Session: Convection, Decision Support Systems, and Air Traffic Management Posters (88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008))

P1.1

Statistical guidance for Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts from the Localized Aviation MOS Program

David E. Rudack, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ghirardelli

P1.2

Oceanic Convection Diagnosis and Nowcasting

Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and H. Cai, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, J. Hawkins, and E. R. Williams

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/projects/ocn

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P1.3

Forecasting of Weather Bringing Disruption to Airport Operations Caused by Tropical Cyclones

Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and P. P. W. Li

Poster PDF (981.0 kB)

P1.4

Linear contrail detection over the eastern United States from AVHRR and MODIS data

Lance A. Avey, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and R. Palikonda, P. Minnis, and D. P. Duda

P1.5

Observed uses and Air Traffic Flow Management benefits of the Route Availability Planning Tool during the 2007 convective weather season

Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. DeLaura and J. E. Evans

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

P1.6

The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative: Research and transition activities in convective and turbulence diagnosis and nowcasting

John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Berendes, W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, S. J. Paech, H. Iskendarian, R. D. Sharman, and J. J. Murray

P1.7

Sodar acoustic enclosure versus ambient acoustic noise, ground clutter and aerodynamically generated wind noise

Jean-Michel Fage Sr., REMTECH, Saint James, NY

P1.8

Statistical characteristics of the wind dependence of snow and freezing fog events at several major airports for improving Runway Visual Range (RVR) performance

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley

Poster PDF (759.1 kB)

P1.9

Marine Stratus Decision Support System for SFO: Does it reduce aircraft delays?

Nikole M. Ray, San Jose State University; and M. J. Delman and D. Reynolds

P1.10

Developing Tools for Calibrating Four-Dimensional Aviation Weather Forecasts

Holly M. Uhlenhake, RS Information Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and T. R. Boyer and D. P. Ruth

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

P1.11

Optimized Flight Routing Based on Weather Impacts Grids

David I. Knapp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and T. Jameson, E. Measure, and A. Butler

Poster PDF (78.3 kB)

P1.12

Modeling convective weather avoidance in enroute airspace

Rich DeLaura, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson, M. Pawlak, and J. E. Evans

Poster PDF (486.2 kB)

P1.13

Development of a lightning nowcasting system for Hong Kong International Airport

Peter P.W. Li, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and S. Y. Lau and D. S. Lau

Poster PDF (348.0 kB)

P1.14

Comprehensive storm-scale and microscale observational requirements for the current aviation enterprise and for NextGen

John J. Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and D. Helms and C. Miner

P1.15

A statistical study of the weather impact on punctuality at Frankfurt Airport

Danijela Markovic, Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Hannover, Germany; and T. Hauf and P. Röhner

P1.16

Transformation of NAS to NextGen and FAA Weather Architecture Impacts: An Update

Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter

Poster PDF (176.9 kB)

P1.17

Evaluation of the 2 foot-lambert (fL) dawn and dusk thresholds for Runway Visual Range (RVR) airport applications

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley

Poster PDF (216.3 kB)

P1.18

Determination of the Predictability of aviation-relevant Characteristics of convective Weather

Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, D. Megenhardt, C. Phillips, and J. Pinto

Poster PDF (959.8 kB)

P1.19

GOES-R Aviation Algorithm Working Group: Toward meeting aviation-related requirements

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. L. Pryor, M. J. Pavolonis, J. R. Mecikalski, W. L. Smith Jr., and D. T. Lindsey

P1.20

Platform for Meso-Scale Weather Prediction in Aerospace Applications

Yosef Gavriel Tirat-Gefen, Aerospace Division, Castel Research Inc., Fairfax, VA; and J. C. G. Pimentel

P1.21

An Assessment of clear-air echo occurrences to develop an advanced wind shear detection system for precipitation- free conditions

Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and C. Tetsuya, M. Yutaka, T. Aoshima, H. Kobayashi, F. Mawashi, F. Taka, Y. Hirakawa, and H. Kiyota

Poster PDF (240.2 kB)

P1.22

An interactive training approach to support the operational use of Air Traffic Management Convective Weather Decision Support Tools

Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. E. Evans

P1.23

Cloud-to-ground lightning as a proxy for nowcasts of VIL and echo tops

Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

Poster PDF (364.8 kB)

P1.24

A continental dense fog event associated with precipitation and low clouds

Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois; and D. A. R. Kristovich

Poster PDF (334.5 kB)

P1.25

Prototyping new products for the Canadian Air Navigation System: 'TAFPlus' and 'V-CMAC'

Bruno Larochelle, EC - Canadian Meteorological Aviation Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. Laroche, M. Schaffer, R. Honch, and M. Kothbauer

P1.26

A meteorological system for planning and evaluating glider flights in Pennsylvania USA

Edward E. Hindman, The City University of New York, New York, NY; and S. M. Saleeby and O. Liechti

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P1.27

Near real-time detection of seafog using MTSAT

Jae H. Kim, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea; and J. Ha and K. Ha

P1.28