EVALUATION OF THE WEATHER INFORMATION REMOTING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM.

Abstract

An Evaluation of the Weather Information Remoting and Display System (WIRDS) was conducted at the U. S. Weather Bureau Airport Station, Washington, D. C., and the Washington ARTCC, Leesburg, Virginia, to determine a system performance level which would permit an effective Operational Evaluation. The Weather Information Remoting and Display System was designed to process Weather Surveillance Radar (WSR-57) weather information and present iso-amplitude contours and annotations on the Air Traffic Controller's display. It was concluded that the information presented by the WIRDS would interfere with ATC procedure by introducing ground clutter and aircraft targets onto the RBDE-5 Display. It was recommended that the WIRDS not be used to conduct an Operational Evaluation of the WSR-57 Weather Radar information presented to the Washington ARTCC. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0644959

Entities

People

  • Anthony D. Bradley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Amplitude
  • Clutter
  • Display Systems
  • Ground Clutter
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Radar
  • Surveillance
  • Surveillance Radar
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Traffic
  • Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Climatology