Advanced Satellite Aviationweather Products

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Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products
ASAP A NASA AvSP, GIFTS, FAA AWRP partnership to
infuse high-resolution satellite data into
aviation weather products for ground and airborne
users.
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The ASAP Interagency Team
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Product Accuracy 2002
Convective SIGMET Warning at 1200Z 07 May 2002
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Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform
Spectrometer New Technology to Measure Water
Vapor Flux

• 4-d Observations
• Horizontal Large area format focal plane
  detector arrays provide near instantaneous wide
  2-d geographical coverage
• Vertical Michelson interferometer enables high
  spectral resolution
• Temporal Geosynchronous orbit allows time
  resolution
• (i.e., motion observations)

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NASA Aviation Safety Program
Aviation Safety Program Office Sam Morello (LaRC)
Technical Integration (LaRC)
Level 1- Program
Single Aircraft Accident Prevention (LaRC)
System-Wide Accident Prevention (ARC)
Weather Accident Prevention (GRC)
Accident Mitigation (GRC)
Synthetic Vision (LaRC)
Aviation System Monitoring Modeling (ARC)
Level 2- Projects
Aviation Weather Information (AWIN) (LaRC)
Turbulence Detection Mitigation (TDAM) (DFRC)
Weather Information Communication (WINCOMM) (GRC)
Level 3- Elements
Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products
(ASAP) (LaRC)
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Satellite Data Infusion into Aviation Weather

• FAA AWRP Product Development Teams
• In-Flight Icing
• Aviation Forecasts and Quality Assessment
  
• Turbulence
• Winter Weather Research
• Convective Weather
• Terminal Ceiling and Visibility
• National Ceiling and Visibility
• Model Development and Enhancement
• Oceanic Weather

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ASAP Production and Delivery
ASAP Developing High-Resolution Satellite
Weather Products to Improve Aviation Safety
AWIN Providers
FAA AWRP
NASA ASAP
FAA FSS
Government and University Labs
Airline Ops
NOAA NESDIS
NOAA NCEP
NOAA AWC
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ASAP Roadmap
ASAP is a NASA Aviation Safety Program effort
that will infuse current and next-generation
satellite data into AWRP products. It extends
beyond the current AvSP.
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Aviation Safety Weather Forecasting for Cockpit
Visualization
State 2-WX Visualization Systems Fully
integrated SVS, WARP ITWS in-cockpit graphical
WX displays featuring real-time weather
information with global coverage
DRAFT
State 2- WX Sensors/Data Sources AIRS, CrIS
GIFTS fully integrated into NEXRAD TDWR
systems prepared for seamless integration of ABS
(GOES-R)
2B/year
Partners
NAS-wide Data Link WX Products provide severe
weather location and movement data to controllers
and aircrews to promote common situational
awareness
EOS, NPP, NPOESS GOES-R
Geostationary satellite technology improvements
will vastly improve remote measurement of
altitude-resolved vector winds and temperatures,
allowing for efficient flight planning,
operations and traffic management.
GIFTS Geosynchronous Fourier Transform
Spectrometer Turbulence Weather Prediction
Modeling
High spectral (vertical), horizontal and temporal
resolution satellite measurements will render
precise numerical weather forecasts and extremely
high-resolution wind fields based on the tracking
of atmospheric water vapor
Aqua and NPP fly the AIRS and CrIS sensors
(Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Crosstrack
Infrared Sounder)
Socioeconomic Impact
Enhanced Aviation Weather DSS and synthetic
vision systems that reduce the aviation fatal
accident rate by a factor of 10 by 2022
NAST (I) Atmospheric Sounder Testbed Infrared
(Proteus) Experiments
Airborne validation of NPOESS instruments
provides DSS product development teams with
experience at integrating hyperspectral data and
information in preparation for subsequent GIFTS
and GOES-R missions
Integration of existing GOES imagery and sounding
data into AWRP products improve Terminal
Convective WX product and Integrated Turbulence
Forecast
Advanced Satellite Applications Products (ASAP)
Program
State 1-WX Visualization Systems Discrete,
Stand-alone weather products, with little
satellite sounding data or imagery
Current trajectory Steady improvement in
fielding and integration of hyperspectral LEO and
GEO satellite data into NWS aviation weather
products and AWRP visualization systems,
resulting in fully integrated, real-time global
aviation WX coverage
State 1-WX Sensors/Data Sources Ground Doppler
Radar, 2x daily balloon readings yield 6 to
12-hour forecasts poor oceanic coverage
Pre-formulation
GOES-R
Aqua
Proteus
NPP/VIIRS
NPOESS
GIFTS
GOES-L,-M
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