Title :
Wind analysis in aviation applications
Author_Institution :
MITRE Corp., McLean, VA, USA
Abstract :
The Rapid-Update-Cycle (RUC) and Rapid Refresh (RAP) weather products provide a valuable source of data for evaluating environmental winds in the aviation domain. This paper identifies techniques for wind analysis, including interpolation techniques and patterns for distributed computation. These techniques are useful in a number of aviation applications, a subset of which are described: New instrument procedure designs benefit from historical 5-year wind profiles. Wind characterization and visualization techniques facilitate the selection of representative environmental conditions for simulations. Wind forecasts are uplinked in real-time to support trajectory-based operations. These applications leverage the RUC and RAP weather products to provide valuable technical insights. The paper concludes with areas for future research.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; data visualisation; distributed processing; environmental factors; interpolation; wind; RAP weather products; RUC weather products; aviation applications; data sources; distributed computation patterns; environmental condition selection; environmental wind evaluation; instrument procedure designs; interpolation techniques; rapid refresh weather products; rapid-update-cycle weather products; trajectory-based operations; wind analysis; wind characterization; wind forecasts; wind visualization techniques; Atmospheric modeling; Interpolation; Mathematical model; Predictive models; Weather forecasting; Wind;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st
Conference_Location :
Williamsburg, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1699-6
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2012.6382366
