Aviation Weather Surveillance Systems

Aviation Weather Surveillance Systems
Author: Pravas Mahapatra
Publisher: IET
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1999
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780852969373

Focusing on radar-based surveillance, this book has been written to provide a comprehensive introduction to the science, sensors and systems that form modern aviation weather surveillance systems.

Aviation Weather

Aviation Weather
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1989
Genre: Doppler radar
ISBN:

Aviation Weather Hazards

Aviation Weather Hazards
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781289081973

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) procedures for disseminating weather information to pilots. Air traffic controllers provide pilots with weather information from a variety of sources, including National Weather Service and FAA weather advisories, reports from pilots, and airport wind-shear alert and radar surveillance systems. GAO found that: (1) since existing airport surveillance systems are not adequate for detecting and identifying all potentially dangerous weather conditions, FAA plans to deploy new surveillance radars that will be capable of timely providing more weather information; (2) FAA plans to upgrade existing wind-shear alert systems, which are currently unreliable and frequently yield false alarms; (3) controllers frequently do not timely provide pilots with available weather information; and (4) FAA is not going to implement an automated communications system before 1990. In a recent survey of controllers, GAO also found that: (1) some controllers believed that less-experienced controllers may be less able to timely provide weather information; (2) many controllers believed that they had not received adequate training in handling traffic in bad weather; and (3) during peak periods, many controllers are too busy separating traffic to timely provide weather information.

FSL in Review

FSL in Review
Author: Forecast Systems Laboratory (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1999
Genre: Weather forecasting
ISBN:

Aviation and Weather

Aviation and Weather
Author: William F. Ottone
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-01-16
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN: 9781620818923

The National Weather Service (NWS) plays a significant role in providing weather services to the aviation community. NWS's weather products and data are vital components of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control system, providing weather information to local, regional, and national air traffic management, navigation, and surveillance systems. NWS aviation weather products include forecasts and warnings of meteorological conditions that could affect air traffic, including thunderstorms, air turbulence, and icing. This book examines options for enhancing the efficiency of aviation weather services provided at en-route centres, with a focus on meteorological services and winter safety.

Aircraft Surveillance Systems

Aircraft Surveillance Systems
Author: Busyairah Syd Ali
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2019-12-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9780367881719

The Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) systems provide air traffic controllers with the information necessary to ensure the specified separation between aircraft and efficient management of airspace, as well as assistance to flight crew for safe navigation. However, the radar systems that support air traffic management (ATM), and in particular air traffic control (ATC), are at their operational limit. This is particularly acute in the provision of the ATC services in low altitude, remote and oceanic areas. Limitations in the current surveillance systems include unavailability of services in oceanic and remote areas, limited services during extreme weather conditions, and outdated equipment with limited availability of spare parts to support system operation. These limitations have resulted in fatal accidents. This book addresses the limitations of radar to support ATC in various operational environments, identified and verified by analysing five years of safety data from Avinor, the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) in Norway. It derives a set of taxonomy and from this develops a causal model for incident/accident due to limitations in the surveillance system. The taxonomy provides a new method for ANSPs to categorize incidents while the causal model is useful for incident/accident investigations. The book also provides theoretical justifications for the use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) to overcome the limitations of radar systems and identify areas of improvements to enable seamless ATC services. Written in a style that makes it accessible to non-specialists, Aircraft Surveillance Systems will be of interest to many in the field of aviation, particularly ATM, safety and accident/incident investigation. It will also offer a useful reference on this vital topic for air traffic management courses.

Aviation Weather Information Requirements Study

Aviation Weather Information Requirements Study
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2000
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN:

The Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) has as its goal an improvement in aviation safety by a factor of 5 over the next 10 years and a factor of 10 over the next 20 years. Since weather has a big impact on aviation safety and is associated with 30% of all aviation accidents, Weather Accident Prevention (WxAP) is a major element under this program. The Aviation Weather Information (A WIN) Distribution and Presentation project is one of three projects under this element. This report contains the findings of a study conducted by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) under the Enhanced Weather Products effort, which is a task under A WIN. The study examines current aviation weather products and their application. The study goes on to identify deficiencies in the current system and to define requirements for aviation weather products that would lead to an increae in safety. The study also provides an overview [of] the current set of sensors applied to the collection of aviation weather information. New, modified, or fused sensor systems are identified which could be applied in improving the current set of weather products and in addressing the deficiencies defined in the report. In addition, the study addresses and recommends possible sensors for inclusion in an electronic pilot reporting (EPIREP) system.