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Future Deployment Plans & Sensor Improvements in TAMAR Meeting

Explore deployment plans, airline incentives, sensor performance improvements, and sensor design enhancements presented at the TAMAR meeting on April 12, 2004. Learn about data quality, next-generation sensors, and recent improvements.

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Future Deployment Plans & Sensor Improvements in TAMAR Meeting

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  1. GLFE MEETING NO. 3 April 12, 2004 TAMDAR Future Deployment Plans & Sensor/Performance Improvements Mark Anderson

  2. Agenda • Present and Future Deployment Plans • Airline Incentives and Services • Recent Performance Improvements • Data Quality Improvements • High Resolution Data • Improved AirDat Forecasting Results • Next Generation Sensor Design Improvements • Additional Sensor Certifications

  3. Present and future deployment plans • Mesaba deployment • Deployment completed on Jan. 15, 2005 • 50 aircraft currently flying • 70 cities being served • Horizon deployment • 67 aircraft currently flying • 43 cities being served • Expanding fleet • 80 aircraft will be equipped • Dash Q200s, Q400s, & CRJs

  4. Horizon/Mesaba route structure

  5. Present and future deployment plans • In final contract negotiations with Airlines #3, #4, and #5 • In preliminary discussions with several other carriers • Will provide complete CONUS coverage in addition to segments of Mexico and Canada • Working with Army and Air Force for initial equipage of UAV’s • Willing to support international deployments

  6. Active deployment plans

  7. Air carrier incentives and services • Essential to incentivize air carriers for equipage • Utilize TAMDAR data pipe and data center to provide: • OOOI times • Flight tracking • Aircraft systems monitoring • Text messaging • Voice (backup) communications • Antenna for cockpit weather • EFB interfaces

  8. TAMDAR airborne components Iridium/GPS/Wx Antenna Wx coax for optional weather cockpit display Iridium GPS (Coax) (Coax) Voice Com Option TAMDAR Sensor Transceiver/ Router Text Messaging Option (RS-232) Data Buss Converter Heading and Aircraft Systems Inputs Optional EFBs Note: Integrated antenna includes satellite weather reception

  9. Recent performance improvements • Improved QA systems and flagging of suspect data • Run internal AirDat forecasts to monitor sensor performance • Upgrading Delta Hound system to identify suspect performance • Meteorologist uses Delta Hound and other systems to monitor sensors • Firmware improvements • Hardware improvements

  10. Recent performance improvements • Improved temperature performance through characterization of probe thermal time lag • Incorporated compensation in TAMDAR firmware • Improved RH performance • Replacement of suspect sensors • Re-orientation of outboard RH sensor • Beginning use of RH sensor with hydrophobic filters • Plans to incorporate RH time lag compensation • Improved winds aloft flagging of suspect data • Upgraded sensor firmware to permit transmission of high frequency sampling data

  11. Increased sampling resolution • Original sampling was: • 10 hPa intervals on ascent and descent up to 100 hPa above ground level • 50 hPa intervals above 100 hPa above ground level • New, higher resolution sampling • Waited for improvements in temperature, RH, and winds • Initiated March 31, 2006 • 10 hPa intervals on ascent and descent up to 200 hPA above ground level • 25 hPa intervals above ground level • Expect sensor performance improvements and higher resolution to produce improved forecast modeling results

  12. Improved forecasting model results • Significant TAMDAR impact in AirDat/NCAR models • High resolution TAMDAR data permits increased model resolution (sigma levels) resulting in skill improvements of more than 20% • Improvements in precipitation forecast accuracy of 34-84% over various government models • Preliminary results suggest better long range (>96 hr) ground temperature forecasts • OSSE is underway • Optimization of TAMDAR data weighting • Optimization of geographic deployment

  13. Next generation design improvements • Change to entry/exit holes to sensor cavity • Reduced contamination • More reliable RH performance • Pitot and static tube restrictions • Reduction of noise on pitot and static measurements • Improved turbulence measurements/calculations • Incorporation of NCAR turbulence recommendations • Re-distribution of de-icing heating elements

  14. Next generation design improvements • Firmware upgrades • Ice accretion rate • Temperature correction during de-icing • Refinement of calibration constants • Refinement of algorithms at high speeds • Customized electronic filter time constants depending on properties of sensing element • Temperature • RH • Pressure

  15. Next generation design improvements • Extensive calibration at Rolls Royce wind tunnel • Speeds from Mach 0.40 to Mach 0.85 • Sensing cavity pressures • Pitot and static calibrations • Mach heating • High bandwidth data

  16. Aircraft certifications • Saab 340 completed • In progress: • Bombardier Q200 • Bombardier Q400 • CRJ 700 • Will soon begin: • ERJ 135, 140, and 145 • ERJ 170

  17. Summary • Extensive North American deployment underway • Multiple aircraft certifications in progress • Continuing improvement of sensor performance and forecasting results.

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