Robert C. Miller 3463271 220673109 2008-06-21T00:32:27Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|other persons of the name Robert or Bob Miller|Bob Miller}} Col. '''Robert C. Miller''', [[USAF]] (b. [[1920]], d. [[1998]]), was an American [[meteorologist]], whom pioneered severe convective storms forecasting and applied research, developing an empirical [[weather forecasting|forecasting]] method, identifying many features associated with severe [[thunderstorm]]s, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official [[tornado]] forecast (a forecast that ironically verified) in 1948. <ref name="Storm Track">{{cite journal |last=Crisp |first=Charlie A. |authorlink=Charles A. Crisp |coauthors=Robert Maddox |title=Remembering Col. Robert Miller |journal=[[Stormtrack]] |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages =3–7 |date=1999 }}</ref><ref name="BAMS">{{cite journal |last=Lewis |first=John M. |coauthors=Robert A. Maddox, and Charlie A. Crisp |title=Architect Of Severe Storm Forecasting: Colonel Robert C. Miller |journal=[[Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society]] |volume=87 |issue=4 |pages=447–463 |publisher=[[American Meteorological Society]] |date=April 2006 |url=http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2FBAMS-87-4-447 |doi=10.1175/BAMS-87-4-447 }}</ref><ref name="BAMS 50th anniversary">{{cite journal |last=Grice |first=G. K. |coauthors =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, and K. K. Wagner |title=The Golden Anniversary Celebration of the First Tornado Forecast |journal=[[Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society]] |volume=80 |issue=7 |pages=1341–1348 |publisher=[[Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society]] |date=July 1999 |url=http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0477%281999%29080%3C1341%3ATGACOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1341:TGACOT>2.0.CO;2 |doilabel=10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080&#60;1341:TGACOT&#62;2.0.CO;2 }}</ref><ref name="1st fcst">{{cite journal |last=Miller |first=Robert C. |coauthors=Charlie A. Crisp |title=The First Operational Tornado Forecast Twenty Million to One |journal=[[Weather and Forecasting]] |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=479–483 |publisher=[[American Meteorological Society]] |date=August 1999 |url=http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0434(1999)014%3C0479%3ATFOTFT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 |doi=10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0479:TFOTFT>2.0.CO;2 |doilabel=10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014&#60;0479:TFOTFT&#62;2.0.CO;2 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/GoldenAnniversary/ Golden Anniversary of Tornado Forecasting] ([[National Severe Storms Laboratory]]) * [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/tornadodata/firstforecast/ The Historic Forecast] ([[National Weather Service]], Norman, OK) * [http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/w1stfcst.htm 1948 prediction spurs tornado forecasting] ([[USA Today]]) {{climate-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Robert C.}} [[Category:American meteorologists]] [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:1998 deaths]]