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Applications of the Battlescale Forecast Model for the Army
Jeffrey E. Passner, U.S. Army Research Lab., White Sands Missile Range, NM; and R. E. Dumais and D. P. Sauter
The Battlescale Forecast Model (BFM), a mesoscale model developed by the Army Research Laboratory, is typically used in an area of 500*500 km, or smaller. The BFM output for each grid point includes the U and V horizontal wind vectors, potential temperature and water vapor mixing ratio, all of which are saved at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24-h times from the base time of the model run. By manipulating these data it is possible to derive post-processed short-term forecasted meteorological variables such as visibility, turbulence, icing, thunderstorm probability and clouds. These weather hazards are then stored in a gridded meteorological data base where they can be used by various tactical decision aids to determine the effects of weather on military operations, weapon systems, and personnel.
Session 4, Application of IIPS in Forecasting (Parallel with Session 3)
Monday, 10 January 2000, 1:00 PM-5:45 PM
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