Robert C. Miller
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Col. Robert C. Miller, USAF (b. 1920, d. 1998), was an American meteorologist, whom pioneered severe convective storms forecasting and applied research, developing an empirical forecasting method, identifying many features associated with severe thunderstorms, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official tornado forecast (a forecast that ironically verified) in 1948. [1][2][3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ Crisp, Charlie A.; Robert Maddox (1999). "Remembering Col. Robert Miller". Stormtrack 22 (3): 3–7.
- ^ Lewis, John M.; Robert A. Maddox, and Charlie A. Crisp (April 2006). "Architect Of Severe Storm Forecasting: Colonel Robert C. Miller". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 87 (4): 447–463. American Meteorological Society. doi:.
- ^ Grice, G. K.; R. J. Trapp, S. F. Corfidi, R. Davies-Jones, C. C. Buonanno, J. P. Craven, K. K. Droegemeier, C. Duchon, J. V. Houghton, R. A. Prentice, G. Romine, K. Schlachter, and K. K. Wagner (July 1999). "The Golden Anniversary Celebration of the First Tornado Forecast". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 80 (7): 1341–1348. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi:.
- ^ Miller, Robert C.; Charlie A. Crisp (August 1999). "The First Operational Tornado Forecast Twenty Million to One". Weather and Forecasting 14 (4): 479–483. American Meteorological Society. doi:.
[edit] External links
- Golden Anniversary of Tornado Forecasting (National Severe Storms Laboratory)
- The Historic Forecast (National Weather Service, Norman, OK)
- 1948 prediction spurs tornado forecasting (USA Today)
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