Summary
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center (FAATC) conducted a test of the enhancements to the FAA Low Level WInd Shear Alert System (LLWAS) at Denver Stapleton International Airport from 3 August through 4 September 1987. Upon completion of the test, the performance of the LLWAS during selected microburst and gust front test cases was investigated in detail. Additional sources of "true" wind shear information were sought to help evaluate the performance of the LLWAS. In support of these efforts, Lincoln Laboratory supplied complete data sets, including single Doppler radar data from the FAA-Lincoln Laboratory FL-2 radar, dual Doppler radar data from the FAA-Lincoln Laboratory FL-2 radar, dual Doppler analyses of the surface wind fields (when possible), mesonet data from the Lincoln network of 30 automatic weather stations in the vicinity of Stapleton, and LLWAS data to the FAATC. This report provides a summary of salient features for a number of FAATC selected wind shear events which occured during the evaluation of the enhanced LLWAS, and documents the data that Lincoln Laboratory has provided to the FAA as part of its project responsibilities.