Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
Intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text on the opening pages of each chapter.
Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
OCR for page R11
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 SENSITIVITY OF THE SPACE PROGRAM TO
WEATHER ELEMENTS
Historical Perspective, 10
Weather Factors Important for Space Operations, 12
Climatology of Critical Weather Elements, 16
1
9
2 ORGANIZATION OF WEATHER SUPPORT SERVICES 20
Weather Observations, 22
Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 24
Applied Research, 25
3 OBSERVING SYSTEMS
Upper-air Soundings, 28
Boundary Layer and Surface Weather, 30
Precipitation, 32
Lightning, 33
Cloud Electric Fields, 35
Other Weather Elements, 35
4 ANAI,YSIS AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS
Data Acquisition and Display, 38
X1
27
37
OCR for page R12
Local Objective Analyses, 39
Interactive Forecast Systems, 40
Mesoscale Forecast Models, 41
IMPLEMENTATION OF APPLIED RESEARCH,
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND TRAINING,
AND EXPERIMENTAL FORECASTING
Applied Research and Forecast Facility (ARFF), 44
Observing Systems and Technique Development
(OSTD), 48
Forecaster Education and Training, 49
Cooperative Applied Meteorology Program
(CAMP), 49
Weather Support Advisory Committee, 51
APPENDIXES
A Letter from NASA to the Academy Requesting
Establishment of Pane!
B List of Attendees and Participants
C Recommendations from the Report of the Space Shuttle
Weather Forecasting Advisory Pane!
D Proposed Weather Factors Governing Launch Commit
Criteria and Flight Rules
·-
X11
43
55
57
59
62
