Weather Forecasting Group

Tom Keenan: Miscellaneous Publications

Keenan, T.D. 1971: Acoustic sounding. Report submitted for BSc (Hons) RAAF Academy, University of Melbourne.

Keenan, T.D. 1973: High power acoustic sounding and vertical acoustic Doppler measurements. Fifth year report, Physics (RAAF) Academy, University of Melbourne.

Keenan, T.D. 1978: High power acoustic investigations of the lower atmosphere. Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, 399 pp.

Keenan, T.D. and F. Woodcock, 1981: Objective tropical cyclone movement forecasts using synoptic and track analogue information. Met. Note 121, Bureau of Meteorology, 7 pp.

Templeton, J.I. and T.D. Keenan, 1982: Tropical cyclone strike probability forecasting in the Australian region. Technical Report 49, Bureau of Meteorology, 18 pp.

*Keenan, T.D. 1983: Trying to forecast tropical cyclones. ECOS, 35, Autumn, 9-12.

Keenan, T.D. 1984: Objective forecasting of tropical cyclone movement. Ascent, 5, 38-39.

Keenan, T.D. 1984: Evaluation of several Australian tropical cyclone forecasting techniques for Joint Typhoon Warning Center use. Part 1 NAVENVPREDRSCHFAC, Technical Report,TR84-07, 23 pp.

Keenan, T.D. 1984: Development and testing of new statistical forecasting techniques for the southern hemisphere, Part 2 NAVENVPREDRSCHFAC,Technical Report, TR84-07, 22 pp.

Keenan, T.D. and S.C. Martin, 1987: AMEX Radar Atlas Volume I: AMEX Phase I. BMRC Research Report No 8.

Keenan, T.D. and S.C. Martin, 1987: AMEX Radar Atlas Volume II: AMEX Phase II. BMRC Research Report No 8.

Keenan, T.D., G. J. Holland, M. J. Manton, 1989: TRMM ground truth in a monsoon environment: Darwin, Australia. Tropical Rainfall Measurements. Eds. J. S. Theon & N. Fugono, A. Deepak Publishing, ISBN 0-937194-14-4, 433-438.

*Keenan, T.D., 1991: Book review of "Radar Meteorology", Editor D.A. Atlas, Published by American Meteorological Society, Aust. Meteor. Mag.,.

Keenan, T., G. Holland, S. Rutledge, J. Simpson, J. McBride, J. Wilson, M. Moncrieff, R. Carbone, W. Frank, B. Sanderson, N. Tapper and J. Hallett, 1994: Science Plan Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX), BMRC Research Report, 44, 61pp.

May, P.T., G. Holland, T. Keenan, J. LeMarshall, J. Colquhoun, B. Buckley, G. Love, J.Elliot, J. Dear and R. Potts, 1995:Towards a Comprehensive very-short-range forecasting system for the greater Sydney Region Observing system, BMRC Research Report, 50, 24pp.

Saito, K., T.Keenan, G. Holland and K. Puri, 1996: Numerical simulation of tropical diurnal thunderstorms over the Tiwi Islands. Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling WMO CAS/JSC WGNE(Working Group on Numerical Experimentation), 23, 5.33-5.34.

Keenan, T. and M.J. Manton, 1996: Darwin Climate Monitoring and Research Station: Observing Precipitating Systems in a Monsoon Environment, BMRC Research Report 53, 31pp.

Keenan, T., K. Puri, G. Mills and R. Bowen, 1996: Regional BMRC Analyses of Atmospheric Circulation During MCTEX, BMRC Research Report, No. 57, 67pp

*Keenan, T.D. 1998: Surface wind field analysis with the Jindalee Skywave radar. AMOS "Windows on Australian Meteorology', Editor E.K. Webb,.

Keenan, T. And J. LeMarshall, 1997:Satellite Data Summary and GMS Imagery During MCTEX, BMRC Research Report, No.60, 5pp.

Keenan, T. and K. Glasson, 1997:MCTEX C-Band Polarimetric Radar Atlas and Data Summary, BMRC Research Report, No. 59, 15pp.

Keenan, T.D., V. Kondratiev, G. Buis and R. Christmas, 1998: The Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC) Portable Automatic Weather Station: Description and Operation. BMRC Research Report, No. 68, 30pp.

Keenan T.D., G. J. Holland, P. May and M. Manton, 1998: Nowcasting Program Overview and Project Development Plan. Internal Bureau of Meteorology Project Development Plan., 43pp

Potts, R., T. Keenan and P. May, 1999: Radar Characteristics of Storms in the Sydney Area, BMRC Research Report, No. 72, 25pp.

Keenan, T., 1997:SCSMEX C-POL Radar Atlas and Data Summary, BMRC Research Report, In Preparation.

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