Weather forecasting accuracy for FAA traffic flow management : a workshop report / Committee for a Workshop on Weather Forecasting Accuracy for FAA Air Trafic Control, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for a Workshop on Weather Forecasting Accuracy for FAA Air Traffic Control.

Conference Name:

Weather Forecasting Accuracy for Federal Aviation Administration Traffic Flow Management Workshop (2002 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weather forecasting--United States.

Weather forecasting.

Aeronautics--United States--Safety measures.

Aeronautics.

Aircraft accidents--United States--Prevention.

Aircraft accidents.

Climatic changes--Forecasting.

Climatic changes.

Risk communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Accurate prediction of convective storms 2- to 6-hours in advance is critical to selecting air traffic routes with minimal weather delays or diversions. This report summarizes the discussions of a workshop to explore present convective weather forecasting skill, strategies for improving that skill, ways to verify forecasts are accurate, and how to make forecasts useful to air traffic controllers, airline dispatchers, and pilots.

Contents:

""WEATHER FORECASTING ACCURACY FOR FAA TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 The Aviation Community's Weather Forecast Needs ""; ""IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS AND STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM""; ""Operational Forecasting Community""; ""Industry""; ""Collaborative Decision-Making Process""; ""COLLABORATIVE CONVECTIVE FORECAST PRODUCT""; ""Overview of the System""; ""Evaluation and Verification""; ""CURRENT STATUS OF OPERATIONAL FORECASTING""; ""Constraints""; ""Numerical Modeling""; ""2 Status of Aviation Weather Forecasting Research ""

""STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CONVECTIVE FORECASTS""""Richard Carbone""; ""J.Michael Fritsch""; ""Cynthia Mueller""; ""RESEARCH GAPS AND NEEDS""; ""PRESENTATION OF FORECASTS""; ""VERIFICATION SCHEMES""; ""3 Next Steps ""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Statement of Task ""; ""Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms ""; ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members ""; ""Appendix D Workshop Agenda ""; ""Appendix E List of Workshop Participants ""

Notes:

"Workshop [held] on June 4-5, 2002, in Washington, D.C."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-41).

ISBN:

0-309-16837-6

1-280-18012-9

9786610180127

0-309-56654-1

OCLC:

70741070