faa aviation weather research program (awrp)

FAA Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP)

Aviation Weather Forum:

Opportunities for Implementation

Panel 1 – Product Development

July 25, 2000

Gloria KulesaFAA AUA-430

http://www.faa.gov/aua/awr

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AWRP Goals

• Outcomes

Reduce Weather-Related Accidents & Incidents

Relieve Weather Impact on System Capacity & Efficiency

• Outputs

Provide Capability via Applied Research to Generate Weather Observations, Warnings, and Forecasts with Higher Resolution & Accuracy

Improve Accessibility & Delivery of Weather Information

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Focused Research Teams

Meteorological Teams • In Flight Icing

• Convective Weather

• Turbulence

• Ceiling & Visibility

• Winter Weather Research

• Model Development & Enhancement

• NEXRAD Enhancements

• Juneau Terrain-Induced Turbulence • Aviation Gridded Forecast System (AGFS)

Core Members

• NCAR • NWS (NCEP: AWC, EMC) • NOAA (FSL, ETL, and NSSL) • MIT/LL• FAA WJ Hughes Tech Center• Universities

Extended Members

• NASA Glenn/Langley/Ames ; DoD ; Airlines ; Port Authorities ; Cities

• Weather Service Industry (CRDAs)

• Aviation Trade Associations

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Paths to ImplementationWinter Weather

NEXRAD Enhancements

Turbulence

AGFS

IF Icing

ConvectiveWx

MD&E

NEXRAD

Internet toPublic

NWS Xmitto Public

DUAT

OASIS

DSRWARP

CTASITWS

MultipleSystemsVendors

Airlines

Ceiling & Visibility

NWS/ARTCC

NWSNCEP

AWCADDSFcstr Tool

RTVS

JuneauNWS

FAA DAWN

NationalTerminal

Oceanic, NationalAll

Terminal

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Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)(AGFS PDT)

• Web-based delivery mechanism• Located at and operated by the NWS Aviation Weather Center• Includes flight path vertical cross section data• Rave reviews by users

GA pilots: “Great site. Easy to use and navigate. Tax dollars for something really worthwhile. Keep up the good work.” “One of the best programmed, most smartly laid out, sights I have seen in a long time. The information is easily accessible and extremely useful. An unprecedented source of powerful, easily accessed weather information now in the hands of people who can benefit from it.”

FedEx pilot: “...this is the best aviation weather site I have access to. I especially like the flight planner mode. I have notified all my friends and have taken the liberty to load this site on the computers at work.”

Airline Dispatcher: “Ya'll must be in the genius category !! We use ADDS at work along with other cool stuff on the internet to back up our own system. the flight path tool is awesome ! I mean awesome...I can really use this kind of data on an hourly basis. Keep up the good work....are you sure ya'll work for the government ? Not what you'd expect from Uncle Sam....if you know what I mean. Fantastic !!

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ADDS Web Page from the NWS Aviation Weather Center (AWC)

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Present Icing Product

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Present Icing Product (plotted)

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IIDA from ADDS

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IIDA with Flight Path

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IIFA: Integrated Icing Forecast Algorithm

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Terminal Convective WeatherForecast Product

DFW Traffic Manager:“We love this thing”

•Land additional aircraft (that would have diverted)

•Have arrivals ready when weather clears

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National Convective Weather Forecast

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Integrated Turbulence Forecasting Algorithm (ITFA)

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WSDDM Implemented AtAll 3 New York Airports

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Links• AWR web page

http://www.faa.gov/aua/awr

• ADDS http://adds.awc-kc.noaa.gov/

• IIFA: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/largedrop/iifa/