Results of KMET Survey

Results of the KMET Survey

This page has the results of the KMET survey that was handed out at the Task Force meeting.

NUMBER OF SURVEYS COMPLETED: 12 of the 35 people who attended completed the survey

ORGANIZATIONS: The organizations who completed surveys are:

Paducah National Weather Service

Jackson National Weather Service

Louisville National Weather Service

Wilmington National Weather Service

Kentucky State Police

Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Kentucky Division of Water (NERPC)

Kentucky Division of Forestry

Daniel Boone National Forest

Kentucky Department of Transportation

United States Geological Survey

QUESTION 1: Which subcommittees would you be willing to serve on?:

Telecommunications: 3 J. Booth, M. Griffin, G. Anderson

Sensors: 3 M. McLane, J. Earnest, G. Anderson

Site Selection: 4 J. Hovis, M. Lewis, M. McLane, M. Parker

Computer: 1 M. Callhan

Education: 3 J. Hovis, M. Lewis, E. Thomas

Undecided: 5

QUESTION 2: What use would your organization potentially have from a mesonet?:

Improve our ability to identify and forecast mesoscale weather features
Early warning of dangerous weather
Dissiminate ag weather to Kentucky farmers
Drought response, flood plain management, damn safety and usage, water usage laws
Stream flow monitoring
Severe weather and hydrological forecasting, educational support, fire weather, aviation weather
Meteorological and hydrological forecast, warning operations
Useful for forecasts and warnings
Snow and ice removal operations, optimum routing of DOT equipment, road conditions
analizing current weather patterns and monitoring precipitation patterns

QUESTION 3: Does your organization have weather stations?: 8 yes

WHO:

How many?: Yet to be determined

QUESTION 4: How often is the data collected?:

QUESTION 5: What sensors would you like to see on the mesonet?:

QUESTION 6: What communication system is used to collect the data?:

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Last Updated: July 5, 2000