Friends/Partners In Aviation Weather 2002

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Friends/Partners In Aviation Weather 2002 JoAnn Y. Ford Manager, Aerospace Weather Standards Division, ARS-200 Aerospace Weather Policy and Standards Staff

Installation and Commissioning 993 Federal ASOS (installed) 110 Dept. of Defense (76 Navy/34 Air Force) 313 National Weather Service 570 FAA 570 FAA ASOS Commissioned New Haven, CT installed and commissioned; last of 569 FAA baseline ASOS Naples, FL commissioned; not part of FAA baseline sites 10/17/02 Version 2.00

ASOS Preplanned Product Improvements (P3I) Processor Upgrade Dewpoint Sensor Ice Free Wind Sensor Enhanced Precipitation Identifier Improve Ceilometer/Sensor Algorithm Improve Visibility Algorithm All Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge (partially funded) Snow Depth/Accumulation Sensor (non-funded requirement) 10/17/02 Version 2.00

Automated Weather Sensor Developments ALDARS (Operational at all FAA-sponsored and some NWS- sponsored ASOS sites) Next Generation Runway Visual Range (NGRVR) interface to ASOS developed and Operational Test & Evaluation testing complete 120 RVR long line sites planned with 72 sites operational ASOS Controller Equipment - Information Display Systems (ACE-IDS) and Systems Atlanta-Information Display Systems (SA-IDS4) ASOS-ATIS Interface Stand Alone Weather Sensors (SAWS) 10/17/02 Version 2.00

ASOS Configuration Control Board (ACCB) Initiatives Change thunderstorm-reporting range thresholds for SPECIs Develop freezing drizzle algorithm Add max pressure to ASOS Daily Summary Page Connect 40 NWS ASOS sites to ADAS for ITWS Modify pressure sensor yes/no prompt Delete RVRNO code Modify sky condition algorithm Compute and display wind chill and heat index values 10/17/02 Version 2.00

Total of 884 planned ACU Processor upgrades Deployment of ACU Processor upgrades - STATUS: 30 ACU upgrades deployed for operational testing Total of 884 planned ACU Processor upgrades FAA Share: $3.1 M = 570 units NWS Share: $2.4 M = 313 units Total Cost $5.5 M = 883 units FY03 allocation for ASOS P3I is $3.8M - Total FAA baseline ASOS funding approx $55M 10/17/02 Version 2.00

Friends and Partners Initiatives General Discussion Observations 5 minutes to the hour SPECIs within 6 minutes of the hour AOP/AAF-1 letter not yet signed - Awaiting data integration into National Airspace Performance Reporting System (NAPRS) (FAA Order 6040.15) NWS - ASOS observations Internet availability - Current plans include different levels of access (i.e., minute by minute data versus hourly data) 10/17/02 Version 2.00