Search results for “[Subject: forecasting]”

• Author(s): Brian D. Pukall • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralTotal fractional cloudiness (FC) forecasts from the advect cloud (ADVCLD) model and total FC forecasts diagnosed from the relative humidity...

• Author(s): Kenneth C. Venzke • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralA detailed examination was performed on several commonly applied atmospheric stability indices and lightning activity from 1993 to 2000 t...

• Author(s): Michael D. Scott • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe purpose of this research was to validate the Ionospheric Forecast Model (IFM) Version 3 to assess its suitability and usefulness as an...

• Author(s): Ömer Sağlam • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralIn this study, we forecast the USAF's JP-8 consumption and costs for the next five year period. The study shows that JP-8 consumption figures w...

• Author(s): Gregory J. Ehlers • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Military ScienceProbabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasts (PQPF) based on the medium range forecast (MRF) ensemble are currently in ope...

• Author(s): Christian E. Randall • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Aviation - GeneralOver the past decade, the nation's military has grown increasingly reliant upon strategic airlift capability. In the post-C...

• Author(s): Manuel I. Folsom • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralCloud-to-ground (CG) lightning is a hazard to the Air Force for both air and ground operations. Forecasting CG lightning is a necessary an...

• Author(s): Meriellen C. Joga • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralAir Force pilots and other operators make crucial mission planning decisions based on weather forecasts; therefore, the ability to foreca...

• Author(s): Thomas W. Brown • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Research & DevelopmentNorden (1970) uses the Rayleigh, which is a degenerative of the Weibull, to model manpower on research and development (...

• Author(s): Brian K. Schroeder • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to construct, during a two-week period, an X-Band Radar (XBR) on Shemya, AK. Wind speeds must not...

• Author(s): Mark S. Sweitzer • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis thesis explores historical inflation forecasts used in the Department of Defense (DoD) Future Years Defense Program. Recent General A...

• Author(s): Steven J. Storch • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis thesis uses neural networks to forecast winds at the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Station launch pads. Variables a...

• Author(s): William K. Freeman • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe purpose of this research was to investigate the United States Army's ability to correctly estimate and forecast the amount of ammuni...

• Author(s): John C. Hawkins • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: ForecastingThis research explores forecasting techniques to estimate the Cost per Flying Hour for Army Helicopters. Specifically, three separate f...

• Author(s): Thomas W. Brown • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe United States Coast Guard uses pooled time series analysis to develop a ship and aviation fuel requirement forecasting model. Given the...

• Author(s): Arthur C. Kyle • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe United States Army presently receives weather forecasts expressed in categorical terms. However, this forecast form limits the useful in...

• Author(s): John C. Crane • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralReliable thunderstorm forecasts are essential to safety and resource protection at Cape Canaveral. Current methods of forecasting day-2 thund...

• Author(s): Dean J. Carter • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis research compares biases of the Reisner Mixed-Phase Explicit Moisture Microphysics graupel (Option 7) and non-graupel schemes (Option 5...

• Author(s): Darryl N. Leon • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)Air Force pilots require dependable weather reports so they may avoid unsafe flying conditions. In order to better ...

• Author(s): Patricia A. Vollmer • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: General Current moisture initialization sources lack the spatial and temporal resolution required for mesoscale moisture forecast accuracy cri...

• Author(s): William E. Courtemanche • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyThe Mesoscale Model 5th Generation (MM5) is used for operational support to Air Force missio...

• Author(s): Kenneth P. Cloys • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis thesis demonstrates the potential for using time-delay neural networks to provide Launch Weather Officers (LWOs) at 45th Weather Squa...

• Author(s): James A. Everitt • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe two resulting algorithms are compared to NPTI and persistence, and are evaluated based on their ability to forecast thunderstorms corr...

• Author(s): Kevin W. LaCroix • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) runs the Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model 5 (MM5) as their main mesoscale weather forecast model. One o...

• Author(s): James S. Douglas • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralDistributed object systems are a very complex intertwining of heterogene-oushardware, software, and operating systems coupled with communi...

• Author(s): Michael W. Holmes • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe focus of this research effort is directed toward identifying new methods of forecasting the cessation of lightning along the Central ...

• Author(s): Robert W. Evans • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralDenied and limited model input data degrade the accuracy of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model forecasts. Inaccurate forecasts can ne...

• Author(s): Robert D. Newberry • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralReliable thunderstorm forecasts are essential to safety and resource protection at Cape Canaveral. Current methods of forecasting day-2 ...

• Author(s): Jimmie L. Trigg • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis research focuses on developing a linear regression formula that forecasters in the Midwest can use to accurately anticipate the format...

• Author(s): Gerald D. Sullivan • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe 45 Weather Squadron (WS) is tasked with providing several convective wind warnings in support of the U. S. Space Program. The foreca...

• Author(s): Steven N. Dickerson • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralA wet-microburst event on 16 August 1994 at the Kennedy Space Center s Shuttle Landing Facility alerted forecasters from the 45th Weath...

• Author(s): Dex Yi Landreth • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe achievement of the Department of Defense's (DOD) mission is dependent in large part on the skills and expertise of its civilian workfor...

• Author(s): Travis A. Steen • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralDuring the period Jun-Aug 96, four Air Force installations suffered over $4.8 million in damage from convective winds. During the same summ...

• Author(s): Stephen P. Frank • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe U.S. Air Force (USAF) uses the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) construct to forecast deployment schedules and, more importantl...

• Author(s): Hugh J. Freestrom • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralExamination of atmospheric and oceanic circulations may explain interannual climate variability in the Northern Hemisphere on a seasonal ...

• Author(s): Michael T. Bryant • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis thesis developed models to forecast the KC-135R monthly Consumables (CONS) and Depot Level Reparable (DLR) Cost per Flying Hour (CPF...