The following are sections in this guide.

MOTIVATION

MET SERVICE FUNCTIONS

OUTLINE OF TEXT

1. Basic roles of met services

1.1 Basic concepts

1.2 regional cooperation

1.3 social and economic aspects

 

2. Observations and forecasting

2.1 Instrumentation

2.2 analysis of observations

2.3 what to forecast?

2.4 forecasting priorities

2.5 evaluating forecasts

2.6 producing accurate forecasts

2.7 forecast distribution

 

3. Other Met Service Needs

3.1 Private versus public sector

3.2 modernization and automation

3.3 training and education

3.4 motivating staff

3.5 role of research

3.6 balancing the budget

3.7 data exchange

3.8 problems rarely discussed

 

4. Summary

 

5. Appendicies

5.1 evaluating sounding systems

5.2 FGGE dropsonde data

5.3 Vaisala software bug

5.4 Disasters and research