Research to Develop Improved Models of Climatology That Will Assist The Meteorologist in the Timely Operation of the Air Force Weather Detachments.
Abstract
A documentation of the computer programs which commence with processing the hourly history tapes for any given station and end up with climatic forecast aids is presented. The procedure is as follows: (1) the hourly history tapes for any given station are stratified by wind direction; (2) the hourly observations in each of these respective wind-stratified subsets are further partitioned according to the latest observed temperature dew-point spread, (3) Type I and Type II unconditionals are produced for each subset of 2 above, (4) the products of step 3 are computer smoothed, (5) Type I smoothed unconditionals are entered on the ordinate and type II on the abscissa of a Stochastic model to produce conditional probability estimates, (6) these conditional probabilities are assessed to determine the height/distance at which the cumulated conditional probabilities attain a value of 50%, and (7) the data of steps 5 and 6 are formatted.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA032317
Entities
People
- Donald E. Martin
Organizations
- Saint Louis University