Meteorologist's weather technology aids soldiers, civilians
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 06:14
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- From battlefields to civilian settings, David Stauffer`s combination of weather and technology saves lives. Stauffer, a senior research associate and associate professor of meteorology at Penn State, and his research team helped develop the Meteorological Measuring Set - Profiler (MMS-P). The Profiler is an automated computerized weather forecast system that runs in the back of specially equipped Humvees to provide detailed "nowcast" information to the Army.