| タイトル | Objective Lightning Forecasting at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station using Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System Data |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20130009921 |
| 著者（英） | Lambert, Winfred; Roeder, William; Wheeler, Mark |
| 著者所属（英） | ENSCO, Inc. |
| 発行日 | 2005-01-09 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | The 45th Weather Squadron (45 WS) at Cape Canaveral Air-Force Station (CCAFS)ln Florida issues a probability of lightning occurrence in their daily 24-hour and weekly planning forecasts. This information is used for general planning of operations at CCAFS and Kennedy Space Center (KSC). These facilities are located in east-central Florida at the east end of a corridor known as 'Lightning Alley', an indication that lightning has a large impact on space-lift operations. Much of the current lightning probability forecast is based on a subjective analysis of model and observational data and an objective forecast tool developed over 30 years ago. The 45 WS requested that a new lightning probability forecast tool based on statistical analysis of more recent historical warm season (May-September) data be developed in order to increase the objectivity of the daily thunderstorm probability forecast. The resulting tool is a set of statistical lightning forecast equations, one for each month of the warm season, that provide a lightning occurrence probability for the day by 1100 UTC (0700 EDT) during the warm season. |
| NASA分類 | Meteorology and Climatology |
| レポートNO | KSC-2004-130 |
| 権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
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