The Siting, Installation, and Operational Suitability of the Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) at Heliports.

Abstract

An automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) was installed at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center's Interim Concept Development Heliport. This was done in order to evaluate the siting, installation, and operational suitability of the AWOS at a heliport. The principal recommendations of this report have been incorporated in FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5220-16, Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) for Non-Federal applications. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA175232

Entities

People

  • John R. Sackett
  • Philip Shuster
  • Rene' A. Matos
  • Rosanne M. Weiss

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Central Processing Units
  • Data Processing
  • Detectors
  • Dew Point
  • Feet
  • Information Science
  • Junction Boxes
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Radio Transmitters
  • Telemetry Equipment

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  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Quantum Chemistry