Office of Science and Technology
Meteorological Development Laboratory
Office Notes
Gorline, J. L., Determining the effect of IFPS implementation on verification
metrics. MDL Office Note 02-4, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 5 pp.
Dagostaro, V. J., and J. P. Dallavalle, 2002: AFOS-era verification of guidance and
local aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 25 (October 1995 - March 1996).
MDL Office Note 02-3, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 51 pp.
, and J. L. Offutt, 2002: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local
aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 24 (April 1995 - September 1995).
MDL Office Note 02-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce,
48 pp.
Glahn, H. R., 2002: A methodology for evaluating and estimating performance metrics.
MDL Office Note 02-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce,
18 pp.
Glahn, H. R., and J. P. Dallavalle, 2000: MOS-2000. TDL Office Note 00-1, National
Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce.
, and , 2000: Computer programs for MOS-2000. TDL Office Note 00-2,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Kuligowski, R. J., An Overview of National Weather Service Quantitative Precipitation
Estimates. TDL Office Note 97-4, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 27 pp.
Dagostaro, V. J., J. P. Dallavalle, AFOS-ERA Verification of Guidance and Local
Aviation/Public Weather Forecasts--No. 23 (October 1994 - March 1995). TDL Office
Note 97-3, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 53pp.
Fiebrich, C. A., V. J. Dagostaro, J. P. Dallavalle, 1997: An Algorithm to Eliminate
Precipitation Reports Caused by Surface Condensation in AEV-ASOS Data. TDL Office
Note 97-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 6 pp.
Glahn, H. R. 1997: Satellite, Gridpoint, and Vector Data Packing. TDL Office Note
97-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 15 pp.
Dagostaro, V. J., J. P. Dallavalle, and V. C. Southall, 1996: AFOS-era verification
of guidance and local aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 22 (April 1994
- September 1994). TDL Office Note 96-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 48 pp.
Glahn, H. R., and J. P. Dallavalle, 1996: Publications of members of the Techniques
Development Laboratory. TDL Office Note 96-4, National Weather Service, NOAA,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 26 pp.
, 1996: One-hour forecasts of radar-estimated rainfall by an extrapolative-
statistical method. TDL Office Note 96-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 26 pp.
Kuligowski, R. J., 1996: An overview of NWS QPF products. TDL Office Note 96-3,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 22 pp.
Dagostaro, V. J., and J. P. Dallavalle, 1995: AFOS-era verification of guidance and
local aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 20 (April 1993 - September 1993).
TDL Office Note 95-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce,
50 pp.
, , M. D. Miller, and V. C. Southall, 1995: AFOS-era verification of guidance
and local aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 21 (October 1993 - March 1994). TDL
Office Note 95-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 52 pp.
Glahn, H. R., 1995: GRIB product sizes for AWIPS. TDL Office Note 95-3, National
Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 29 pp.
Glahn, H. R., 1994: An improved algorithm for determining the groups in GRIB
second-order packing. TDL Office Note 94-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 25 pp.
McDonald, M., and R. E. Saffle, 1994: Revised RADAP II archive data user's guide. TDL
Office Note 94-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 48 pp.
Dagostaro, V. J., and J. P. Dallavalle, 1993: AFOS-era verification of guidance and
local aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 18 (April 1992 - September 1992). TDL
Office Note 93-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 49 pp.
, and , 1993: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local aviation/public
weather forecasts--No. 19 (October 1992 - March 1993). TDL Office Note 93-4,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 52 pp.
Glahn, H. R., 1993: An analysis of some features of the GRIB code. TDL Office Note
93-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 42 pp.
Morris, K. R., and R. W. Kessler, 1993: Helicity characteristics in tornadic storm
environments from hourly wind profiler data. TDL Office Note 93-3, National
Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 33 pp.
, A. W. Harrell III, and A. C. Lackner III, 1992: A monthly precipitation amount
climatology derived from published atlas maps: Development of a digital database.
TDL Office Note 92-7, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce,
20 pp.
, and , 1992: The automated generation of precipitation phrases for the
Interactive Computer Worded Forecast. TDL Office Note 92-9, National Weather
Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 27 pp.
Dagostaro, V. J., and J. P. Dallavalle, 1992: AFOS-era verification of local
aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 12 (April 1989 - September 1989).
TDL Office Note 91-5, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 47 pp.
, and , 1992: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local aviation/
public weather forecasts--No. 13 (October 1989 - March 1990). TDL Office
Note 92-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 51 pp.
Cammarata, M. W., and J. M. Kosarik, 1992: The automated generation of cloud
phrases for the Interactive Computer Worded Forecast. TDL Office Note 92-4,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 17 pp.
, , and R. W. Kessler, 1992: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local
aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 14 (April 1990 - September 1990). TDL
Office Note 92-5, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce,
49 pp.
, and , 1992: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local aviation/public
weather forecasts --No. 15 (October 1990 - March 1991). TDL Office Note 92-6,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 52 pp.
, and , 1992: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local aviation/public
weather forecasts --No. 16 (April 1991 - September 1991). TDL Office Note 92-10,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 49 pp.
, and , 1992: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local aviation/public
weather forecasts --No. 17 (October 1991 - March 1992). TDL Office Note 92-12,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 52 pp.
Glahn, H. R., 1992: On the packing of gridpoint data for efficient transmission.
TDL Office Note 92-11, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 32 pp.
Kitzmiller, D. H., and J. B. Ator, 1992: An extrapolative-statistical method for
forecasting radar reflectivity. TDL Office Note 92-15, National Weather Service,
NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 18 pp.
, M. A. Przybocki, M. W. Cammarata, J. F. Wantz, J. Lang, and M. R. Peroutka, 1992:
The automated generation of temperature phrases for the Interactive Computer Worded
Forecast. TDL Office Note 92-8, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 20 pp.
, 1992: Plan for the development of advanced severe weather algorithms for
NEXRAD/AWIPS sites. TDL Office Note 92-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 19 pp.
Ruth, D. P., 1992: The systematic interpolative radial search (SIRS)--A method to compute
gridpoint values from contours. TDL Office Note 92-14, National Weather Service, NOAA,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 16 pp.
Unger, D. A., 1992: An evaluation of satellite sky cover estimates to complement ASOS
observations. TDL Office Note 92-13, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 11 pp.
Glahn, , 1991: On MOS and perfect prog for interpretive guidance. TDL Office Note
91-3, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 23 pp.
Carroll, L. A., III, 1991: Using the wind profiler's range normalized returned power to
monitor moisture changes. TDL Office Note 91-4, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 9 pp.
Dagostaro, V. J., and J. P. Dallavalle, 1991: AFOS-era verification of guidance and
local aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 11 (October 1988 - March 1989). TDL
Office Note 91-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 64 pp.
, and , 1991: AFOS-era verification of guidance and local aviation/public
weather forecasts--No. 12 (April 1989 - September 1989). TDL Office Note 91-5,
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 47 pp.
, J. P. Charba, J. P. Dallavalle, and R. E. Saffle, 1991: The production and use of
quantitative precipitation forecasts in the modernized NWS and TDL's role in their
production. TDL Office Note 91-6, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 13 pp.
Miller, R. G., and J. Lang, 1991: Verification of 1-6 hour statistical weather forecasts.
TDL Office Note 91-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 51 pp.
Bower J. B., 1990: An evaluation of surface wind forecast equations based on a new wind
speed predictand. TDL Office Note 90-3, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 26 pp.
, 1990: On the provision of 5-minute satellite data for AWIPS-90. TDL Office Note No.
90-1, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 32 pp.
Jensenius, J. S., Jr., 1990: A comparison of the observed and forecast frequencies of
various precipitation amounts in the 1986, 1987, and 1988 versions of the Nested
Grid Model. TDL Office Note 90-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 6 pp.
Battel, G., 1989: Wind profiler applications software development plan. TDL Office
Note 89-3, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 16 pp.
, G. M. Carter, and J. P. Dallavalle, 1989: AFOS-era verification of guidance and
local aviation/public weather forecasts--No. 10 (April 1988 - September 1988). TDL
Office Note 89-6 , National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 56 pp.
, 1989: Publications of members of the Techniques Development Laboratory, 1964-1989.
TDL Office Note 89-5, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 68 pp.
, and W. L. Wolf, 1989: Simulation of AWIPS-90 technique processing load for a WFO.
TDL Office Note 89-7, National Weather Service, NOAA, U. S. Department of Commerce, 28 pp.
McDonald, M., and R. E. Saffle, 1989: RADAP II archive data user's guide. TDL Office
Note 89-2, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 16 pp.
Saffle, R. E., 1989: Plan for the development and implementation of severe weather
probability relationships at NEXRAD sites. TDL Office Note 89-1, National Weather
Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 12 pp.