Tropical Cyclone Program Survey

This is a voluntary survey

OMB Control No. 0648-0342 Expires 04/30/2015

ORGANIZATION: _______________________________________________________

1. Do you currently receive the Tropical Bulletin? SAB Bulletins Webpage

Yes, proceed to Question #2 No, proceed to Question #6

2. How do you receive the bulletin?

Website Global Telecommunications System (GTS)

Other (please specify): ___________________________________________

3. How often do you use the information in the bulletin to support your operations, where 1 = Never  5 = Routinely?

1 2 3 4 5

4. Please rank the following bulletin items by how beneficial (e.g. are the following used as decision making tools in the overall process) they are to your operations:

Where 1 = Not Important  5 = Very Important

Position Estimate:

1 2 3 4 5

Intensity Estimate:

1 2 3 4 5

Microwave (MW) Positions:

1 2 3 4 5

Remarks:

1 2 3 4 5

5. What is your level of satisfaction with the bulletin, where 1 = Not at all satisfied  5 = Extremely satisfied?

1 2 3 4 5

6. How beneficial are the following products in your daily operations,

where 1 = Not at all useful  5 = Extremely useful? Click on the link to be connected to the products operational web page.

e-TRaP (Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential)

1 2 3 4 5 Unaware of product

Multiplatform Tropical Cyclone Surface Winds

1 2 3 4 5 Unaware of product

ADT (Advanced Dvorak Technique)

1 2 3 4 5 Unaware of product

48 Hour Global Tropical Cyclone Formation Probability

1 2 3 4 5 Unaware of product

Comments_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. The automated products listed in Question 5 are also included in our enhanced SAB Tropical Web Page, which features these products as well as our Dvorak classifications and bulletins, supplemental microwave positions, and satellite imagery for each individual tropical disturbance and cyclone. What is your level of satisfaction with this web page, where 1 = Not at all satisfied  5 = Extremely satisfied?

1 2 3 4 5

Please provide any comments or specify what changes might be made to make this web page more beneficial: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What would be the impact to your operations if SAB Dvorak classifications, microwave fixes and the text bulletins were discontinued in favor of the ADT position and intensity estimates, where 1 = Severe impact  5 = No impact at all?

1 2 3 4 5

9. I have the following additional comments: __________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Please send your responses to the following electronic email or fax:

Email: Michael.Turk@noaa.gov

Fax: +301-683-1405

OMB Control No, 0648-0342

Expires 04/30/2015

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