Employing the WSR-88D for waterspout forecasting

A WSR-88D Approach to Waterspout Forecasting

A WSR-88D Routine Product Set (RPS) List for Waterspouts

Using the WSR-88D to predict east central Florida waterspouts

A WSR-88D Assessment of Outer Rainband Tornadogenesis

Hurricane Operations at NWSO Melbourne: Applied Research and Real-time Forecasts/Warnings

A Spectrum of Outer Spiral Rain Band Mesocyclones Associated with Tropical Cyclones

WSR-88D Characteristics of Tornado-Producing Convective Cells Associated with Tropical Cyclones

Examining the Pre-Landfall Environment of Mesovortices within a Hurricane Bonnie (1998) Outer Rainband

A Spectrum of Mesoscale Circulations Observed within Tropical Cyclone Rain Bands

Dominant tropical cyclone outer rainbands related to tornadic and non-tornadic mesoscale circulation families

Dual-Doppler Analyses of Mesovortices in a Hurricane Rainband

Radar Detected Mesocyclones Within Tropical Cyclone Gordon (1994)

Observed Relationships Between Total Lightning Information and Doppler Radar Data During Two Recent Tropical Cyclone Tornado Events in Florida

Analysis and Forecasting of Tornadoes Associated with Tropical Cyclones (COMET Partners Project)

Tornadoes Associated with Tropical Storm Gabrielle

Radar Characteristics of Mesocyclones Associated with Tropical Cyclones (TC) and a Simulation of the Mesocyclone Characteristics using MM5

An early assessment of the Warning Decision Support System in potential support of the nation's space program (reference)

Tornadic waterspout formation near intersecting boundaries (reference)

Operational experience with the WSR-88D in the central Florida region (reference)

Doppler weather radar studies of the Florida sea breeze and associated mesoscale flow systems (reference)

Tropical Storm Gordon: 72-hour rainfall totals over east-central Florida and WSR-88D comparisons (reference)

Steps toward improving KMLB WSR-88D rainfall estimation during tropical systems (reference)

A Ten-Year Monthly Lightning Climatology of Florida: 1986 through 1995

Integration of Lightning Detection Systems in a Modernized Weather Service Office

Observed Relationships Between Total Lightning Information and Doppler Radar Data During Two Recent Tropical Cyclone Tornado Events In Florida

The Behavior of Total Lightning Activity in Severe Florida Thunderstorms

Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR)

Total Lightning Information Initiative at NWSO Melbourne

Use of Total Lightning Information at a National Weather Service Field Office

Using Total Lightning Information for Local Severe Storm Discernment

Using Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Climatologies to Initialize Gridded Lightning Threat Forecasts for East Central Florida

Implications Involving the Issuance of Public Lightning Advisories for Florida (reference)

Analysis of an Experimental Lightning System at the NWS in Melbourne, Florida (reference)

The Use of Total Lightning Information to Improve Forecasts and Warnings at Melbourne, Florida (reference)

Observations of Total Lightning Associated with Severe Convection during the Wet Season in Central Florida (reference)

Total Lightning and Radar Storm Characteristics Associated with Severe Storms in Central Florida (reference)

LDAR, A Three-Dimensional Lightning Warning System: It's Development and Use by the Government and Transition to Public Availability (reference)

The Design and Evaluation of the Lightning Imaging Sensor Data Applications Display (LISDAD) (reference)

Total Lightning as a Severe Weather Diagnostic in Strongly Baroclinic Systems in Central Florida (reference)

A Real Time Examination of the Incremental Value of Lightning Data in Diagnosing Convective Storm Characteristics (reference)

Lightning Data Applications for East Central Florida at WSO Melbourne (reference)

An Operational Local Data Integration System (LDIS) at NWS Melbourne

Local Data Analysis on AWIPS at NWS Melbourne, FL

High-Resolution Model Simulations of Tornadic Storms Over Florida during Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2001)

Using MM5 to Distinguish Tornado-Producing Mesoscylones from Non-Tornadic Mesocylones in TC Gabrielle (COMET Partners Project)

Local Data Integration over East-Central Florida using the ARPS Data Analysis System

Using High-Resolution Diagnostics to Facilitate the Short-Term Threat Assessment of Tornadoes during Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2001)

A Real-time Configuration of the ARPS Data Analysis System to Support Operational Forecasting in East-central Florida

Radar Characteristics of Mesocyclones Associated with Tropical Cyclones (TC) and a Simulation of the Mesocyclone Characteristics using MM5

Assimilation of MODIS Temperature and Water Vapor Profiles into a Mesoscale Analysis System (COMET Partners Project)

High Resolution Diagnostics and Short Term Prognostics in Support of Fire Weather Operations at NWS Melbourne, FL

High Resolution Diagnostic and Short Term Prognostics in Support of Weather Forecast and Warning Operations at NWS Melbourne, FL

Local Data Integration and Generation of Mesoscale Analyses and prognostics at WFO MLB

The NWS Southern Region Modeling Initiative at WFO Melbourne, FL

NWS Utilization of the ARPS/LDIS Analysis System for Short-term Forecasting in East-central Florida

Radar Characteristics of Mesocyclones Associated with Tropical Cyclones (TC) and a Simulation of the Mesocyclone Characteristics using MM5

Using GOES SSTs to Retrieve Over-Ocean Air Temperatures in Support of Local Data Assimilation and Modeling Efforts (COMET Partners Project)

Using MM5 to Distinguish Tornado-Producing Mesoscylones from Non-Tornadic Mesocylones in TC Gabrielle (COMET Partners Project)

An Extended Objective Evaluation of the 29-km Eta Model for the Weather Support to the United States Space Program

Report on the Installation and Evaluation of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System (MASS)

Forecasting the Potential for Central Florida Microbursts

Graphically Depicting East-Central Florida Hazardous Weather Forecasts

Graphically Depicting Threat Assessment Information for Flood Situations in East Central Florida

Graphically Depicting the Hazardous Weather Outlook for East Central Florida

Graphically Depicting Threat Assessment Information for Flood Situations in East Central Florida

Graphically Depicting the Hurricane Local Statement

The Graphical Hurricane Local Statement

Significant extratropical tornado occurrences in Florida during strong El Nino and strong La Nina events

El Nino and significant tropical and hybrid cyclone tornado events in Florida

Development of a Low Pressure Index as a Proxy for Dry Season Severe Weather in Florida and its Relationship with ENSO

Peninsular Florida tornado outbreaks

Three initial climatological studies for WFO Melbourne, Florida: A first step in the preparation for future operations

Florida tornado outbreaks associated with tropical cyclones

Communicating experimental Florida dry season forecasts and regionalized climatic information to users via the Internet

Experimental Forecasting of Dry Season Storminess over Florida and the Southeast United States from the ENSO Signal Using Multiple Linear Regression Techniques

Thirty years after Hurricane Agnes - The Forgotten Florida Tornado Disaster

Inland Tropical Cyclone Wind Forecasts for Peninsular Florida

The Onset of the Wet and Dry Seasons in East Central Florida, A Subtropical Wet-Dry Climate?

The 2003 Coastal Upwelling Event in East Central Florida

The Applied Meteorology Unit at the National Weather Service in Melbourne, FL (reference)

Microburst Events that Occurred at Orlando, Florida and the Shuttle Landing Facility (reference)

The role of the east coast sea breeze to the existence of springtime supercells over east central Florida (reference)

Contributions of helicity to the formation of a relatively long-lived tornado in central Florida (reference)

An application of wind profiler data in the forecast decision-making process (reference)

Relationship of twenty upper air indices to central Florida tornado outbreaks (reference)

Relationship of hail occurrence to lightning strokes in a central Florida thunderstorm (reference)

An example of incorrect data and how it can affect the analysis and forecast problem of the day (reference)

A survey of supercells over east central Florida (reference)

Mean atmosphere over Cape Canaveral, Florida (reference)

Characteristics of east central Florida tornado environments. The Tornado: Its Structure, Dynamics, Prediction, and Hazards (reference)

Characteristics of east central Florida tornado environments (reference)

Peninsular Florida tornado outbreaks (1950-1993) (reference)

Severe Weather Events on 13 August 1996 - Patrick Air Force Base

For a complete list of NWS Melbourne staff publications, see our  RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Also available is a description of major AMU/MLB ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

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