Advances in the Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA)

Abstract

Convective storms are responsible for causing a predominant number of delays in the summer when air traffic peaks. Several studies have shown that there is a critical need for timely, reliable, and high-quality forecasts of precipitation and echo tops with forecast time horizons of up to 12 hours in order to predict airspace capacity. While a variety of convective weather forecast systems are available to strategic planners of the National Airspace System (NAS), these products don't meet Air Traffic Management (ATM) needs fully. In addition, a multitude of forecast products increases the potential of having conflicting information available in the planning process, which can cause situational awareness problems between the operational facilities, ultimately leading to more potential delays and perhaps safety problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA524017

Entities

People

  • James O. Pinto
  • M. Steiner
  • M. Wolfson
  • S. Benjamin
  • S. Weygandt
  • W. Dupree

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advection
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Transportation
  • Assimilation
  • Blending
  • Convection
  • Delphi Method
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Extrapolation
  • Filters
  • High Resolution
  • Lead Time
  • Meteorology
  • Models
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space