http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3625 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3625&cpage=1#comment-1950 Roger Pielke Jr. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:06:57 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3625#comment-1950 Brian- Thanks for your comments. Having worked with hurricane researchers and the weather community for more than a decade, I see few (OK, no) obstacles to conducting such studies. It is much more a matter of prioritization in the face of scare resources. But there are enough resources available such that such studies could quite easily be supported by existing NOAA resources (e.g., via the funds invested in NCAR from the USWRP) or by an external group, (e.g., ISSE or the SIG at NCAR on base NSF funds). My view is that if politicians disallowed such studies, then that would be unprecedented. Brian- Thanks for your comments. Having worked with hurricane researchers and the weather community for more than a decade, I see few (OK, no) obstacles to conducting such studies. It is much more a matter of prioritization in the face of scare resources. But there are enough resources available such that such studies could quite easily be supported by existing NOAA resources (e.g., via the funds invested in NCAR from the USWRP) or by an external group, (e.g., ISSE or the SIG at NCAR on base NSF funds). My view is that if politicians disallowed such studies, then that would be unprecedented.

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3625&cpage=1#comment-1949 brian mapes Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:51:29 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3625#comment-1949 Useful suggestions but they seem facile. If people are supposedly afraid to whisper in the corridors about a shortage of resources, how are they supposed to, as you suggest, "conduct rigorous research that establishes a clear connection between resources and performance"? This may have to be done by non-Fed research allies? But it's a daunting thing to imagine taking on from the outside. Useful suggestions but they seem facile. If people are supposedly afraid to whisper in the corridors about a shortage of resources, how are they supposed to, as you suggest, “conduct rigorous research that establishes a clear connection between resources and performance”? This may have to be done by non-Fed research allies? But it’s a daunting thing to imagine taking on from the outside.

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