Session: Impacts of Weather on the Nation's Aviation System (96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 13 January 2016: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Room 344 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fifth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium

Cochairs:

Michael Robinson, AvMet Applications Inc., Reston, VA and Matt Fronzak, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA

This session offers six perspectives on how weather issues impact the National Airspace System and offers opportunities to explore mitigations to the hazards.

Papers:

10:30 AM

2.1

Impact-based Decision Support Services TAF Rating (I-TAF Rating) Application for the National Weather Service

Joseph Facundo, Herndon, VA; and L. Laughlin, S. Rasheeth, and G. Stark

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

Improvements in Forecasting Regions of Aviation Hazard Impact from Advances in the HRRR and RAP Models

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Alexander, S. G. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, E. P. James, H. Lin, and I. Jankov

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

Success in Mitigating a Bad Situation: Intense, Long-Lived Thunderstorms Over the Atlanta Airport on 24 June 2015

Matthew Bloemer, NOAA/NWS, Hampton, GA; and C. A. West, S. E. Nelson, and P. A. Atwell

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

2.4

Enabling GBAS Operations in Challenging Ionospheric Conditions

Joseph Kunches, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and G. Crowley and I. Azeem

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM