Session: Weather Guidance to Support Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operations (99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Monday, 7 January 2019: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

North 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Host: 19th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs:

Cecilia Miner, n/a, Aviation Services Branch, Woodbridge, VA and Jenny Stewart, Univ. of the Incarnate Word, UAS Research Lab, San Antonio, TX

The proliferation of UAS has wide-ranging implications for meteorology. The FAA predicts there could be 7 million unmanned aircraft flying in the United States by 2020. This session is an opportunity to explore what new demands UAS place on meteorological research, development, and operations. Particular foci might include methods of filling in gaps where current aviation weather support is not well suited to UAS.

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Urban Air Mobility—Emerging Opportunities for the Weather Community

Matthias Steiner, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Handout (2.0 MB)

9:00 AM

1.2

Are We Ready to Weather Urban Air Mobility (UAM)?

Colleen Reiche, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC; and F. Brody, C. McGillen, and N. Mendonca

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM