Session 1 History of ARAM: Evolution of capabilities for detecting and predicting aviation weather hazard: Saving lives

Monday, 13 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
206A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Chair:
James Pinto, NCAR, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO
CoChair:
Mike Robinson, The MITRE Corporation, Center for Advanced Aviation System Development, McLean, VA

Description:

This session follows the overarching theme of AMS centennial celebration: “The AMS Past, Present and Future: Linking Information to Knowledge to Society (LINKS)”.  Talks given in this session will set the stage for the rest of the conference by providing a historical context for current and future research endeavours in all three major components of ARAM as well as their corresponding sub-disciplines (e.g., historical overview of turbulence, icing, ceiling and visibility and convective hazards for aviation).


Papers:
8:30 AM
1.1
Addressing the Microburst Threat to Aviation: A Research-to-Operations Success Story (Invited Presentation)
John McCarthy, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO; NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Serafin and B. Mahoney

9:30 AM
1.3
Over a Quarter Century of Aircraft Icing Diagnosis and Forecasts (Invited Presentation)
Gregory Thompson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein

Abstract Submissions Closed