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Robert C. Miller

Robert C. Miller

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For other persons of the name Robert or Bob Miller, see Bob Miller (disambiguation).

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]

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    Crisp, Charlie A.; R. Maddox (1999). "Remembering Col. Robert Miller". Storm Track. 22 (3): 3–7.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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