Research Collaboration at the NWS Aviation Weather Center in Support of the Aviation Weather Testbed, Aviation Weather Research Program, and the NextGen Weather Program
CSU Project #: 5-31280Sponsor: NOAA
Primary Investigator: Dr. Clifford Matsumoto
Start Date: October 1st, 2012
End Date: June 30th, 2014
Objectives:
- • Coordinate activities between the NextGen Weather Program/Testbeds with the AWT by serving as a SME on NextGen project teams—which may include leading working groups, assisting in the development of aviation weather forecast and observation requirements for NextGen, communicating with stakeholders, and serving as a project leader
- • Contribute to formal scientific publications and attendance at off-site conferences, symposia, and aviation weather-related outreach events.
- • Participate in routine experimental projects or other support activities at the AWC/AWT.
- • Continue, expand, and enhance the efforts initiated and developed during Year 1.
- • Transition experimental FAA AWRP algorithms to the AWC operational environment by participating in research development, evaluation and R2O process.
- • Act as the technical focal point for AWRP activity conducted at the AWC and interface with the AWRP Research Teams and other participating organizations.
- • Develop and/or document how new or emerging guidance, products, and decision aids may decrease the impact of weather on the National Airspace System (NAS) by improving air traffic flow management and enhancing the safety of flight.
- • Lead in training operational forecasters on new and emerging techniques and tools, particularly those for aviation developed or evaluated at the AWT.
- • Develop synergy and shared accomplishments with the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) in Norman, OK, the Hydrometeorological Testbed (HMT) in Washington DC, and the NWS Proving Ground at the NWS Training Center (NWSTC) in Kansas City, MO.
- • Conduct applied operational research to assist the NWS in achieving the meteorological and air traffic requirements for NextGen.
- • Evaluate and implement new forecast techniques and aviation impact diagnostics using observations and forecast models, particularly emerging high-resolution models and ensemble forecast systems.
- • Lead tasks and projects related to the Aviation Weather Web Services program including, but not limited to, designing, implementing, and maintaining the following: Web-based decision support tools (particularly for Traffic Flow Management); ADDS; WIFS; Web-enabled International Flight Folder Documentation Program (WebIFFDP); Volcanic ash private collaborative documentation web site.
Progress Reports:
** No Progress Report **CIRA Themes relevant to this project:
- Climate-Weather Processes
