The Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center (FAA Technical Center) is responsible for test and evaluation of FAA developed systems. Weather processing systems fall under the responsibility of the Communication/Navigation/
Surveillance Engineering and Test Division, Weather Branch. Within the branch, meteorologists provided a vital part of the test and evaluation process. This presentation will focus upon the efforts of meteorologists involved in the test and evaluation of the Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS) designed for airport terminal area operations; the Airport Surveillance Radar Weather Systems Processor (WSP) designed for wind shear detection; the Weather And Radar Processor (WARP) designed for enroute air traffic controllers and Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) meteorologists; and products developed under the FAA's Aviation Weather Research program which oversees development of specific techniques in the areas of inflight icing, turbulence, ground deicing, convective weather, ceiling and visibility, and numerical weather prediction model improvements. Specific responsibilities associated with evaluations will be presented including test preparation, procedures, interactions with research agencies and private weather providers, and presentation of test results.
The 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology