Weather Operations in the Transformation Era

By Colonel John M. Lanicci, USAF

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Reproduction Date: 10/16/2012

Title:	Weather Operations in the Transformation Era
Author:	Colonel John M. Lanicci, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Air Force Weather Operations
Collections:	Authors Community, Technology
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Description
In Weather Operations in the Transformation Era, Col John M. Lanicci, USAF, takes a compelling look at future weather operations. His hypothesis is that a consolidated battlespace picture integrates both natural and man-made elements, which is totally consistent with USAF transformation efforts. He points out that the way ahead is easier said than done and offers several cogent reasons why the weather operations portion of information-in-warfare has not caught up with current USAF doctrine.Significant advances in information technology and advent of effects-based operations are propelling the USAF weather community away from traditional, single-inject stand-up briefings towards continuously updated advice to war fighters at every step of campaign/mission planning and execution. This technological momentum will make it necessary to fundamentally change data collection, analysis, prediction, and product tailoring. The author outlines these changes in a concept called weather, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (WISR), a term first used by the Air Staff to describe the total integration of natural and man-made environments for predictive battlespace awareness (PBA).