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Downburst Prediction Applications of GOES over the Western United States
Kenneth L. Pryor, Steven D. Miller
Over the western United States, the hazards posed to aviation operations by convective storm-generated downbursts have been extensively documented. Other significant hazards posed…
Downburst Prediction Applications of Meteorological Geostationary Satellites
Kenneth L. Pryor
A suite of products has been developed and evaluated to assess hazards presented by convective storm downbursts derived from the current generation of Geostationary Operational Env…
Microburst nowcasting applications of GOES
Kenneth L. Pryor
Recent testing and validation have found that the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) microburst products are effective in the assessment and short-term foreca…
Assessment of a GOES microburst product for two early cold season convective storms
Kenneth L. Pryor
This paper presents an assessment of the new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager channel 3 - 4 brightness temperature difference (BTD) product for two e…
Recent developments in microburst nowcasting using GOES
Kenneth L. Pryor
Recent testing and validation have found that the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) microburst products are effective in the assessment and short-term foreca…
Microburst applications of brightness temperature difference between GOES Imager channels 3 and 4
Kenneth L. Pryor
This paper presents a new application of brightness temperature difference (BTD) between Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager channels 3 and 4. It has be…
A New Graphical Microburst Guidance Product
Kenneth L. Pryor
A new microburst graphical guidance product has been developed that employs data from the Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model. Prototypical conditions for microbursts include a steep te…
Microburst windspeed potential assessment: progress and recent developments
Kenneth L. Pryor
Recent testing and validation have found that the GOES microburst products are effective in the assessment and short-term forecasting of downburst potential and associated wind gus…
Assessment of GOES imager microburst product over the southwestern United States
Kenneth L. Pryor
A GOES-West (GOES-11) imager microburst algorithm that employs brightness temperature differences between band 3, band 4, and split window band 5 has been developed to supplement t…
Microburst windspeed potential assessment: progress and developments
Kenneth L. Pryor
A suite of products has been developed and evaluated to assess hazards presented by convective downbursts to aircraft in flight derived from the current generation of GOES. The exi…
Boundary Layer Turbulence Index: Progress and Recent Developments
Kenneth L. Pryor
A boundary layer turbulence index (TIBL) product has been developed to assess the potential for turbulence in the lower troposphere, generated using RUC-2 numerical model data. The…
A GOES imager-derived microburst product
Kenneth L. Pryor
A new multispectral Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager product has been developed to assess downburst potential over the western United States employin…
An Initial Assessment of the GOES Microburst Windspeed Potential Index
Kenneth L. Pryor
A suite of products has been developed and evaluated to assess hazards presented by convective downbursts to aircraft in flight derived from the current generation of Geostationary…
The GOES Microburst Windspeed Potential Index
Kenneth L. Pryor
A suite of products has been developed and evaluated to assess hazards presented by convective downbursts to aircraft in flight derived from the current generation of Geostationary…
A Numerical Model-derived Boundary Layer Turbulence Product
Kenneth L. Pryor
A suite of numerical model-derived turbulence assessment products has recently been developed by NESDIS/STAR and implemented on the World Wide Web. The existing product suite is in…
The Development of the College Park Tornado of 24 September 2001
Kenneth Pryor
The 24 September 2001 College Park, Maryland, tornado was remarkable because of its long-track that passed within a close range of two Doppler radars. This tornado featured many si…
Electrical Behavior of Downburst-Producing Convective Storms over the High Plains
Kenneth L. Pryor
A great body of research literature pertaining to microburst generation in convective storms has focused on thermodynamic factors of the pre-convective environment as well as storm…
Tropical Cyclone Forecasting Applications of the GOES WMSI
Kenneth Pryor
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) sounder-derived Wet Microburst Severity Index (WMSI) was originally developed and implemented to assess the potential m…
Electrical Behavior of Downburst-Producing Convective Storms over the Western United States
Kenneth Pryor
A great body of research literature pertaining to microburst generation in convective storms has focused on thermodynamic factors of the pre-convective environment as well as storm…
The Role of Downward Momentum Transport in the Generation of Convective Downbursts
Kenneth Pryor
A downburst index has been developed to assess the magnitude of convective downbursts associated with heavy precipitation-producing (HP) convective systems. The index, designed for…
A Study of a Dryline Convective Downburst
Kenneth Pryor
During the afternoon of 15 June 2005, convective storms developed along and west of the dryline over eastern Colorado and New Mexico. One such storm tracked eastward into Cimarron…
Forecasting Convective Downburst Potential Over The United States Great Plains
Kenneth Pryor
A favorable environment for downbursts associated with deep convective storm systems that occur over the central and eastern continental United States includes strong static instab…