Session: Sensors and Systems (Parallel with Joint Sessions J1 and J2) (Orlando Meeting)

Friday, 15 September 2000: 9:00 AM-2:50 PM

Host: Ninth Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology

Organizers:

John A. Ernst, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Aeronautical Science Dept., Daytona Beach, FL; Lynn Sherretz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO and Steve Holt, Mitretek Systems, Center for Science and Technology, McLean, VA

Papers:

9:00 AM

8.1

Automated Meteorological Profiling System (AMPS) Description

Robert P. Divers, Orbital Sciences Corp., Chandler, AZ; and P. Viens, K. Bzdusek, G. Herman, R. Hoover, and T. Mitchell

9:20 AM

8.2

Characteristics of wind profiles derived from the GPS based Automated Meteorological Profiling System (AMPS)

Timothy L. Wilfong Sr., Science and Technology Corporation at the NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. Walterscheid, M. W. Maier, C. L. Crosiar, M. S. Hinson, and R. Divers

9:40 AM

8.3

Characteristics of thermodynamic profiles derived from the GPS based Automated Meteorological Profiling System (AMPS)

Michael W. Maier, Computer Sciences Raytheon, Patrick Air Force Base, FL; and J. McCann, H. Herring, G. Wilke, T. Wilfong, M. Hinson, and C. Crosair

10:00 AM

8.4

A Comparison of the Automated Meteorological Profiling System High Resolution Flight Element to the Kennedy Space Center 50MHz Doppler Wind Profiler

Barry C. Roberts, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and F. B. Leahy

10:20 AM

8.5

Characteristics of wind profiles derived from a stabilized balloon and differential GPS technology

Timothy L. Wilfong Sr., Science and Technology Corporation at the NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. Barat, C. L. Crosiar, and R. Walterscheid