Our applied turbulence research ativities are focussed on providing improved turbulence detection and forecasting products to the operational aviation and meteorological communities.
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Short-term time and space specific forecasts of thunderstorms provide valuable information for a wide range of users, including the aviation community, ground transportation, urban emergency and water resources management groups, recreation facilities, construction industries, and the military, to safely and efficiently deploy resources.
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Our scientists are conducting research related to the formation and prediction of snow and freezing drizzle in support of improved methods of detecting and forecasting these conditions at airports.
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Our in–flight icing research provides interesting and challenging studies in cloud physics, remote sensing, and mesoscale meteorology.
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Recent activities have focused on rainfall estimation and the development of procedures for retrieving the DSD with the "constrained–gamma" model using measurements of radar.
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We seek to firmly establish the physical chain of events in precipitation development so that perturbations, both intentional and inadvertent, can be understood and quantified.
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Our Oceanic Weather program focuses applied research and product development on the international need for better forecasts of weather-related aviation hazards in data-sparse oceanic regions.
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Land-Surface Atmosphere Interactions

Our objectives are to understand, through theoretical and observational studies, the complex interactions (including biophysical, hydrological, and biogeochemical interactions) between the land-surface and the atmosphere at micro- and meso-scales.
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The most critical impact of adverse C&V is on the general aviation (GA) pilot, particularly during in–route flight where unexpected encounters with reduced ceiling and visibility conditions are most likely.
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We develop, test, and implement operational forecasting systems for new areas of the world. This entails better understanding local dynamical processes through the use of special data.
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Water resource activities are focused in the following areas: surface hydrology for urban flash flood autonowcasting; hydrologic and water resource assessment of rainfall enhancement.
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Verification

Verification is an integral part of the research and product development cycle at RAL. The forecast evaluation process provides many types of information including objective model comparisons...
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Developing and applying several weather model and statistical processing technologies to improve the prediction of wind for the wind energy industry.
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Developing a real-time capability that can be used to plan and respond to fires.

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Controlling snow and ice buildup on roadways during winter weather events presents several challenges for winter maintenance personnel.
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More precise prediction of weather and soil condition and more efficient and profitable agricultural operations.
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Development of intelligent weather prediction systems that blend data from numerical weather prediction models, statistics datasets, real–time observations, and human intelligence to optimize forecasts at user–defined locations.
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Enhance personal safety, reduce property damage, and increase economic efficiency, saving multiple lives and millions of dollars each year.
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