2011 DRO Conference Survey Questions (45 RESPONDENTS)
Product/Service Use Part B
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Question 1a: What product/service did you obtain?
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26
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GOES Direct Readout/GVAR
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13
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POES Direct Readout/HRPT
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15
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GOES Data Collection System (DCS)
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6
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POES Data Collection System (DCS, a.k.a. Argos)
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8
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Low Resolution Information Transmission (LRIT)
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12
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Emergency Manager's Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
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15
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NOAA produced product/data
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8
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Other:
GEONETCast, DOMSAT, MODIS, Terra, Aqua, DWSS, Internet
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Question 1b: Through what medium did you receive the information?
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28
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Direct Readout
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4
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Digital Media
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2
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Paper Media
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1
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Film Media
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23
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Internet (FTP,ADDE, etc.)
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13
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Web page
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1
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Other:
SAB, STAR, e-mails, visits, CLASS, NOAAPORT, Internet
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Question 2: How did you find out about the product/service?
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31
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NOAA Web Page
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2
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Other Web Page
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11
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Conference
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11
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NOAA Brochure
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1
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Other Printed Material
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12
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Other
AMS, SDRC (3), Service providers
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Question 3: What is your affiliation?
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3
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Individual
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0
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Student/teacher K-12
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1
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University student
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5
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University Faculty/staff
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1
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Other Research Institution
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8
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Business/Industry
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11
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NOAA
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5
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Other Federal Government
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0
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News Media
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9
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State/Local Government
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7
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Other:
Met Services from different countries
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Question 4: How frequently do you request products/services from NOAA?
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26
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Frequently (> once a month)
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7
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Regularly (>twice a year)
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8
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Infrequently (once a year)
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1
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First time user
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1
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Never used a NOAA product or service
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Question 5: Do you have suggestions as to how NOAA can improve its products
or services?
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More conferences, training, user surveys
Include OPC in Proving Ground
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More NOAAPort data with POES and foreign sat data: restore APT
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Need Survey on SDRC success: better archive data: reduce data costs for Cen. America
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Improve NOAA GOES web page - better imagery: fly ocean color satellite
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Need easier access on NOAA web page, YouTube, wiki, FB, Media Edu.
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Question 6: What new products/services/ would you like to see offered?
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Include more products from non-NOAA satellites, include sat products from Cen. America
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Need better GOES Soundings
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Need AVHRR data on NOAAPort
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Need EMWIN for the Caribbean
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Need RSS of all text products
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Question 7: What media/format would you like to see data provided in?
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25
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Direct Broadcast
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26
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Online (Web)
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19
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FTP
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7
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CD-ROM
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2
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Other Digital Media
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3
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Paper
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3
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Other
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Question 8:
Will you use our products/services again?
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42
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Yes
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0
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No
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Question 9: What will be the primary use of the product/service?
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25
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Scientific Research
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9
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Business
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1
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Legal
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13
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Education
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4
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Personal
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11
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Other: Operations (2), NOAA
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