“International comparison of oceanographic and meteorological systems”
Dr. Walt McKeown
Naval Atlantic Meteorology & Oceanography Command
Monday, March 28, 2005
3:30 PM
Room 109, Crittenton Hall
Abstract
Every nation's weather and oceanography systems do the same thing but have
evolved under a variety of budgets, national missions, cultural interests, and
synoptic situations. This comparison study seeks "good ideas" each has developed
that can be cross-pollinated. Dr. McKeown visited a variety of research institutes
and operational centers in Norway, France, Britain, the European Union and the
United States. He found a variety of developed techniques for consideration.
Biography
Walt McKeown was a USAF Weather Officer and TV weatherman before getting his
Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. He initiated marine
interferometery to measure air/sea heat flux. At the Naval Research Laboratory,
he used multi-frequency IR cameras designed for astronomy to map heat flux
variations in individual waves. He designed autonomous IR sea surface temperature
radiometers to validate satellite measurements and developed a method to identify
surface materials with spectral emissivity. He is currently Senior Scientist at the
Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Norfolk, Virginia.
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