Applied Meteorology Unit - Operational Contributions to Spaceport Canaveral

The Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU) provides technology development, evaluation and transition services to improve operational weather support to the Space Shuttle and the National Space Program. It is established under a Memorandum of Understanding among NASA, the Air Force and the National .Weather Service (NWS). The AMU is funded and managed by NASA and operated by ENSCO, Inc. through a competitively awarded NASA contract. The primary customers are the 45th Weather Squadron (45WS) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), FL; the Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG) at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX; and the NWS office in Melbourne, FL (NWS MLB). This paper will briefly review the AMU's history and describe the three processes through which its work is assigned. Since its inception in 1991 the AMU has completed 72 projects, all of which are listed at the end of this paper. At least one project that highlights each of the three tasking processes will be briefly reviewed. Some of the projects that have been especially beneficial to the space program will also be discussed in more detail, as will projects that developed significant new techniques or science in applied meteorology

Paper Session I-B - A Decade of Weather Technology Delivered to America\u27s Space Program by the Applied Meteorology Unit

The Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU) is a unique joint venture of NASA, the Air Force and the National Weather Service. The AMU develops, evaluates and transitions new technology and techniques to improve weather support to spaceport operations at the Eastern Range and Kennedy Space Center. Its primary customers are the 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Spaceflight Meteorology Group at Johnson Space Center, and the National Weather Service Office in Melbourne, FL. Its products are used to support NASA\u27s Shuttle and EL V programs as well as Department of Defense and commercial launches from the Eastern Range . Shuttle support includes landing sites beyond the Eastern Range. This paper will first present a brief overview of the AMU and how it is tasked by its customers to provide high priority products and services. The balance of the paper will present a sampling of products delivered over the last ten years that are currently in operational use. Each example will describe the problem to be solved, the solution provided, and the operational benefits of implementing that solution

The Ursinus Weekly, October 10, 1960

Noted cellist to appear here; Orlando Cole plays Oct. 12 • Touchdown 1960 a great success • WAA holds meeting; To sell candy in dorms • College students can cast absentee ballots • SMU extends alma mater song contest one year • The Romance of small business Business Club topic for tonight • Lantern staff to hold first meeting of new term on Tues. • IRC to hold reception on Tuesday at Millers\u27 home at 8 • Schweiker talks to Republicans • German Club meets Tues.; Hear three travelers talk • Morgan announces Chem Club project • Mademoiselle announces College Board contest • Round table discussion planned by Chi Alpha • Try-outs for Fall play to be held Mon. and Wed. • Jr.-Frosh breakfast • Seven new instructors join Ursinus faculty • WSGA meets on Oct. 3; May Day group planned • Young Democrats to organize; First meeting tonight at 8 P.M. • Editorial: Why? • Recommended reading • About I.Q. tests • More on politics: Nixon in Philadelphia; Schweiker at Ursinus • Intramural corner • Hockey team wins opener with G.W. • Johns Hopkins defeats Bears on Saturday, 21-6 • Pete Seeger to appear at Town Hall on Oct. 22 • Bears to meet Colonels on Sat. • American Poetry Society solicits student efforts • MSGA notes • Nixon rally • Canterbury Club plans annual dinner on Oct. 10 • President Helfferich to be cited by Mercersburg Academyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1323/thumbnail.jp

Implementation of adolescent family-based substance use prevention programs in health care settings: Comparisons across conditions and programs

The majority of knowledge related to implementation of family-based substance use prevention programs is based on programs delivered in school and community settings. The aim of this study is to examine procedures related to implementation effectiveness and quality of two family-based universal substance use prevention programs delivered in health care settings, the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10–14 (SFP) and Family Matters (FM). These evidence-based programs were delivered as part of a larger random control intervention study designed to assess the influence of program choice vs. assignment on study participation and adolescent substance use outcomes. We also assess the effects of program choice (vs. assignment to program) on program delivery