Meteorological Decision Aid Development and Validation for Naval Aviation
Abstract
Support of Naval aviation, with a primary emphasis on flight safety and efficiency, has always been a priority of the environmental community within the Navy (Brand and Dreksler, 1995). The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Marine Meteorology Division has been involved in the development of several meteorological decision aids (MD As) to enhance this support. Aviation impact variables (AWs), such as cloud ceiling, visibility, flight conditions (IFR - Instrument Flight Rules, MVFR - Marginal Visual Flight Rules, VFR - Visual Flight Rules), and aircraft icing have been the focus of the decision aid development efforts thus far. These decision aids are designed to provide both environmental forecasters and aviators with state-of-the-art graphical displays of AIVs. The primary users of these decision aids will be the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) Facilities and Detachments providing aviation weather forecast support ashore and the METOC component onboard major combatant ships that provide this support afloat. The Joint METOC Viewer (JMV), a viewer application developed by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) along with the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC), has been the target application for transition of the decision aids (Ravid et al., 1997). JMV has been designed to provide users with a "quick-look" of the environment to evaluate its impact on mission planning and execution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA360811
Entities
People
- Mike Neith
- Sam Brand
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory