San Francisco International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the United States and one of the highest delay airports in terms of total aircraft delay hours and number of imposed air traffic delay programs. May through September, weather forecasters at the Central Weather Service Unit (CWSU) at the Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center are responsible for providing a forecast of whether or not the cloudiness will impact morning traffic operations. This information is used for decision making by the Traffic Management Unit at Oakland Center in order to optimally match arriving traffic demand to available airport capacity. As part of the FAA's Integrated Terminal Weather System, the Weather Sensing Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory has begun an effort entitled the 'Marine Stratus Initiative.' Its objective is to provide improved weather information and forecast guidance to the Oakland CWSU, which is responsible for providing weather forecasts to air traffic managers. During 1995, the main focus of the project was the design and implementation of a data acquisition, communication, and display infrastructure that provides forecasters with new sources of weather data and information. A description of airport operations at San Francisco and the impact of marine stratus are presented. An explanation is given of the marine stratus phenomenology and the primary factors contributing to cloud dissipation. This conceptual model of the dissipation process is used to define system requirements. A description of the hardware, communications, and display subsystems is provided. An overview of the 1995 demonstration, including user comments, is presented, as well as future plans for meeting the longer-term objectives of the project.
Marine Stratus Initiative at San Francisco International Airport
1996
56 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Physical Meteorology , Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Air Transportation , Stratus clouds , Fog , Visibility , Delay , Airline operations , Air traffic control , Airports , Ceilings(Meteorology) , Cloud height indicators , Cloud dispersal , Travel demand , Traffic volume , Weather observations , Weather forecasting , Aviation meteorology , San Franscisco International Airport , ITWS(Integrated Terminal Weather System) , Central Weather Service Unit , San Francisco(California)
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