William P. Mahoney III

 

WSAP Director
Weather Systems & Assessment Program (WSAP)
303-497-8426
mahoneyucar.edu

Job Duties

Responsible for programs within the Weather Systems and Assessment Program including, verification and validation, surface transportation (rail and highways), international aviation (Taiwan Advanced Operational Aviation Weather System), advanced forecasting systems (e.g., DICast), Societal and Economic Impacts Program, outreach, and strategic program development.

Professional Interests

Surface transportation weather, aviation weather, mesoscale meteorology, forecasting systems, radar meteorology, agricultural weather, and cloud physics.

Education

1983 M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming
1981 B.S., Aeronautics, Miami University

Selected Publications

Pisano, P.A., Stern, A.D., and W.P. Mahoney: Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Demonstration Results and Future Plans. /Preprints, 20^th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems, 12-16 January 2004, //Seattle//, //WA//. /AMS, Boston, MA.**

Mahoney, W.P. and L. Smithson, 2003: Improving the Safety, Efficiency, and Capacity of the Highway System by Improving the Use of Weather Information. Forum White Paper. AMS Policy Forum: Weather and Highways, 4-5 November 2003, Washington, D.C., AMS, Boston, MA.

Mahoney, W.P., 2003: Decision Support Systems for Winter Road Maintenance: Opportunities for Radar Data. Preprints, 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology, 6-12 August 2003, Seattle, WA. Amer. Meteor. Soc, Boston, MA.

Mahoney, W.P., and W. L. Myers, 2003: Predicting Weather and Road Conditions: An Integrated Decision Support Tool for Winter Road Maintenance Operations. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No 824, 2003, pages 98-105.

Mahoney, W.P. and Bruce Donaldson, 1997: Automatic windshear warning system designed to enhance flight safety and operational efficiency. ICAO Journal, January/February 1997.

Mahoney, W.P. and Bruce Donaldson, 1996: The Operational Windshear Warning System for Hong Kong's New Airport, Journal of ATC, Oct-Dec 1996.

Mahoney, W.P., Edward Brandes, and Robert Barron, 1994: Weather Detection for Airport Terminals: Advanced Radar Design Considerations, European Commission, COST 75, Weather Radar Systems, International Seminar, Brussels, Belgium, 20-23 September 1994, 626-637.

Mahoney, W.P. III and Cleon Biter, 1993: Windshear detection: terminal Doppler weather radar and the low-level windshear alert system operational experiences in Denver 1987-1992, Preprints, 5th Intl. Conf. On Aviation Weather Systems, 1-5 August, Vienna, VA. AMS, Boston, MA.

Mahoney, W.P. III, John Caron, Frank Hage, Steve Delp, Deirdre Roach, Gary Blackburn, and Cleon Biter, 1993: The prototype aviation weather products generator: a vehicle to assess user needs. Preprints, 5th Intl. Conf. On Aviation Weather Systems, 1-6 August, Vienna, VA. AMS, Boston, MA.

Mahoney, W.P. III and K. L. Elmore, 1991: The Evolution and Fine-Scale Structure of a Microburst-producing Cell. Monthly Weather Review, January, 119, 176-192.

Mahoney, W.P.,III, 1988: Gust front characteristics and the kinematics associated with interacting thunderstorm outflows. Monthly Weather Review, 116, 1474-1491.

Mahoney, W.P., III, 1987: Aircraft measurements on microburst development from hydrometeor evaporation. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 44, 3037-3051.