Robert C. Miller Explained
Robert C. Miller |
Birth Date: | 1920 |
Death Date: | 1998 |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1942–1965 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Laterwork: | Meteorologist |
Module: | Child: | yes | Fields: | Meteorology | Workplaces: | USAAF, USAF, federal civil service, consultant | Known For: | Tornado and convective storm forecasting | Awards: | Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award |
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Col. Robert C. Miller, USAF (1920–1998), was an American meteorologist, who 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 (1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes), and it verified, in 1948.[1] [2] [3] [4]
References
- Maddox . Robert . Robert Maddox . Working with Col M . Storm Track . 22 . 3 . 1999 .
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Notes and References
- Crisp . Charlie A. . Charles A. Crisp . R. Maddox . Remembering Col. Robert Miller . . 22 . 3 . 3–7 . 1999 .
- Lewis . John M. . R. A. Maddox . C. A. Crisp . Architect Of Severe Storm Forecasting: Colonel Robert C. Miller . Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. . 87 . 4 . 447–63 . April 2006 . 10.1175/BAMS-87-4-447 . 2006BAMS...87..447L . free .
- 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 . K. K. Wagner . The Golden Anniversary Celebration of the First Tornado Forecast . Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. . 80 . 7 . 1341–1348 . July 1999 . 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1341:TGACOT>2.0.CO;2 . 1999BAMS...80.1341G . free .
- Miller . Robert C. . C. A. Crisp . The First Operational Tornado Forecast Twenty Million to One . Weather Forecast. . 14 . 4 . 479–483 . August 1999 . 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0479:TFOTFT>2.0.CO;2 . 1999WtFor..14..479M . free .