A Simple Model to Elucidate the Utility of Weather Forecasting in Military Operations: Weather and Warplanes 3

Abstract

A simple model is constructed to demonstrate the influence of weather forecasts on operational decisions. The model indicates that the present forecasting capability can reduce the number of futile attempts to destroy targets, with only a slight cost in time to accomplish the objective. Some implications are given for optimizing the method of presenting weather forecasts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0735261

Entities

People

  • R. R. Rapp

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Operations
  • Climatology
  • Corporations
  • Delphi Method
  • Distribution Functions
  • Military Operations
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • South Vietnam
  • Southeast Asia
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Systems Analysis and Design