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Weather in the Cockpit Workshop
8-10 August 2006
SAMA
Small Aircraft Manufacturers Association
Weather in the Cockpit Workshop
Tenny Lindholm
Al Yates
And a lot of others!
8-10 August 2006
Weather in the Cockpit Workshop
8-10 August 2006
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Welcome and thanks!
Introduction to UCAR, NCAR and RAL
Workshop materials
Details
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Emergency and safety
Facilities
Security--valuables
Wireless and Internet access
Library, 2nd floor—Internet and limited copying
available
– Food and refreshments
– Presentation materials for preload
Define “Weather in the Cockpit”
• “…a system combining and presenting various types of
weather information obtained through multiple data-link
sources, on-board remote sensors, and in-situ sensors
to aid crews with effective flight management”
Aviation Weather Information System
Aircraft Capabilities
User Capabilities
Decision
Aids
Data Link
Other
Aircraft
Air-Air
User
Interface
Processor
Presentation
Data Link
Wx Report
Ground
Wx
System
Onboard
Air-Ground Sensors
Position
Flight
Information
Navigation
Information
Satellite
Observations
Traffic
Flight Plan
Terrain
Data Link
Weather
Products
Special Use Airspace
Ground-Air
Obstacles
Goals and Objectives
• Gain consensus within and between the user,
research, and regulatory communities on
– Weather related problems with aircraft
– Weather information in the cockpit that is needed to
address these problems
– How best to get advanced weather products into the
cockpit/flight deck
• Develop a roadmap of tasks, dates, needed to ensure
continued operational approval of weather products
• Plan for future forums as needed
Weather in the Cockpit Workshop
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Program
• Today
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Setting the stage—user perspectives and safety
JPDO, NGATS, WxIPT—a primer
FAA Cockpit Weather Vision—how it fits
Advanced aviation weather products
Industry products and issues
Displays and demonstrations/reception
Weather in the Cockpit Workshop
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Program
• Tomorrow
– ADS-B
– Approval of aviation weather products via operational
suitability testing
– International interoperability of data link
– User breakouts by class—low-end GA, high-end
unscheduled, high-end scheduled
– Groups report to plenary
Weather in the Cockpit Workshop
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Program
• Thursday—wrap-up and catch-up
– Identify holes in needs and capabilities
– Roadmap
– Plan for the future
Capacity, Efficiency, Safety
• Capt Joe Burns, United Airlines. Director, Flight
Standards and Technology
• Capt Terry McVenes, ALPA. Executive Air Safety
Chairman
• Mr. Bruce Landsberg. Executive Director, AOPA Air
Safety Foundation
JPDO, WxIPT, and NGATS—a primer
• JPDO, NGATS
• WxIPT Integration Subteam 2012 IOC capabilities
– Weather in the cockpit
– Ceiling and visibility integration into terminal ATM
– Weather information sharing with airline AOCs, shared
situational awareness
• Lead into the next session—what is the driving force?
JPDO, WxIPT, and NGATS—a primer
• Dr. Bruce Carmichael, Director of Aviation Application
Programs, NCAR-RAL
• Mr. Ernie Dash, Raytheon
FAA’s Vision for Weather in the Cockpit
• Mr. Steve VanTrees, FAA. Manager, Avionics Systems
Branch, Aircraft Certification
Weather Technology and Products
• ADDS. Mr. Greg Thompson
• Turbulence diagnoses and forecasts. Dr. Bob
Sharman
• Consolidated summer/winter storm forecasts. Dr. Roy
Rasmussen
• Current and forecast icing. Dr. Marcia Politovich
• Ceiling and visibility. Dr. Paul Herzegh
• Oceanic weather, volcanic ash. Cathy Kessinger
• CIP/FIP user forum remarks. Debi Bacon
Weather in the Cockpit—a sampler
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Dr. Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, WSI
Capt Bob Smith, Boeing
Kathleen Kearns, SITA
Mick Goslin, WxWorx
Capt Joe Burns, United Airlines
Steve Young, NASA Langley
Kevin Kronfeld, Rockwell-Collins
ADS-B Program
• Mr. Rob Strain, MITRE Corporation, Center for
Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD)
Approving Advanced Aviation Weather Products
• Mr. Robert Ruiz, FAA Flight Standards, Flight
Technology Requirements Branch
Interoperability Initiatives—US and Europe
• Mr. Ernie Dash, Raytheon. RTCA Special Committee
206/ EUROCAE
Breakout Session
• Low-end general aviation, helicopters—Parts 91/135
• High-end unscheduled—Parts 91/135, DoD, NBAA
• High-end scheduled—Parts 121/135
Breakout Session
• Issues
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Operational problems with weather
Weather information needed in the cockpit
Obstacles
Gaps in the current way of operating—informational and
procedural
– Suggested interventions to resolving obstacles and
gaps
• Facilitator and scribe for each session
– Laptop and powerpoint are needed; rooms have
projectors
• Presentation of results to the plenary later
Outcome from Breakouts
Hazards: Turbulence, Icing, C/V, Storms (winter/conv), Oceanic/VA
Decisionsproblem ID
Weather
information
needed
Update rate
Spatial
Obstacles
Other
Comments
Wx re-routes
(>100 miles,
4000’ altitude
change, ETA>15
minutes)
Current FL
Convective WX
with 60 min nowcast, winds,
turbulence,
volcanic ash,
cloud tops,
(Same info as
dispatcher)
Most recent
information at
decision pt, ie 5
min NEXRAD
“Regional
picture”, terrain
data, TFR’s,
other restricted
airspace
Training, band
width, ops
approval, cockpit
workload,
consistent user
interface
(conventions,
nomenclature, &
displays),
common triad
data base
Location,
Altitude,
Movement,
Intensity, Size,
Predicted
location
Route
Current FL
Convective WX
with 60 min nowcast, winds,
turbulence,
cloud tops, or
other data
necessary
Most recent info
at decision pt, ie
5 mins NEXRAD
Variable, as
required
Training, band
width, ops
approval, cockpit
workload,
consistent user
interface
(conventions,
nomenclature, &
displays)
Example:
turbulence
avoidance
and/or
mitigation. Data
is a subset of
requirements for
re-route
deviations
Outcome from Breakouts
Hazards: Turbulence, Icing, C/V, Storms (winter/conv), Oceanic/VA
Decisions-problem ID
Weather information
needed
Update rate
Spatial
Obstacles
Immediate Hazard
avoidance and mitigation
Microburst &
windshear info; Gust
front; Hail; severe
icing; Severe
Turbulence
Immediate
Appropriately
sized miss
bubble
Detection capability;
reaction capability;
effective plan
Takeoff Go-No go
Decisions; and Approach
go-no go decisions
Terminal WX, and
other hazardous
phenomena
approaching
operational limits for
suspension of
service like icing,
visibility, microbursts.
Immediately,
under event
condidions
Terminal
departure
areas
Detect, disseminate
Other Comme
Adding to the
decision makin
toolbox to aid
making proact
decisions rath
than reactive
decisions (EFB
type of produc
Need to exam
a class of data
link that allows
the extension
ground sensor
to provide
immediate
hazards
Breakout Rooms
• 3131
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Goals and Objectives
• Gain consensus within and between the user,
research, and regulatory communities on
– Weather related problems with aircraft
– Weather information in the cockpit that is needed to
address these problems
– How best to get advanced weather products into the
cockpit/flight deck
• Develop a roadmap of tasks, dates, needed to ensure
continued operational approval of weather products
• Plan for future forums as needed
Implementation Issues
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Use of Airborne Data Sensors
Development of Weather Products
Training and Human Factors Considerations
Integration of Weather Data from Multiple
Sources
• Determine What Weather Information is
Needed By Each Group of Decision Makers
Other Issues
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When is a defined weather information product ready for
unrestricted operational dissemination and use? How do the
regulatory requirements interact with the use of advanced weather
products
What is needed for a source of weather information to be
approved for unrestricted operational use?
– Vendor-created weather products, both value-added and created
using vendor software
– Is AWTT approval for the algorithm, or the implementation of that
algorithm?
– What is needed beyond AWTT D4 (operational) to allow unrestricted
use? Actions and/or timeline…
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Process to obtain, verify, grids; produce products uniformly from
grids; transmit to data link processor and aircraft; parallel
transmission to AOC, ATC
– Merge with ADS-B or other two-way link
Roadmap Development
• Turbulence
• Icing
• Ceiling and visibility
– Terminal
– National
• Storms
– Winter
– Convective
• Oceanic/remote
• ADDS
Readiness for 2012 IOC
• Events that have to happen
• Times needed for 2012 IOC
• Times needed for quick readiness for NGATS, 2025
“Enabling WIC”
WIC Vision
• Design approval guidance
– Weather products, depiction hardware
– Weather product software
• Operational approval guidance for new products and
non-government vendors
• Training and evaluation criteria
• FAA pilot outreach in data link weather
Outcome from Breakouts
Hazards: Turbulence, Icing, C/V, Storms (winter/conv), Oceanic/VA
Decisionsproblem ID
Weather
information
needed
Update rate
Spatial
Obstacles
Unrestricted
operational
Roadmap
Advanced Weather Products
Events/Dates to complete/Priority/OPR
Turbulence
T=0-?
Icing
T=0-?
Ceiling/vis
Ntl/term
T=0-?
Storms
Winter/conv
T=0-?
Oceanic/VA
T=0-?
Plans for the Future
• Recurring events to measure and document progress
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Workshops?
Held in conjunction with other meetings?
How often?
Other participants?
Other ideas?
Acknowledgements
• Rhonda
• Rose and her team
• All of you
Thanks!
Possible Obstacles
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Aircraft equipage
Access to grids or data
Certification or approval of product grids
Certification or approval of vendor or value-added
features
• Information content standardization for SSA
• Bandwidth availability
• Other…