AMU Fact
The AMU has made nearly 100 conference oral presentations since 1994.
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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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |