Spotter Network

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Spotter Network
Formation April 2006
Purpose/focus Severe weather spotting
Region served United States
Membership Volunteer
Official languages English
Website www.spotternetwork.org/

The Spotter Network (SN) is dedicated to bringing storm spotters, storm chasers, coordinators and public servants together in a seamless network of information. It strives to provide accurate position data of storm spotters and storm chasers for coordination and reporting, which in turn provides ground truth to public servants engaged in the protection of life and property. The network is a combination of locally installed software for position and status reporting and web based processing and mapping.

The original Spotter Network was developed by Tyler Allison. It became operational in April 2006 and quickly grew to over 100 spotters. Since that time, several National Weather Service employees and other officials have taken an interest in the capabilities it brings to them to integrate ground truth provided by spotters into their operational responsibilities, all at zero cost to them. Subsequent versions of the network expanded the coordinator and reporting capabilities, and NWS eSpotter integration was completed in early September 2006.

Several papers have been written on the use of the Spotter Network in meteorological research and operations such as:

  • Emerging Technologies in the Field to Improve Information in Support of Operations and Research[1]
  • The Digital Revolution of Storm Spotting Modernizations of Training, Tracking, and Reporting[2]
  • Enriching the Modern Day Storm Spotter Through Technology & Education Enhancements[3]

The SN is officially an Illinois registered Non-Profit corporation, but it run as an organization of like minded individuals taking input from the various communities that it serves and making the output available to any and all who are interested in severe weather.

The SN has a Board of Directors and an advisory committee made up professional meteorologists, storm spotters, storm chasers, Emergency Response personnel and employees of the National Weather Service.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Emerging Technologies in the Field to Improve Information in Support of Operations and Research". 30 April 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ "The Digital Revolution of Storm Spotting Modernizations of Training, Tracking, and Reporting". Retrieved 3 January 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Enriching the Modern Day Storm Spotter Through Technology & Education Enhancements". Retrieved 3 January 2013. 

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