1. FAA Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP) Aviation Weather Forum: Opportunities for Implementation Panel 1 – Product Development July 25, 2000 Gloria Kulesa FAA AUA-430 http://www.faa.gov/aua/awr

2. 2 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 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

3. 3 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 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

4. 4 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 Paths to Implementation Winter Weather NEXRAD Enhancements Turbulence AGFS IF Icing Convective Wx MD&E NEXRAD Internet to Public NWS Xmit to Public DUAT OASIS DSR WARP CTASITWS Multiple Systems Vendors Airlines Ceiling & Visibility NWS/ ARTCC NWS NCEP AWC ADDS Fcstr Tool RTVS Juneau NWS FAA DAWN National Terminal Oceanic, National All Terminal

5. 5 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 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 !!

6. 6 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 ADDS Web Page from the NWS Aviation Weather Center (AWC)

7. 7 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 Present Icing Product 

8. 8 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 Present Icing Product (plotted) 

9. 9 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 IIDA from ADDS

10. 10 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 IIDA with Flight Path

11. 11 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 IIFA: Integrated Icing Forecast Algorithm

12. 12 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 Terminal Convective Weather Forecast Product DFW Traffic Manager: “We love this thing” Land additional aircraft (that would have diverted) Have arrivals ready when weather clears

13. 13 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 National Convective Weather Forecast

14. 14 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 Integrated Turbulence Forecasting Algorithm (ITFA)

15. 15 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 WSDDM Implemented At All 3 New York Airports

16. 16 FAA AWRP, AUA-430 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/