Developmental Testbed Center

About DTC

The Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) is a distributed facility where the NWP community can test and evaluate new models and techniques for use in research and operations.

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Fundamental Purpose Of DTC

To serve as a bridge between research and operations to facilitate the activities of both halves of the NWP Community in pursuit of their own objectives:

• Research community gets a functionally similar operational environment to test and evaluate new NWP methods in retrospective extended period tests using advanced tools

• Operational community benefits from DTC testing and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of new NWP advances prior to consideration for operational implementation

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DTC's Goals Are To:

• Link Research and Operational Communities

• Speed transition of research results into operations

• Accelerate improvement in weather forecasts

• Develop and test promising new NWP techniques

• Provide an opportunity for NWP community