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Electronics and Systems Support
Forecasting the weather requires a significant amount of sophisticated computers, observing systems,
and communications equipment. Our office has a staff of four individuals that work to service, maintain, and
program the electronics and information technology equipment that you've seen on the tour. The staff includes
an Electronics Systems Analyst (ESA), two Electronics Technicians (ET's), and an Information Technology
Officer (ITO).
The ESA and ET's maintain and repair the KRAX Doppler radar, nine Automated Surface Observing
System (ASOS) units across our CWA, the
Upper Air or Radiosonde (Weather Balloon) system,
most of the communications equipment, and the station's computers.
The Information Technology Officer (ITO) writes and implements computer programs and troubleshoots existing programs. The ITO also analyzes current systems (networking, computer security, etc.) in order to find where improvements could be made. The improvements are related to product generation (i.e. making forecast products easier to produce and more useful to the public) and dissemination.
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