FAA Update: TAMDAR Development

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FAA UpdateTAMDAR Development
GLFE Second Status Meeting
Alfred Moosakhanian ATO Enroute FISDL Program
Manager 25 August 2005
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Outline

• FAA Program Objectives
• TAMDAR Support Status
• What Next

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FISDL Program Elements

• FISDL FAA-Industry VHF data link broadcast of
  FIS/Wx cockpit products
• Implementation strategy based on FIS Policy and
  Requirements Document
• AUTOMET/TAMDAR National capability for
  collecting (and distributing) wx data from low
  altitude aircraft operations, below 20-25K feet
• Requirements and implementation strategy - joint
  development with NWS
• Provide coverage in data sparse regions
• Improve inflight hazard reporting aviation
  forecasting
• NASA developing TAMDAR sensor with industry

TAMDAR Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological
Data Reporting
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TAMDAR Support Completed
Task Agency FY Status
Communications Assessments NASA Glenn 00-01 FAA-NASA IA. Report published. Air-Ground easily met Air-Air difficult
Incentives Cost Considerations for Aircraft Equipage ODU through NASA Langley 00 FAA-NASA IA. Report published. Basis for changing from GA to low altitude commuter package carrier operations
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TAMDAR Support On-Going
Task Agency FY Status
Validation Assessment of TAMDAR Data FSL through NASA Langley 04 FAA-NASA IA for GLFE data collection through 15 July 05 on-going studies Data meet FAA/NWS criteria? Impact in improving RUC skill Compatibility to similar data (i.e., turbulence)
Analyze Validate Optimal Data Collection FSL 04 Initial results promising report targeted for 15 Nov 05
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TAMDAR Support New Starts
Task Agency FY Status
TAMDAR Data Impact and Modeling Studies NCAR through NASA Langley 05 FAA-NASA IA for GLOE data collection through 15 Jan 06 new studies on improving CIP icing products Convective fcsts (i.e., CCFP)
TAMDAR Display, Distribution Impact Studies FSL 05 GLOE support to include studies RUC improvements RUC assimilation errors bias corrections TAMDAR QA to include matching reports to PIREPs (icing turb)
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What Next - ??

• GFLE (and GLOE) results will determine
• TAMDAR sensor data acceptable meets FAA/NWS
  criteria
• Value/benefit in improving aviation weather
  support
• Key implementation factors
• Cost
• Data access and distribution rights