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TAMDARUpdate & Future Plans

GLFE and GLOEMeeting

August 24-25, 2005

Taumi Daniels(757) 864-4659taumi.daniels@nasa.gov

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Great Lakes Flight Experiment

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GLFE Status

• Start date 1/15/2005• As of 8/24, ~3.7 M observations• 63 aircraft equipped• Changes in observation intervals • Fall & Winter seasons• Targets of opportunity

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Current / Planned Activities

• GLFE / GLOE

• Memphis Deployment

• Turbulence Flights

• TAMDAR Symposium

• Final Reports :– CIMSS, NCAR, & FSL CIMMS Aeribago

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GLFE Extension

• FAA FISDL funding• “Great Lakes Operational Evaluation”• Continuation of GLFE• Four new Weather studies:

– Current Icing Potential– Convective Precipitation

– Precipitation Forecast Model Skill

– Surface Temperature Model Skill

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TAMDAR Schedule

• 01/05 – Initiate GLFE• 03/05 – Status Meeting• 03/05 – CIMSS Memphis Deployment• 05/05 – CIMSS Second Deployment• 06/05 – UND Turbulence flights• 07/05 – GLFE ends, GLOE begin• 08/05 – Status Meeting• 09/05 – WxAP Annual Review• 01/06 – GLOE ends• 01/06 – AMS Annual Meeting• 03/06 – FSL Final Report

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Future NASA Plans

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Future Efforts

• Development and evaluation of TAMDAR-derived uplinked weather products for flight deck display

• Human Factors / cockpit display studies• Pilot utilization• FAA certification for flight deck display of own-ship

turbulence and icing• FAA Collaborations

– FISDL, AWRP, SF21, Tech Center• New / updated aviation wx products• Development and demonstration flights of HAZMETs

via FISDL and/or Safe Flight 21 datalinks• TAMDAR on UAVs• Icing-only sensor

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Future Efforts

• Development and evaluation electronic PIREPS (derived from TAMDAR data) for GA pilots

• Integration of TAMDAR with other systems for regional aircraft, evaluation, flight testing, certification

• Development of FSS user requirements• Evaluation of Electronic PIREPS disseminated to

flight service stations and weather briefers• TAMDAR-derived data display issues and

collaborative weather decision making• Development of regional aviation weather products

from mesoscale models that feature reduced grid spacing and cycle time (ingest TAMDAR data) at AWC

• Evaluation of products at AWC on N-AWIPS