Interdepartmental Committee for Meteorological
Services and Supporting Research (ICMSSR)

2006-1 Meeting
July 18, 2006

• MULTIFUNCTION PHASED ARRAY RADAR (MPAR)
  Colonel Mark Weadon, USAF, Air Force Weather Deputy for Federal Programs and Cochair of the Joint Action Group for Phased Array Radar Project (JAG/PARP)
  • Background Paper (.doc - 36KB)

• NATIONAL SPACE WEATHER PROGRAM (NSWP) ASSESSMENT
  Dr. Louis J. Lanzerotti, Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Chair of the OFCM National Space Weather Program Assessment Committee
  • Background Paper (.doc - 46KB)

• TROPICAL CYCLONE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN
  Mr. Mark Welshinger, Senior Staff Meteorologist within OFCM, and Executive Secretary of the Joint Action Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (JAG/TCR)
  • Background Paper (.doc - 55KB)

• NATIONAL WILDLAND FIRE WEATHER NEEDS ASSESSMENT
  Ms. Mary Cairns, Senior Staff Meteorologist within OFCM and Executive Secretary of the Joint Action Group for National Wildland Fire Weather Needs Assessment (JAG/NWFWNA)
  • Background Paper (.doc - 41KB)

• DATA ASSIMILATION SURVEY AND FOLLOW-ON STRATEGY
  Dr. Robert Katt, consultant for Science and Technology Corporation, support contractor for OFCM
  • Background Paper (.doc - 39KB)