Low-altitude wind shear and its hazard to aviation : report of the Committee on Low-Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation : a joint study / Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board [and] Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Board, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Low-Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind shear.

Meteorology in aeronautics.

Weather forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Low-Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Near-Term Actions""; ""Information and Education""; ""Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System""; ""Pilot Training""; ""Medium-Term Actions""; ""Airborne Alert of Wind-Shear Encounters""; ""Long-Term Actions""; ""Terminal Doppler Radar""; ""Airborne Remote Detectors""; ""Time Phasing""; ""Research Needs""; ""Meteorology""; ""Aircraft Performance and Operations""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""General""; ""Detection and Prediction""; ""Aircraft Performance and Operations""; ""Research""

""1 Introduction""""INCIDENT/ACCIDENT RECORDS""; ""FAA WIND-SHEAR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES""; ""2 Low-Altitude Wind Shear""; ""THE NATURE OF LOW-ALTITUDE WIND SHEAR""; ""Convective Outflows""; ""Gust Fronts""; ""Gravity and/or Solitary Waves""; ""Sea-Breeze Fronts""; ""Air-Mass Fronts""; ""Terrain-Induced Wind Shear""; ""Mountain Waves""; ""Low-Level Jet Streams""; ""Tornadoes""; ""GROUND-BASED SENSING OF LOW-ALTITUDE WIND SHEAR""; ""Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System""; ""Pressure Sensors""; ""Ground-Based Microwave Radar""; ""Microwave Doppler Radar""; ""Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD)""

""A Terminal Radar for Wind-Shear Detection""""Remote Sensing by Means of FM-CW Radar""; ""Longer-Wavelength Profiling Radar""; ""Doppler Lidar""; ""Acoustic Sounding""; ""AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING OF WIND SHEAR""; ""Microwave Doppler Radar""; ""Doppler Lidar""; ""Passive Infrared Radiometry""; ""INTERPRETATION AND COMMUNICATION TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND PILOTS""; ""WIND-SHEAR PREDICTION""; ""NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERACTION WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION""; ""Dissemination of Weather Advisories""; ""3 Aircraft Performance and Operations""; ""WIND-SHEAR WARNINGS""

""COCKPIT PROCEDURES AND TRAINING""""FAA Regulations""; ""Operating Procedures""; ""AVOIDING IMMINENT GROUND CONTACT""; ""Training Programs""; ""Wind-Shear Modeling for Training Simulators""; ""PERFORMANCE IN WIND SHEAR""; ""Airplane Response to Wind Shear""; ""Takeoff in Wind Shears""; ""Altitude Loss in Wind Shear on Landing Approach""; ""General Aviation Aircraft""; ""GUIDANCE AND CONTROL AIDS""; ""Airborne Warning Systems""; ""Manual and Automatic Control Systems""; ""4 Conclusions""; ""5 Recommendations""; ""GENERAL""; ""DETECTION AND PREDICTION""; ""AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATIONS""

""RESEARCH""""Appendix A Wind-Shear PIREPs""; ""Appendix B Example of a Modern Wind-Shear Penetration System""; ""APPROACH AND LANDING""; ""GO-AROUND""; ""TAKEOFF""; ""DISPLAYS DRIVEN FROM THE FCC AND TMC""; ""Appendix C References and Bibliography""; ""Appendix D Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in the Text""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 97-109.

ISBN:

9786610245789

9781280245787

1280245786

9780309563956

030956395X

OCLC:

923268453