Two Columns

AMU Conference Presentations

The AMU presents oral briefings of their work at professional conferences.

National Hurricane Conference Cover

National Hurricane Conference Cover

The AMU has presented their work in numerous scientific conferences to include the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, the National Weather Association Annual Meeting the International Lightning Conference, the Range Commanders Council Conference, the American Geophysical Union, the National Hurricane Conference, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Space Congress.

The information below contains a list of all conference oral presentations based on AMU projects as well as select presentations by AMU authors in support of the National Space Program. The AMU author's name is in bold font.

 

 

2014
Jedlovec, Gary J., Francis J. Merceret, T. P. O'Brien III, W. P. Roeder, L. L. Huddleston, and W. H. Bauman III Lessons Learned in Transitioning Research to Operations: Applications to Space Weather 11th Conference on Space Weather, 2-6 Feb 2014, Atlanta, GA

2013
Shafer, Jaclyn and Tyler Brock Vandenberg Air Force Base Upper-Level Wind Launch Weather Constraints 16th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology,
7-11 Jan 2013, Austin, TX
Bauman, William and Clay Flinn Integrating Wind Profiling Radars and Radiosonde Observations with Model Point Data to Develop a Decision Support Tool to Assess Upper-Level Winds for Space Launch 16th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology,
7-11 Jan 2013, Austin, TX

2011
Madura, John, William Bauman, Francis Merceret, William Roeder, Frank Brody, and Bart Hagemeyer The Applied Meteorology Unit: Nineteen years successfully transitioning research into operations for America's space program Joint Session 10 Research to Operations and Information System Technologies for Satellite Systems: successes, plans, and challenges, 23-27 Jan 2011, Seattle, WA

2010
Bauman, William Statistical Analysis of Model Data for Operational Space Launch Weather Support at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station National Weather Association 35th Annual Meeting, 2-7 Oct 2010, Tucson, AZ
Watson, Leela R., Peter F. Blottman, David W. Sharp and Brian Hoeth Maintaining a Local Data Integration System in Support of Weather Forecast Operations 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, 17-21 Jan 2010, Atlanta, GA
Merceret, Francis J. and Winifred Crawford A Comparison of Tropical Storm (TS) and Non-TS Gust Factors for Assessing Peak Wind Probabilities at the Eastern Range 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 17-21 Jan 2010, Atlanta, GA
Bauman, William An Objective Verification of the North American Mesoscale Model for Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 17-21 Jan 2010, Atlanta, GA

2009     Back to top
Bauman, William Cost-Benefit Analysis: Evaluating a Potential Weather Radar Tool for Space Vehicle Lightning Launch Commit Criteria National Weather Association 34th Annual Meeting, 18-22 Oct 2009, Norfolk, VA
Dreher, Joseph, Winifred Crawford, Richard Lafosse, Brian Hoeth, and Kerry Burns Statistical Short-Range Guidance for Peak Wind Speeds at Edwards Air Force Base, CA 25th Conference on International Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, 11-16 Jan 2009, Phoenix, AZ
Watson, Leela, William Bauman, and Brian Hoeth Weather Research and Forecasting Model Wind Sensitivity Study at Edwards Air Force Base, CA 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, 11-16 Jan 2009, Phoenix, AZ
Watson, Leela and William Bauman Observation Denial and Performance of a Local Mesoscale Model 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, 11-16 Jan 2009, Phoenix, AZ

2008     Back to top
Crawford, Winifred and William Roeder A Peak Wind Probability Forecast Tool for Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station National Weather Association 33rd Annual Meeting, 11-16 Oct 2008, Louisville, KY
Lambert, Winifred and William Roeder Update to the Lightning Probability Forecast Equations at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Second International Lightning Meteorology Conference, 24-25 Apr 2008, Tucson, AZ
Barrett, Joe, Juli Miller, Debbie Charnasky, Robert Gillen, Richard Lafosse, Brian Hoeth, Doris Hood, Todd McNamara, and William Roeder Development and Testing of the VAHIRR Radar Product 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 20-24 Jan 2008, New Orleans, LA
Lambert, Winifred, David Short, and William Roeder Developing a Peak Wind Probability Forecast Tool for Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics, 20-24 Jan 2008, New Orleans, LA

2007     Back to top
Bauman, William, Matthew Volkmer, David Sharp, Scott Spratt and Richard A. Lafosse Flow Regime Based Climatologies of Lightning Probabilities for Spaceports and Airports National Weather Association 32nd Annual Meeting, 15-18 Oct 2007, Reno, NV
Dye, J. E., J. C. Willett, M. G. Bateman, H. J. Christian, E. Dever, C. A. Grainger, W. D. Hall, E. P. Krider, S. A. Lewis, D. M. Bach, Francis J. Merceret, and P. T. Willis Electric Field, Particles and Reflectivity in Florida Anvils International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, 13-17 Aug 2007, Beijing, China
Watson, Leela, Brian Hoeth, and Peter Blottman Weather Research and Forecasting Model Sensitivity Comparisons For Warm Season Convective Initiation 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 25-29 Jun 2007, Park City, UT
Bauman, William, Joe Barrett, Jon Case, Mark Wheeler, and Wayne Baggett A Climatological Study of Nighttime Rapidly Developing Low Cloud Ceilings in a Stable Environment 16th Conference on Applied Climatology, 15-17 Jan 2007, San Antonio, TX
Short, David, Leonard Wells, Francis Merceret, and William Roeder An Analysis of Peak Wind Speed Data from Collocated Mechanical and Ultrasonic Anemometers 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 15-17 Jan 2007, San Antonio, TX

2006     Back to top
Lambert, Winifred, David Short, Matthew Volkmer, David Sharp, Scott Spratt Using Flow Regime Lightning and Sounding Climatologies to Initialize Gridded Lightning Threat Forecasts for East Central Florida National Weather Association 31st Annual Meeting, 14-19 Oct 2006, Cleveland, OH
Case, Jon, Peter Blottman, Brian Hoeth, and Timothy Oram An Operational Configuration of the ARPS Data Analysis System to Initialize WRF in the NWS Environmental Modeling System National Weather Association 31st Annual Meeting, 14-19 Oct 2006, Cleveland, OH
Case, Jon, Scott Spratt, and David Sharp High-Resolution Analysis Products to Support Severe Weather and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Threat Assessments over Florida National Weather Association 31st Annual Meeting, 14-19 Oct 2006, Cleveland, OH
Lambert, Winifred, Mark Wheeler, and William Roeder Lightning Probability Forecasts at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida 1st International Lightning Meteorology Conference, 26-27 Apr 2006, Tucson, AZ
Lambert, Winifred, David Sharp, Scott Spratt, and Matthew Volkmer Using Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Climatologies to Initialize Gridded Lightning Threat Forecasts for East Central Florida 2nd Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, 30 Jan-2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA
Krider, Phillip, Hugh Christian, James Dye, Harry Koons, John Madura, Francis Merceret, David Rust, Richard Walterscheid, and John Willet Natural and Triggered Lightning Launch Commit Criteria 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 30 Jan-2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA
Dye, James, Monte Bateman, Douglas Mach, Hugh Christian, Cedric Grainger, Harry Koons, Phillip Krider, Francis Merceret, and John Willet The Scientific Basis for a Radar-Based Lightning Launch Commit Criterion for Anvil Clouds 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 30 Jan-2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA
Francis Merceret, Michael McAleenan, Todd McNamara, Johnny Weems, and William Roeder Implementing the VAHIRR Launch Commit Criteria Using Existing Radar Products 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 30 Jan-2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA

2005     Back to top
Bauman, William, Mark Wheeler, and William Roeder Development of a Severe Weather Forecast Decision Aid for East-Central Florida National Weather Association 30th Annual Meeting, 17-20 Oct 2005, St. Louis, MO
Lambert, Winifred, Mark Wheeler, and William Roeder Forecasting Lightning at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station National Weather Association 30th Annual Meeting, 17-20 Oct 2005, St. Louis, MO
Dreher, Joseph, John Manobianco, Randolph Evans, and Jonathan Case Assessing the Forecast Impacts of Simulated GEMS Observations Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, 9-13 Jan 2005, San Diego, CA
Lambert, Winifred, Mark Wheeler, and William Roeder Objective Lightning Forecasting at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station using Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System Data Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, 9-13 Jan 2005, San Diego, CA
Bateman, Monte, Douglas Mach, Sharon Lewis, James Dye, Erik Defer, Cedric Grainger, Paul Willis, Hugh Christian, and Francis Merceret Comparison of in-situ Electric Field and Radar Derived Parameters for Stratiform Clouds in Central Florida Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, 9-13 Jan 2005, San Diego, CA

2004     Back to top
Bauman, William, William Roeder, Richard Lafosse, David Sharp, and Francis Merceret The Applied Meteorology Unit - Operational Contributions to Spaceport Canaveral 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 4-8 Oct 2004, Hyannis, MA
Short, David, Robert Lane, Katherine Winters, and John Madura Effects of Clouds on Optical Imaging of the Space Shuttle During the Ascent Phase: A Statistical Analysis Based on a 3D Model 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 4-8 Oct 2004, Hyannis, MA
Evans, Randolph, John Manobianco, Jonathan Case, and Joseph Dreher GEMS: An Airborne System for Urban Environmental Monitoring Fifth Conference on Urban Environment, 23-26 Aug 2004, Vancouver, BC
Rao, Gandikota, Krishnaraj Santhanam, Joshua Scheck, Scott Spratt, Bartlett Hagemeyer, Roger Edwards, Joseph Schaefer, Jonathan Case, and Eric Kemp MM5 Simulations of Precipitation and Mesocyclone Dynamics Associated with TC Gabrielle (2001) using High Resolution Data of East Central Florida 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 3-7 May 2004, Miami, FL
Merceret, Francis, William Bauman, William Roeder, Richard Lafosse, and David Sharp A Decade of Weather Technology Delivered to America's Space Program by the Applied Meteorology Unit 41st Space Congress, 27-30 Apr 2004, Cape Canaveral, FL
Smith, Brian and Francis Merceret A stochastic Model of Wind Velocities at the Kennedy Space Center 110th Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, 7-10 Jan 2004, Phoenix, AZ

2003     Back to top
Bateman, Monte, Douglas Mach, Sharon Lewis, James Dye, Erik Defer, Cedric Grainger, Paul Willis, Hugh Christian, and Francis Merceret Comparison of in-situ Electric Field and Radar Derived Parameters for Stratiform Clouds in Central Florida Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 8-12 Dec 2003, San Francisco, CA
Wheeler, Mark and David Short Forecasting the Propagation of Thunderstorm anvil clouds over Florida using NCEP model data National Weather Association 28th Annual Meeting, 18-23 Oct 2003, Jacksonville, FL
Sharp, David, Peter Blottman, Scott Spratt, Matthew Volkmer, Bartlett Hagemeyer, and Jonathan Case The NWS Southern Region Modeling Initiative at NWS Forecast Office Melbourne, FL National Weather Association 28th Annual Meeting, 18-23 Oct 2003, Jacksonville, FL
Case, Jonathan, Peter Blottman, Scott Spratt, David Sharp, and Matthew Volkmer High-Resolution Model Simulations of Tornadic Storms over Florida during Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2001) National Weather Association 28th Annual Meeting, 18-23 Oct 2003, Jacksonville, FL
Merceret, Francis, and John Manobianco The Applied Meteorology Unit as a Model for Successfully Transitioning Research to Operations National Weather Association 28th Annual Meeting, 18-23 Oct 2003, Jacksonville, FL and 57th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, 10-14 Mar 2003, Miami, FL
Short, David and Winifred Lambert Shallow Rain from the TRMM PR: A Five-Year Climatology 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology, 6-12 Aug 2003, Seattle, WA
Dye, James, John Willet, William Hall, Erik Defer, Sharon Lewis, Douglas Mach, Monte Bateman, Hugh Christian, Cedric Grainger, Paul Willis, and Francis Merceret The Decay of Electric Fields in Anvils: Observations and Comparison with Model Calculations International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, 9-13 Jun 2003, Versailles, France
Manobianco, John, Jonathan Case, Randolph Evans, David Short, and Kristofer Pister Global Environmental MEMS Sensors (GEMS): A Revolutionary Observing System for the 21st Century 7th Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems: The Water Cycle, 10-13 Feb 2003, Long Beach, CA

2002     Back to top
Dye, James, William Hall, Sharon Lewis, Erik Defer, G. Dix, John Willet, Cedric Grainger, Paul Willis, Monte Bateman, Douglas Mach, Hugh Christian, and Francis Merceret Microphysical Properties and the Decay of Electric Fields in Florida Anvils Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 6-10 Dec 2002, San Francisco, CA
Case, Jonathan, John Manobianco, and David Short Characteristics of the Nocturnal Land Breeze over the Kennedy Space Center, Florida 19th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/15th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 12-16 Aug 2002, San Antonio, TX
Kasparis, Takis, Linwood Jones, Kartik Ramakrishnan, William Roeder, Francis Merceret, and Ed Brandes Forecasting the Onset of Lightning Activity with Polarimetric Radar Data NASA TRMM Science Conference, 22-26 Jul 2002, Honolulu, HI
Lane, John, Takis Kasparis, Linwood Jones, and Francis Merceret Estimating a 3-D Drop Size Distribution and Examining Sensitivities to Vertical Air Motion NASA TRMM Science Conference, 22-26 Jul 2002, Honolulu, HI
Roeder, William, Francis Merceret, Billie Boyd, Frank Brody, and Dewey Harms Advanced Weather Projects to Improve Space Launch from the Eastern Range and Kennedy Space Center 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 13-16 May 2002, Portland, OR
Ahammad, Parvez, Christoffer Williams, Takis Kasparis, John Lane, Francis Merceret, and Linwood Jones Estimating Effects and Significance of Vertical Velocity in Precipitation Measurements using Disdrometer Flux Conservation Model SPIE 4729 Aerosense, 1-5 Apr 2002, Orlando, FL
Short, David, James Sardonia, Winifred Lambert and Mark Wheeler Propagation and Lifetime Characteristics of Thunderstorm Anvil Clouds over Florida 18th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems, 13-18 Jan 2002, Orlando, FL

2001     Back to top
Dye, James., Erik Defer, Wiebke Deierling, Cedric Grainger, Monte Bateman, Douglas Mach, Hugh Christian, Paul Willis, and Francis Merceret Observations of the decay of anvils over Kennedy Space Center EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, 10-14 Dec 2001, San Francisco, CA
Case, Jonathan and David Short Modeling and Validating the Daily Onset of the Florida East Coast Sea Breeze over the Kennedy Space Center 4th Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, 6-9 Nov 2001, St. Petersburg, FL
Lambert, Winifred, Timothy Oram, and Richard Lafosse Observations-based Guidance for Short-term Cloud Ceiling Forecasts at Kennedy Space Center: Development and Implementation National Weather Association 26th Annual Meeting, 13-19 Oct 2001, Spokane, WA
Case, Jonathan, Timothy Oram, Tim Garner, Peter Blottman, and Scott Spratt A Real-Time Configuration of the ARPS Data Analysis System to Support Operational Forecasting in East-Central Florida National Weather Association 26th Annual Meeting, 13-19 Oct 2001, Spokane, WA
Evans, Randolph and Jonathan Case Delta II Explosion Plume Analysis at Cape Canaveral, FL: Evaluation of Meteorological and Dispersion Modeling System Air and Waste Management Association 94th Annual Conference and Exhibition, 24-28 Jun 2001, Orlando, FL
Case, Jonathan, John Manobianco, Yuanfu Xie, Randolph Ware, and Teresa Van Hove Impact of GPS-Based Water Vapor Fields on Mesoscale Model Forecasts 5th Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, 14-19 Jan 2001, Albuquerque, NM

2000     Back to top
Dye, James, Erik Defer, J. Hagen, William Hall, Cedric Grainger, Mike Poellot, M. Brown, Hugh Christian, Monte Bateman, Douglas Mach, Mike Stewart, Paul Willis and Francis Merceret Electric Field and Associated Microphysical Measurements in the Anvil of a Florida Thunderstorm Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 16 Dec 2000, San Francisco, CA
Case, Jonathan, John Manobianco, Allan Dianic, Dewey Harms, and Paul Rosati An Evaluation of RAMS in the Eastern Range Dispersion Assessment System during the 1999-2000 Florida cool season National Weather Association 25th Annual Meeting, 14-20 Oct 2000, Gaithersburg, MD
Merceret, Francis and Hugh Christian KSC AFBM 2000 - A Field Program to Facilitate Safe Relaxation of the Lightning Launch Commit Criteria for America's Space Program 9th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 11-15 Sep 2000, Orlando, FL
Short, David, Michael Gremillion, Clark Pinder, and William Roeder Volume Scan Strategies for the WSR-74C in Support of Space Launch 9th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 11-15 Sep 2000, Orlando, FL
Case, Jonathan, John Manobianco, Allan Dianic, Dewey Harms, and Paul Rosati A Sensitivity and Benchmark Study of RAMS in the Eastern Range Dispersion Assessment System 9th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 11-15 Sep 2000, Orlando, FL
Fitzpatrick, Mike, Robin Schumann, Winifred Lambert, Francis Merceret, Gregory Wilke, and J. David Chapman Operational Control of 50-MHz DRWP Wind Profiles for Space-Lift Support 9th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 11-15 Sep 2000, Orlando, FL
Lane, John, Francis Merceret, Takis Kasparis, Dev Roy, B. Muller, and Linwood Jones Radar volume and reflectivity using an array of ground based rainfall drop size detectors SPIE Conference 4062, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition IX, 4 Aug 2000, Orlando, FL
Case, Jonathan, Mrk Wheeler, John Manobianco, Allan Dianic, Dewey Harms, and Paul Rosati An Objective and Subjective Evaluation of RAMS in the Eastern Range Dispersion Assessment System Joint Army-NASA-Navy-Air Force 18th Safety and Environmental Protection Subcommittee Meeting, 8-12 May 2000, Cocoa Beach, FL
Schumann, Robin and Francis Merceret Evaluation of the Automated Adaptive Signal Processing Technique for Doppler Radar Wind Profilers 9th Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, 13-17 Mar 2000, Toulouse, France
Schumann, Robin and Francis Merceret Use of the NASA KSC 50-MHz ST Profiler for Operational Support to Spaceflight - Part I, Characterization of the Instrument 9th Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, 13-17 Mar 2000, Toulouse, France
Merceret, Francis and Robin Schumann Use of the NASA KSC 50-MHz ST Profiler for Operational Support to Spaceflight - Part II, Characterization of the Atmosphere 9th Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, 13-17 Mar 2000, Toulouse, France
Case, Jonathan, John Manobianco, Mark Wheeler, Allan Dianic, Carlton Parks, and Dewey Harms Evaluation of RAMS in the Eastern Range Dispersion Assessment System 11th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA, 9-14 Jan 2000, Long Beach, CA

1999     Back to top
Case, Jonathan, John Manobianco, Mark Wheeler, Allan Dianic, Carlton Parks, and Dewey Harms Evaluation of RAMS in the Eastern Range Dispersion Assessment System 24th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, 15-22 Oct 1999, Biloxi, MS
Roeder, William and Mark Wheeler An Update to an Overview of Wet Microburst Forecasting at 45th Weather Squadron 2nd Pulse Storm Prediction Workshop, 7-11 Dec 1999, Boulder, CO
Case, Jonathan and John Manobianco Local Data Integration in East Central Florida Using the ARPS Data Analysis System 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 10-15 Jan 1999, Dallas, TX
Harms, Dewey, Tony Guiffrida, Billie Boyd, Lawrence Gross, George Strohm, Rick Lucci, Johnny Weems, Edward Priselac, Klaus Lammers, Hal Herring, and Francis Merceret The Many Lives of a Meteorologist in Support of Space Launch 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 10-15 Jan 1999, Dallas, TX

1998     Back to top
Lucci, Richard, Dewey Harms, Billie Boyd, and Francis Merceret Current and Future Wind Profilers in Support of the Spacelift Mission at the Eastern Range and Kennedy Space Center 4th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling, 21-25 Sep 1998, Snowmass, CO
Schumann, Robin, Winifred Lambert, Francis Merceret, and Gregory Taylor Evaluation of Signal Processing Improvements for Radar Wind Profilers 4th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling, 21-25 Sep 1998, Snowmass, CO
Roeder, William and Mark Wheeler An Overview of Wet Microburst Forecasting at 45th Weather Squadron OSF Pulse Storm Downburst Prediction (PSDP) Workshop, 28-31 Jul 1998, Boulder, CO
Lane, John, Peggy Glitto, David Sharp, Francis Merceret, G. McFarquhar, T. Kasparis, Linwood Jones, and B. Fisher Steps Toward Improving Radar Estimates of Convective Rainfall Using Spatial Averages Obtained from Rain Gauge Clusters 1st International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, 1-3 Jun 1998, Orlando, FL
Starr, S., David Sharp, Francis Merceret, John Madura, and M. Murphy LDAR, A Three-dimensional Lightning Warning System: Its Development and Use by the Government and Transition to Public Availability 35th Space Congress, 28 Apr-1 May 1998, Cocoa Beach, FL
Lane, John, Francis MerceretT. Kasparis, and Linwood Jones Image Processing Techniques Applied to Rainfall Estimation from Radar Reflectivity Measurements 12th Annual International Symposium on Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 13-17 Apr 1998, Orlando, FL
Tremback, Craig, Ian Baker, R. Hertenstein, and Francis Merceret Implementation of a Soil Moisture Measurement Network for Operational Numerical Weather Forecasting Applications 10th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 11-16 Jan 1998, Phoenix, AZ
Nutter, Paul and John Manobianco Twin Season Comparison of Meso-eta Forecast Accuracy at Three Select Stations 12th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 11-16 Jan 1998, Phoenix, AZ
Manobianco, John and Paul Nutter A Local Data Integration System Configured for Weather Support in East Central Florida 2nd Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, 11-16 Jan 1998, Phoenix, AZ
Lambert, Winifred and Gregory Taylor Data Quality Assessment Methods for the 915 MHz Profiler Network on KSC/CCAS 10th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 11-16 Jan 1998, Phoenix, AZ

1997     Back to top
Nutter, Paul and John Manobianco Evaluating the Potential Utility of the Meso-eta Model for Weather Support to the US Space Program 7th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 2-7 Feb 1997, Long Beach, CA
Wheeler, Mark and Winifred Lambert WSR-88D Exploitation of Convection Initiation and Severe/Non-severe Development at CCAS, FL 7th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 2-7 Feb 1997, Long Beach, CA

1996     Back to top
Nutter, Paul and John Manobianco The Utility of the 29km Eta Model as a Forecasting Tool for Warm Season Thunderstorms in Florida National Weather Association 21st Annual Meeting, 1-6 Dec 1996, Cocoa Beach, FL
Roeder, William, Francis Merceret, Steve Sokol, Scott Heckman, and Gregory Taylor Meteorological Operation Research Requirements on the Central Florida Atlantic Coast in Support of the United States Space Program 15th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 19-23 Aug 1996, Norfolk, VA
Lambert, Winifred and Mark Wheeler WSR-88D Case Study of Convection Initiation at Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL 15th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 19-23 Aug 1996, Norfolk, VA
Manobianco, John and Paul Nutter Evaluation of the 29 Km Eta Model for Real-Time Weather Support to Operations at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Station 11th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 19-23 Aug 1996, Norfolk, VA
Evans, Randolph and C.J. Tremback The Implementation and Evaluation of the Emergency Response Dose Assessment System (ERDAS) at Cape Canaveral Air Station/Kennedy Space Center 9th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Association, 28 Jan-2 Feb 1996, Atlanta, GA

1995     Back to top
Merceret, Francis, Billie Boyd, Gregory Taylor, and John Ernst Applied Meteorology Unit Support to Modernizing Weather Infrastructure at the Eastern Range National Weather Association 20th Annual Meeting, 3-8 Dec 1995, Houston, TX
Wheeler, Mark AMU's WSR-88D Exploitation Tasks 1995 Southeastern United States WSR-88D User's Workshop, 22-23 Feb 1995, Patrick AFB, FL
Schumann, Robin and Gregory Taylor Application of 50 MHz Doppler Radar Wind Profiler to Launch Operations at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Station 14th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 15-20 Jan 1995, Dallas, TX
Manobianco, John and Gregory Taylor Forecast Skill of a High-Resolution, Real-Time Mesoscale Model Designed for Weather Support of Operations at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Station 14th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 15-20 Jan 1995, Dallas, TX
Merceret, Francis Effect of Spatial Separation of Sensors on Crosswind Measurement Validity at the Space Shuttle Landing Facility 6th Conference on Aviation Weather Systems, 15-20 Jan 1995, Dallas, TX
Ernst, John and Francis Merceret The Applied Meteorology Unit: A Tri-Agency Technology Applications Facility Supporting Spaceflight Operations American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 15-20 Jan 1995, Dallas, TX

1994     Back to top
Manobianco, John and Gregory Taylor Operational Real-Time Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction at the Kennedy Space Center 10th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 18-24 Jul 1994, Portland, OR
Merceret, Francis, and John Madura Technology Transition -- Making the R&D Investment Pay Off AIAA Symposium on Technology Transfer/Multi-Use Technologies, 16 Mar 1994, Cocoa Beach, FL