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FAA Weather Processors: Display, Integration and Evaluation (Segment Five)

FAA Weather Processors: Display, Integration and Evaluation (Segment Five). Status / Update for Friends / Partners in Aviation Weather Forum. Alfred Moosakhanian En Route Future Automation October 13, 2004. FAA Weather Processors. WARP - Weather and Radar Processor

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FAA Weather Processors: Display, Integration and Evaluation (Segment Five)

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  1. FAA Weather Processors:Display, Integration and Evaluation(Segment Five) Status / Update for Friends / Partners in Aviation Weather Forum Alfred Moosakhanian En Route Future Automation October 13, 2004

  2. FAA Weather Processors • WARP - Weather and Radar Processor • CIWS – Corridor Integrated Weather System • Weather in the Cockpit: • FIS Data Link (FISDL) • FIS-Broadcast (FIS-B)

  3. Weather and Radar Processor WARP Program Description: • Integrated, interactive weather workstation for meteorologists at each ARTCC and the ATCSCC • Provides weather display to traffic flow manager, air-traffic controllers, and air traffic sector manager • FAA’s En Route/ATCSCC aviation weather database • Provides data to other National Airspace System (NAS) entities using the Weather Information Network Server (WINS)

  4. Nexrad Mosaic Products • WARP currently provides NEXRAD Mosaics to air-traffic controllers on the Display System Replacement (DSR) screen by 4 products: • 0 - 60,000 feet: Composite Reflectivity (CR) • 0 - 24,000 feet: (Low) Layer CR • 24,000 - 33,000 feet (High) Layer CR • 33,000 - 60,000 feet (Super-high) Layer CR • Air-traffic controllers using these products will view the NAS with complete “ground to air” coverage

  5. Optimal Mosaic Products Provides latest technology advances: • More accurate weather displays • Increased views of “young” thunderstorms – as they develop • Higher reflectivity resolution products – using improved algorithms • Removal of radar clutter and anomalous propagation (AP) • Ability to display lightning strike data By the end of 1st Quarter of FY05: WARP Optimal Mosaic products will provide: • 3 Optimal Mosaics: • 0 – 60,000 feet: Composite Reflectivity (CR) • 0 – 24,000 feet: CR • 24,000 - 60,000 feet: CR • One Maximum Contributor Mosaic: • 0 – 60,000 feet: CR

  6. 60 50 1997 40 1998 1999 30 2000 Thousands of Delays 2001 20 2002 2003 10 2004 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month Corridor Integrated Weather System NAS Capacity / Delay Problem: - Substantial delays and capacity constraints occur as a result of convective activity - Impact particularly acute in summer months in NE corridor - CIWS - Demonstration system started 2001 -- to evaluate impacts of improved weather products to improve capacity - Current Capabilities -- 2 hour convective weather forecast - self scoring -- High resolution echo tops product -- Fast update NEXRAD/ASR-9 mosaics -- Storm Growth and Decay trend OPSNET Weather Delays • Peak delays – Summer convective storm season. • Airline over scheduling caused high delays in Fall • of 2000 (LGA) and Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 (ORD)

  7. 6 3 # of aircraft 1 Situational awareness 9 Shorter/fewer ground stops 2 Interfacility coordination 10 Directing traffic through gaps 3 Routes open longer 11 Improved safety 4 Improved Arrival Transition 12 Close route proactively Area (ATA) management 13 Optimize runway usage 5 Reduce workload 14 Avoid ground stop 6 Proactive reroutes 15 Reduced MIT restrictions 7 Directing pathfinders 16 Improved use of Ground Delay 8 More SWAP departures Programs (GDP) CIWS Domain and Benefits CIWS 2004 Domain ASR-9 NEXRAD NEXRAD (New) Canadian Quantified Delay Benefits Status 3500 3314 3000 --Operate CIWS demonstration system serving Boston-NY-DC-Chicago Corridor --Added NavCanada coverage for Northern Playbook route coverage --Provided CIWS displays for ZMP and ZKC 2500 Annual benefit 28,383-57,060 hours delay reduction ($108.7 M - $216.4 M) 2000 Annual Benefit Occurrences Annual benefit 11,702 hours delay reduction ($41.8 M) 1500 1289 953 756 749 1000 439 311 276 500 196 194 183 157 110 110 69 52 14 Future Enhancements 0 11 12 10 13 14 15 16 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 --Winter Forecast product --High resolution echo tops forecast --Convective initiation

  8. Weather in the Cockpit - Status • National Service • FISDL: service through FAA-Industry agreement with Honeywell • 159 transmitter sites, covering 90% of major flyways @ 5K • Additional gap-filling sites planned • Cockpit Products: Text free, Graphics through subscription; Area products recently added • Regional Service (Pockets) • FIS-B: service through Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) network • 24 initial transmitter sites along East Coast + Flagstaff, all operating by December 2004 • Pocket implementations support establishing baseline for JRC decision for national UAT deployment • Cockpit Products: Free service (Text and Graphics)

  9. Cockpit Display Examples Visit Exhibits: FISDL: Honeywell (Booth # 4201) FIS-B: Safe Flight 21 (Booth # 7819)

  10. On-Going Actions • Publication of standards/guidance: • Aircraft Certification (AIR-130): • TSO C-157 and AC 20-FIS (ref: RTCA DO-267A): public comments received – target Oct04 publication • Flight Standards (AFS-400): • Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) • Updating to include information on UAT network (ADS-B, FIS-B and TIS-B) and guidance on use of TFR cockpit displays • AC 00-FIS: legal review completed - target Oct 04 publication • Product Development • METAR/TAF/PIREP plain language decoders (NCAR) • NOTAM/TFR database access (FAA NAIMES program) • NEXRAD display assessment (FAA WJHTC) • NEXRAD looping display assessment (NASA AWIN)

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