Aviation weather awareness: Development of algorithms for the detection of weather hazard through the use of EUMETSAT products

Author

Manzi, Maria Paola ; Zollo, Alessandra Lucia ; Mercogliano, Paola ; Galdi, Carmela

Author_Institution

Regional Model & geo-Hydrol. Impacts Div., Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Capua, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

4-5 June 2015

Firstpage

466

Lastpage

471

Abstract

The knowledge of weather condition is crucial for aviation: about three out of ten accidents are related to the presence of adverse weather conditions. To achieve an enhanced awareness, a system that realizes hazard maps for some of the most critical phenomena (turbulence, icing, thunderstorms) has been developed. The algorithms realized take in input different EUMETSAT satellite products which have some considerable advantages. The algorithm was produced through the bond between the physical characteristics by which these phenomena are defined and products provided by EUMETSAT.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; atmospheric techniques; hazards; EUMETSAT products; EUMETSAT satellite products; aviation weather awareness; hazard maps; weather condition; weather hazard detection; Aircraft; Clouds; Hazards; Ice; Indexes; Meteorology; Satellites; aviation hazard; icing; meteorology; satellite data; thunderstorms; turbulence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Benevento

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2015.7180702

Filename

7180702