P8R.13 Unique Uses Of Weather Radar For Space Launch (2005 - 32Rad11Meso_32radar)The Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron (45 WS) provides weather services to the Eastern Range (ER) and the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in support of more than 30 countdowns per year for space launch and...
Lastly, these forecasting challenges can also affect the 45th Weather Squadron (45 WS), which provides comprehensive weather forecasts for shuttle launch, as well as ground operations, at KSC and CCAFS. The need for accurate mesoscale model forecasts to aid in their decision making is crucial. ...
The standard forecast during the summer is scattered thunderstorms - regardless of what the weather or radar looks like. I have stood at work, in the blazing sun, watching it raining cats and dogs 100 ft away. There is no valid forecast this time of year - just look outside and guess....
Tim Garner:And we also get radar data from the network of national weather service radars that are across the country. Also get data from the air force’s radar at the cape. They have a weather radar near Patrick Air Force Base who oversee that. And all the complete suite of the weathe...
In 1990, NASA installed a 50-MHz Doppler radar wind profiler (DRWP) at KSC to evaluate its applicability for measuring upper-level winds in support of space-lift operations.Upper-level wind measurements are used in the evaluation of launch vehicle dynamic loads, structural stress analysis, and ...
An extensive analysis of wind tower peak wind, NEXRAD radar, and radiosonde observations for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS)/Kennedy Space Center (KSC) over 11 warm (May-Sep) seasons from 1995 through 2005, provided many new insights on the forecast problem of strong convectively ...
GOES-8 visible and infrared satellite imagery, Melbourne Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) radial velocity and reflectivity fields, standard surface reports, and wind-tower and Doppler radar wind profiler observations from the meso-network at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Can...
Daily observed sea breezes were identified by surface observations, fine-line echoes in regional weather radar data and cloud patterns in visible imagery from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-8.Abstract Modeling and validating the daily onset of the Florida east coast sea ...