The risks of contr act ing the acquisition and processing of the nation's weather and climate data to the private sector

Yolande L. Serr; Jennifer S. Haase; David K. Adams; Qiang Fu; Thomas P. Ackerman; M. Joan Alexander; Avelino Arellano; Larissa Back; Kerry Emanuel; Zhiming Kuang; Brian Mapes; David Neelin; David Raymond; Adam H. Sobel; Paul W. Staten; Aneesh Subramanian; David W.J. Thompson; Gabriel Vecchi; Robert Wood; Paquita Zuidema

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0034.1

The risks of contr act ing the acquisition and processing of the nation's weather and climate data to the private sector

Yolande L. Serr
, Jennifer S. Haase
, David K. Adams
, Qiang Fu
, Thomas P. Ackerman
, M. Joan Alexander
, Avelino Arellano
, Larissa Back
, Kerry Emanuel
, Zhiming Kuang
, Brian Mapes
, David Neelin
, David Raymond
, Adam H. Sobel
, Paul W. Staten
, Aneesh Subramanian
, David W.J. Thompson
, Gabriel Vecchi
, Robert Wood
, Paquita Zuidema

Hydrology and Atmospheric Science

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	869-870
Number of pages	2
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	99
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0034.1
State	Published - May 2018

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Serr, Y. L., Haase, J. S., Adams, D. K., Fu, Q., Ackerman, T. P., Alexander, M. J., Arellano, A., Back, L., Emanuel, K., Kuang, Z., Mapes, B., Neelin, D., Raymond, D., Sobel, A. H., Staten, P. W., Subramanian, A., Thompson, D. W. J., Vecchi, G., Wood, R., & Zuidema, P. (2018). The risks of contr act ing the acquisition and processing of the nation's weather and climate data to the private sector. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99(5), 869-870. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0034.1

Serr, YL, Haase, JS, Adams, DK, Fu, Q, Ackerman, TP, Alexander, MJ, Arellano, A, Back, L, Emanuel, K, Kuang, Z, Mapes, B, Neelin, D, Raymond, D, Sobel, AH, Staten, PW, Subramanian, A, Thompson, DWJ, Vecchi, G, Wood, R & Zuidema, P 2018, 'The risks of contr act ing the acquisition and processing of the nation's weather and climate data to the private sector', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 99, no. 5, pp. 869-870. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0034.1

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