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Robert C. Miller

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Robert C. Miller
Born1920
Died1998
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force
Years of service1942–1965
RankColonel
Other workMeteorologist
Known forTornado and convective storm forecasting
AwardsMeisinger Award
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsUSAAF, USAF, federal civil service, consultant

Col. Robert C. Miller, USAF (1920–1998), was an American meteorologist, who pioneered severe convective storms forecasting and applied research, developing an empirical forecasting method, identifying many features associated with severe thunderstorms, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official tornado forecast (1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes), and it verified, in 1948. [1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Crisp, Charlie A.; R. Maddox (1999). "Remembering Col. Robert Miller". Storm Track. 22 (3): 3–7.
  2. ^ Lewis, John M.; R. A. Maddox; C. A. Crisp (April 2006). "Architect Of Severe Storm Forecasting: Colonel Robert C. Miller". Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 87 (4): 447–63. Bibcode:2006BAMS...87..447L. doi:10.1175/BAMS-87-4-447.
  3. ^ Grice, G. K.; R. J. Trapp; S. F. Corfidi; R. Davies-Jones; C. C. Buonanno; J. P. Craven; K. K. Droegemeier; C. Duchon; J. V. Houghton; R. A. Prentice; G. Romine; K. Schlachter; K. K. Wagner (July 1999). "The Golden Anniversary Celebration of the First Tornado Forecast". Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 80 (7): 1341–1348. Bibcode:1999BAMS...80.1341G. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1341:TGACOT>2.0.CO;2.
  4. ^ Miller, Robert C.; C. A. Crisp (August 1999). "The First Operational Tornado Forecast Twenty Million to One". Weather Forecast. 14 (4): 479–483. Bibcode:1999WtFor..14..479M. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0479:TFOTFT>2.0.CO;2.


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