are the downsides to collaboration?  What are the traditional impediments to collaborating across group boundaries?
      3. The National Weather Center concept is arguably a great benefit to the Norman participants.  How does the nation benefit from this collaboration?
      4. How does the idea of collaboration tie into U.S. economic competiveness?
5. Additional Readings:

1. NCR BASC study entitled “………Research to Operations:  Crossing the Valley of Death”
2. Norm Augustine’s “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”

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