Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program TAMDAR Update & Future Plans GLFE and GLOE Meeting August 24-25, 2005 Taumi Daniels (757)

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program Great Lakes Flight Experiment

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program GLFE Status Start date 1/15/2005 As of 8/24, ~3.7 M observations 63 aircraft equipped Changes in observation intervals Fall & Winter seasons Targets of opportunity

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program Current / Planned Activities GLFE / GLOE Memphis Deployment Turbulence Flights TAMDAR Symposium Final Reports : –CIMSS, NCAR, & FSL CIMMS Aeribago

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program GLFE Extension FAA FISDL funding “Great Lakes Operational Evaluation” Continuation of GLFE Four new Weather studies: –Current Icing Potential –Convective Precipitation –Precipitation Forecast Model Skill –Surface Temperature Model Skill

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program TAMDAR Schedule 01/05 – Initiate GLFE 03/05 – Status Meeting 03/05 – CIMSS Memphis Deployment 05/05 – CIMSS Second Deployment 06/05 – UND Turbulence flights 07/05 – GLFE ends, GLOE begin 08/05 – Status Meeting 09/05 – WxAP Annual Review 01/06 – GLOE ends 01/06 – AMS Annual Meeting 03/06 – FSL Final Report

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program Future NASA Plans

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program Future Efforts Development and evaluation of TAMDAR-derived uplinked weather products for flight deck display Human Factors / cockpit display studies Pilot utilization FAA certification for flight deck display of own-ship turbulence and icing FAA Collaborations –FISDL, AWRP, SF21, Tech Center New / updated aviation wx products Development and demonstration flights of HAZMETs via FISDL and/or Safe Flight 21 datalinks TAMDAR on UAVs Icing-only sensor

Aviation Safety and Security Program Aviation Safety and Security Program Future Efforts Development and evaluation electronic PIREPS (derived from TAMDAR data) for GA pilots Integration of TAMDAR with other systems for regional aircraft, evaluation, flight testing, certification Development of FSS user requirements Evaluation of Electronic PIREPS disseminated to flight service stations and weather briefers TAMDAR-derived data display issues and collaborative weather decision making Development of regional aviation weather products from mesoscale models that feature reduced grid spacing and cycle time (ingest TAMDAR data) at AWC Evaluation of products at AWC on N-AWIPS