Session 6 John T. Madura Session on Developing Weather Technologies to Support Range Operations through R2O and O2R Pathways

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
206A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 20th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Chair:
Jason Knievel, NCAR, RAL, Boulder, CO
CoChair:
Stephen Mackey, DOT, Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA

This named session honors, John T. Madura, for his efforts in revolutionizing range meteorology to improve the safety and efficiency of range aerospace operations. Topics appropriate for this session include those that describe the history of range meteorology, current state of the art technologies used in operations, explore gaps or existing needs and research and development efforts applicable to improving the efficiency and safety of range operations in the coming decades.

Papers:
1:45 PM
6.2
An Integrated Approach to Analyzing Ascent Abort Ground Track Sea Conditions for Crewed Space Vehicles
Robert E. Barbre Jr., Jacobs Space Exploration Group, Huntsville, AL; and K. M. Altino and K. L. Burns
2:15 PM
6.4
Development of Trend Analysis Techniques for Aviation and Range Operations Weather Hazards from Continuous Remote Sensing Observations
Kimberly A. Reed, Radiometrics Corporation, Boulder, CO; and B. Conway, B. M. Lund, T. Wilfong, R. Ware, and J. Baumgardner
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