An Analysis Method to Nowcast Three-Dimensional Meteorological Data for the U.S. Army IMETS

Abstract

An analysis method for creating three-dimensional meteorological data was developed for the U.S. Army Integrated Meteorological System (IMETS) for the purpose of nowcasting. The method uses data regularly obtained from the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency, which includes numerical forecast data generated by the Pennsylvania State University/National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model Version 5, along with routine surface and upper-air observations. The method is described in detail and, for the purpose of this study, applied to a region in the southeastern United States in order to demonstrate its general utility. The method is also applied to a region of Utah and evaluated statistically using local mesonet meteorological data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426857

Entities

People

  • Robert Dumais
  • Teizi Henmi

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Protocols
  • Data Analysis
  • Dew Point
  • Grids
  • Information Science
  • Meteorological Data
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Pennsylvania
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Weather
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation