Publications
Convection diagnosis and nowcasting for oceanic aviation applications
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An oceanic convection diagnosis and nowcasting system is described whose domain of interest is the region between the southern continental United States and the northern extent of South America. In this system, geostationary satellite imagery are used to define the locations of deep convective clouds through the weighted combination of...
The FAA AWRP oceanic weather program development team
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Remote, oceanic regions have few, if any, high resolution weather products that indicate the current or future locations of aviation hazards such as volcanic ash, convection, turbulence, icing or adverse headwinds. Moreover, oceanic regions present unique challenges due to severely limited data availability, the long duration of transoceanic flights and...
The identification and verification of hazardous convective cells over oceans using visible and infrared satellite observations
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Three algorithms based on geostationary visible and infrared (IR) observations, are used to identify convective cells that do (or may) present a hazard to aviation over the oceans. The algorithms were developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and Aviation Weather Center (AWC). The...
On the development of a multi-algorithm radar data quality control system at the Naval Research Laboratory
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A radar data quality control (QC) system is being developed for the real-time, continuously updateable NOWCAST system at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL-NOWCAST) in Monterey, California. NRL has developed its own new radar QC algorithms, and is also working with the MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL), the National Center for...
Development of automated aviation weather products for ocean/remote regions: scientific and practical challenges, research strategies, and first steps
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From the common and recognizable occurrence of convection, to the sporadic and far less visible reach of volcanic ash, meteorological phenomena impose diverse challenges to the efficiency, economic viability, and safety of flight operations across the global oceans. Those challenges are compounded by special difficulties associated with nowcasting and forecasting...