Weather in the Cockpit: Priorities, Sources, Delivery, and Needs in the Next Generation Air Transportation System

Abstract

A study was conducted to identify/verify weather factors important to the conduct of aviation activities and that would be important to consider in systems intended to operate within the NextGen environment. The study reviewed weather-information systems available for General Aviation aircraft at that time. The report presents a listing of recognized aviation weather hazards followed by rankings, by General Aviation pilots, of weather data elements associated with these hazards. This is followed by a listing of pilot-accessible sources for the relevant weather data and examples of graphical presentations of much of the data. Included is a brief listing and discussion of avionics systems able to host these graphical data. Recommendations are provided for the presentation of weather data in the cockpit, the incorporation of decision aids, forecasts, reliability labeling, and display strategies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA566822

Entities

People

  • Dennis B. Beringer
  • John Lamonica
  • Roger W. Schvaneveldt
  • Russell J. Branaghan

Organizations

  • Arizona State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Cloud Cover
  • Color Displays
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Flight Crews
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Meteorology
  • Navigation
  • Psychology
  • Tablet Computers
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulence
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Business Analytics