Welcome to the first issue of a quarterly newsletter for the Developmental Testbed Center (DTC). The research to operations (R2O) transition in numerical weather prediction (NWP) is a major challenge facing the U.S. meteorological community. It has been recognized that the U.S. has the largest community around the world working on weather research and numerical modeling. Yet, most of these research results do not directly benefit operational NWP. The DTC was established in 2003 with a mission to facilitate the transition of research innovations in regional modeling into operations.
An effective R2O process requires active participation of research and operational communities. With this quarterly newsletter, we hope to provide a forum for discussion of important issues facing the NWP community. We will also provide updates on DTC activities that are of interest to the community.
We welcome articles submitted for consideration for publication in upcoming issues.
