Robert C. Miller

For other persons of the name Robert or Bob Miller, see Bob Miller (disambiguation).
Robert C. Miller
Born1920 (1920)
Died1998 (aged 77–78)
AllegianceUnited States
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force
Service years1942–1965
RankColonel
Other workMeteorologist
Scientific career
Known forTornado and convective storm forecasting
AwardsClarence Leroy Meisinger Award
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsUSAAF, USAF, federal civil service, consultant

Col. Robert C. Miller, USAF (1920–1998), was an American meteorologist, who pioneered severe convective storms forecasting and applied research, developing an empirical forecasting method, identifying many features associated with severe thunderstorms, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official tornado forecast (1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes), and it verified, in 1948.

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