Session 6 |
| | Space Vehicle Operations Support (Parallel with Joint Session J1) |
| | Organizer: John Manobianco, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL
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| 2:00 PM | 6.1 | Modernization of the Space Launch Ranges Meteorological Subsystem Architecture 
Timothy L. Wilfong, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Santa Maria, CA; and P. Conant, K. Winters, and C. Crosiar |
| 2:15 PM | 6.2 | Kodiak Star: An Overview of Operational Weather Support at the Kodiak Launch Complex for Alaska's First Orbital Space Launch
James E. Sardonia, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. T. Madura |
| 2:30 PM | 6.3 | Lightning Protection at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Pedro J. Medelius, Dynacs, Inc., Kennedy Space Center, FL; and W. P. Roeder and J. Willingham |
| 2:45 PM | 6.4 | Wind profile measurements and forecasts at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport
Isabelle J. Donet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Kourou, French Guiana |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | 6.5 | Boundary Layer Influences On Forecasting Toxic Corridors At The Eastern Range In Support Of Space Launch
Billie F. Boyd, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. E. Harms, K. A. Winters, P. N. Rosati, C. R. Parks, and K. B. Overbeck |
| 3:45 PM | 6.6 | Observations of the Decay of Electric Fields, Reflectivity and Microphysics in Anvils near Kennedy Space Center
J. E. Dye, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Defer, C. A. Grainger, M. Bateman, and D. Mach |
| 4:00 PM | 6.7 | Verification of world-wide Space Station emergency landing forecasts: challenges and results
Timothy D. Oram, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group and Cimarron, Houston, TX |
| 4:15 PM | 6.8 | Natural Atmospheric Environment Model Development for the National Aeronautics Space Administration’s Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle
Barry C. Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and G. Overbey, F. Leahy, and G. W. Batts |
| 4:30 PM | 6.9 | Reference and Standard Atmosphere Models
Dale L. Johnson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. C. Roberts and W. W. Vaughan |
| 4:45 PM | 6.10 | Atmospheric Conditions of Stratospheric Mountain Waves: Soaring the Perlan Aircraft to 30 km
Edward H. Teets Jr., NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; and E. J. Carter |
| 5:00 PM | 6.11 | Meteorological Support and Modeling for the NASA X-43A Hypersonic Research Vehicle
Elizabeth J. Carter, Firnspiegel LLC, Kings Beach, CA; and E. H. Teets |
|  | 6.12 | Comparing Aviation Weather Hazards Using the BFM and MM5
Jeffrey E. Passner, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM |