Spaceflight Meteorology Group

Spaceflight Meteorology Group

The Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG) is a U.S. weather forecasting unit staffed by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which provides pertinent information on the current and expected state of the atmosphere during human spaceflight operations. It is located at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. SMG covers Space Shuttle missionscite journal |last=Brody |first=Frank C. |coauthors=R.A. Lafosse, D.G. Bellue, T.D. Oram |title=Operations of the National Weather Service Spaceflight Meteorology Group |journal=Weather and Forecasting |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=526–44 |publisher=American Meteorological Society |date=Sep 1997 |url=http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0434(1997)012%3C0526:OOTNWS%3E2.0.CO%3B2 |year=1997 |doi=10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0526:OOTNWS>2.0.CO;2 |doilabel=10.1175/1520-0434(1997)0120526:OOTNWS2.0.CO;2 ] and, in the future, will cover Orion missionscite conference |first=Timothy |last=Oram |title=NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group Support for the NASA Constellation Orion Vehicle |booktitle=13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology |pages= |publisher=American Meteorological Society |date=Jan 2008 |location=New Orleans, LA |url=http://ams.confex.com/ams/88Annual/techprogram/paper_132898.htm ] . Broader meteorological information for the space program is provided by the 45th Weather Squadron of the U.S. Air Force.

References

* cite conference
first = Frank C.
last = Brody
title = Operations of the National Weather Service Spaceflight Meteorology Group
booktitle = Ninth Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
pages =
publisher = American Meteorological Society
date = Sep 2000
location = Orlando, FL
url = http://ams.confex.com/ams/Sept2000/techprogram/paper_15830.htm
* cite conference
first = Brian
last = Hoeth
title = Tools used by the spaceflight meteorology group to evaluate the space shuttle weather flight rules for landing forecasts
booktitle = 23rd Conference on IIPS
pages =
publisher = American Meteorological Society
date = Jan 2007
location = San Antonio, TX
url = http://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_117100.htm

See also

* Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)
* Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU)

External links

* [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg/ Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG)]
* [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/weather/ Human Spaceflight - Weather forecasts] (NASA)
* [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu/ Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU)]
* [http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/71189.pdf USE OF ARCHIVED WEATHER DATA FROM SPACEPORT FLORIDA IN SUPPORT OF SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION]


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