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The 4-D Weather Data Cube: Roadmap to 2022


This paper describes the scope, objectives, schedule and activities necessary to build the 4-D Weather Data Cube. The 4-D Weather Data Cube is a multi-agency Federal-Industry partnership that will build a virtual 4-D weather data base containing the necessary information to support aviation decision making. This paper also highlights the Single Authoritative Source, a subset of the 4-D Weather Data Cube that will be used for all �official� ATM decisions. Much of the near term work is centered on delivering an Initial Operating Capability in 2013. However, we are building a robust inter-agency science roadmap that will define the R&D activities that will support challenging NextGen weather requirements.