Combined winds and turbulence prediction system for automated air-traffic management applications

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 766-784

  Kim, Jung Hoon ^a,b   Chan, William N ^b   Sridhar, Banavar ^b   Sharman, Robert D ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Optimization; Probability forecasts models distribution; Transportation meteorology; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRPORTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORECASTING; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENCE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; ENSEMBLES; JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; PROBABILITY FORECASTS/MODELS/DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION METEOROLOGIES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AUTOMATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943795658     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0216.1     Document Type: Article

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