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Assimilating Thor: How Airmen Integrate Weather Prediction

Assimilating Thor: How Airmen Integrate Weather Prediction

Coggins, Mark D.

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Education

ISBN10: 1288290373
ISBN13: 9781288290376
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 13 2012
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Aircraft performance increases parallel increases in weather prediction capabilities. When prop wash gave way to jet thrust, weather prediction capabilities both benefited from greater fields of data obtained from air- and space-based weather surveillance and required those data to improve flying safety at the edge of the performance envelope. Later, combat reliability demanded all weather airplanes, and those advanced designs benefited from computers which enabled atmospheric modeling to develop into a real-time weather prediction tool. Finally, the interdisciplinary nature of stealth technology paralleled stochastic (vice deterministic) ensemble computer modeling techniques derived from disciplines as diverse as biology, economics, and theoretical physics. The needs of the aviation community changed, and the weather community responded to those needs. Despite these links, the interaction between operational airmen and weather prediction appears surface-deep and may benefit from a more systematic integration.

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